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    Metropolitan Department

    Oise

    France · Europe

    Oise is a metropolitan department of France, in Europe. It lies on the Eurasian Plate.

    Tectonic Plates

    Recorded Natural Hazards (Géorisques)

    It has 680 municipalities and 829,899 inhabitants. Under the seismic zoning in force since 2011, its highest seismicity is very low (zone 1 of 5). A natural disaster has been declared 2,677 times since 1982 (one declaration per municipality and decree), mostly for floods (1,873) and ground movements (713). The most recent was signed on 8 July 2025. 144 municipalities are covered by an approved natural hazard prevention plan.

    Seismicity Zones

    Number of municipalities in each zone of the regulatory seismic zoning (from 1, very low, to 5, high).

    1. Very Low680 municipalities

    Natural Disasters Declared Since 1982

    Floods and Mudflows1,873
    Ground Movements713
    Drought (Clay Shrinkage)91

    Declarations per five-year period.

    1982 : 120 120 1982 1987 : 46 46 1992 : 283 283 1992 1997 : 1739 1739 2002 : 66 66 2002 2007 : 85 85 2012 : 81 81 2012 2017 : 154 154 2022 : 103 103 2022

    Most Widespread Events

    • 1999Floods and Mudflows · 25 December 1999679 municipalities
    • 1999Ground Movements · 25 December 1999679 municipalities
    • 1995Floods and Mudflows · 17 January 199581 municipalities
    • 1993Floods and Mudflows · 19 December 199375 municipalities
    • 1985Floods and Mudflows · 4 June 198546 municipalities
    • 2001Floods and Mudflows · 7 July 200141 municipalities

    Most Frequently Affected Municipalities

    • 19Lamorlaye
    • 15Beauvais
    • 14Pontpoint
    • 13Gouvieux
    • 13Longueil-Annel
    • 13Noyon
    • 12Compiègne
    • 12Montataire

    Hazards Listed by Municipality

    Number of municipalities exposed to each natural hazard according to the departmental major risks file.

    Flooding128
    Ground Movement3

    Hazards at a specific address on Géorisques

    Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Géorisques (ministère de la Transition écologique, BRGM, IRSN), base GASPAR · INSEE