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Beauvais
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<p>Beauvais is a town and <a href="/facts/Communes_of_France/76pNg6kk">commune</a> in northern <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>, and prefecture of the <a href="/facts/Oise/gpDIe8pm">Oise</a> <a href="/facts/Departments_of_France/KVnaWaqQ">département</a>, in the <a href="/facts/Hauts-de-France/AWX0TINK">Hauts-de-France</a> <a href="/facts/Regions_of_France/ovVDJLnK">region</a>, 75 kilometres (47 miles) north of Paris. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Communes_of_France/76pNg6kk">commune</a> of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 as of 2016<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beauvais&action=edit">[update]</a>, making it the most populous town in the Oise department, and third most populous in Picardy. Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, the metropolitan area of Beauvais has a population of 128,020. </p><p>The region around Beauvais is called the Beauvaisis. </p>