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As of the 2010 census, the population of Saint Thomas was 51,634, [5] about 48.5% of the total population of the United States Virgin Islands. Crown Mountain is the highest point in Saint Thomas and in the entire United States Virgin Islands. Hence, it is called "Rock City". [6] The island has a land area of 32 square miles (83 km 2). [7]
Argenteuil is the fourth most populous commune in the suburbs of Paris (after Boulogne-Billancourt, Saint-Denis, and Montreuil) and the most populous one in the Val-d'Oise department, although it is not its prefecture, which is shared between the communes of Cergy and Pontoise.
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The following is a list of the 183 communes of the Val-d'Oise department of France. ... Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt: 95541 95770 Saint-Clair-sur-Epte: 95543 95510
In 1968 the department Val-d'Oise was created from part of the former department Seine-et-Oise, and the arrondissements of Pontoise, Argenteuil and Montmorency became part of it. [3] In March 2000 Sarcelles replaced Montmorency as subprefecture. [3] [4] The borders of the arrondissements of Val-d'Oise were modified in January 2017: [5]
The 4.5-acre Coral World Marine Park & Underwater Observatory at Coki Point is the most popular tourist attraction of St. Thomas and takes you to coral reefs 15 feet (5 m) under the ocean surface. There are wild iguanas and native wildlife, in addition to a sea turtle pool, shark tank, marine lagoon, and gardens. [8]
Saint Thomas is home to one of the oldest Jewish communities in the Western Hemisphere as Sephardic Jews began to settle the island in the 18th century as traders and merchants. The St. Thomas Synagogue in Charlotte Amalie is the second oldest synagogue in the western hemisphere and oldest under the United States flag. [19]
Val-d'Oise (French: [val dwaz] ⓘ, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.