With 200.000 inhabitants and 4.000 businesses spread over 12 neighbohood communities, Cergy-Pontoise currently creates no fewer than 2.000 new jobs each year. The total for the last 20 years comes to a hefty 80.000, two new RER stations are to open soon bringing the total to six, while projects for the new Liesse neighborhood will add officespace to the existing 700.000 sq. m. and the Cergy-Neuville technology park is set for further expansion. Six business parks cover a total nearly1.700 acres, soon to be increased some 2.200 ares. Finally, Cergy-Pontoise is home to a full-fledged university, as well as a number of other institutes of higher education.
Fostering excellence
The institutions and facilities based in Val d'Oise place it at the forefront in a number of areas, and enjoy recognition well beyond its boundaries. Among them :Thermes d' Enghien , the only spa in Ile-de-France.The internationally renowned Royaumont cultural center .The Impressionist museum in the Château de Lery at Auvers-sur-Oise . The two largest marina in Ile-de-France, starting-points for leisure cruises.The Axe Majeur, the esplanade at the heart Cergy-Pontoise , with its innovative architecture and the striking monument which has become a symbol for the town as a whole.
A warm welcome
The Val d'Oise offers visitors more than 7.500 hotel rooms in well-equipped, modern establishments designed in keeping with the local environment. International chains (Hilton, Sheraton, Hyatt, Mariott, Holiday-Inn, Novotel, Sofitel...) are represented at Roissy-CDG airport and in some areas, although hotels in the Vexin are chiefly in traditional style. Prestigious château-hôtels and Logis de France hotels in the département have won a considerable following. Extensive facilities for meetings, seminars and other business events are also available, particulary in Roissy CDG area and Cergy-Pontoise , which offer a full range of convention and trade fair sites. Nor is there any lack of opportunities for residents with a sporting bent, who have access to over 20 golfs courses , a number of leisure centers, riverbank swimming sites and boating facilities.
With 200.000 inhabitants and 4.000 businesses spread over 12 neighbohood communities, Cergy-Pontoise currently creates no fewer than 2.000 new jobs each year. The total for the last 20 years comes to a hefty 80.000, two new RER stations are to open soon bringing the total to six, while projects for the new Liesse neighborhood will add officespace to the existing 700.000 sq. m. and the Cergy-Neuville technology park is set for further expansion. Six business parks cover a total nearly1.700 acres, soon to be increased some 2.200 ares. Finally, Cergy-Pontoise is home to a full-fledged university, as well as a number of other institutes of higher education.
The institutions and facilities based in Val d'Oise place it at the forefront in a number of areas, and enjoy recognition well beyond its boundaries. Among them :Thermes d' Enghien , the only spa in Ile-de-France.The internationally renowned Royaumont cultural center .The Impressionist museum in the Château de Lery at Auvers-sur-Oise . The two largest marina in Ile-de-France, starting-points for leisure cruises.The Axe Majeur, the esplanade at the heart Cergy-Pontoise , with its innovative architecture and the striking monument which has become a symbol for the town as a whole.
The Val d'Oise offers visitors more than 7.500 hotel rooms in well-equipped, modern establishments designed in keeping with the local environment. International chains (Hilton, Sheraton, Hyatt, Mariott, Holiday-Inn, Novotel, Sofitel...) are represented at Roissy-CDG airport and in some areas, although hotels in the Vexin are chiefly in traditional style. Prestigious château-hôtels and Logis de France hotels in the département have won a considerable following. Extensive facilities for meetings, seminars and other business events are also available, particulary in Roissy CDG area and Cergy-Pontoise , which offer a full range of convention and trade fair sites. Nor is there any lack of opportunities for residents with a sporting bent, who have access to over 20 golfs courses , a number of leisure centers, riverbank swimming sites and boating facilities.