Fosses

For other uses, see Fosses (disambiguation).

Fosses (French pronunciation: [fos] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Fosses
Commune
The church of Saint-Étienne, in Fosses
Coat of arms
Location of Fosses
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Coordinates: 49°05′56″N 2°30′27″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement	Sarcelles
Canton	Fosses
Intercommunality	CA Roissy Pays de France
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Jacqueline Haesinger[1]
Area 1	3.61 km2 (1.39 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	9,929
• Density	2,750/km2 (7,120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	95250 /95470
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,209	—
1975	6,453	+16.55%
1982	8,832	+4.59%
1990	9,620	+1.07%
1999	9,998	+0.43%
2007	9,701	−0.38%
2012	9,582	−0.25%
2017	9,679	+0.20%
Source: INSEE[2]

Heraldic

D'azur à la champagne cousue de sinople, à la devise ondée d'argent brochant sur la partition, à l'arbre chimérique du même, le fût arraché et sommé de deux mains, l'une dextre et l'autre senestre, soutenant et supportant une ville d'or, brochant sur le tout. Translation:Azure champagne sewn Vert, currency wavy Argent surmounting the partition, the tree of the same chimerical, was snatched and ordered the two hands, one dextral and sinistral the other, supporting and supporting a city of gold stitching on the whole.

Education

Schools in Fosses:^[3]

• Preschools (écoles maternelles): Alphonse Daudet, Alexandre Dumas, La Fontaine, and Frédéric Mistral
• Elementary schools: Henri Barbusse, Alphonse Daudet, Alexandre Dumas, and Frédéric Mistral
• Collège Stendhal (junior high schools)
• Lycée Polyvalent Charles Baudelaire (senior high school)

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Fosses is twinned with:

• Serres, Greece^[4]
• Bil'in, Palestine
• Kampti, Burkina Faso

See also

• Communes of the Val-d'Oise department