Oise
a department of France; separated from the English Channel by Seine-Inférieure; area, 2,272 square miles; pop. about 435,000. The principal rivers are the Oise, a tributary of the Seine, 150 miles in length, with the Aisne and Therain, affluents of the Oise. The soil is in general fertile, and agriculture advanced. The products are the usual grain crops, with an immense quantity of vegetables, which are sent to the markets of the metropolis. Before the World War there were extensive iron