Achères, Yvelines
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Coordinates: 48°57′37″N 2°04′06″E / 48.9602°N 2.0684°ECoordinates: 48°57′37″N 2°04′06″E / 48.9602°N 2.0684°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Yvelines |
Arrondissement | Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
Canton | Poissy |
Intercommunality | Grand Paris Seine et Oise |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Marc Honoré[1] |
Area 1 | 9.44 km2 (3.64 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[2] | 21,098 |
• Density | 2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 78005 /78260 |
Elevation | 18–32 m (59–105 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Achères (French pronunciation: [aʃɛʁ] (listen)) is a commune in the Yvelines department in north-central France. It is located 23.7 km (14.7 mi) from the center of Paris.
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The commune of Achères lies on the south bank of the Seine in a loop of the river, on the edge of the Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. It borders Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Poissy on the south, Andrésy and Carrières-sous-Poissy on the west, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine and Herblay on the north, and Maisons-Laffitte and La Frette-sur-Seine on the east.
Inhabitants of Achères are called Achérois.
Population[]
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4] |
Politics[]
Presidential Elections 2nd Round[]
Election | Winning Candidate | Party | % | |
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2017 | Emmanuel Macron | EM | 74.47 | |
2012 | François Hollande | PS | 59.14 | |
2007 | Ségolène Royal | PS | 53.44 | |
2002 | Jacques Chirac | RPR | 84.91 |
Transport[]
Achères is served by Achères – Ville and Achères - Grand Cormier stations on Paris RER line , as well as the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line called line L, for the Achères - Ville station.
By road, it is accessible from the N184, the Route de Poissy, and the D30.
Twin towns – sister cities[]
Achères is twinned with:[6]
Amarante, Portugal
Großkrotzenburg, Germany
Stonehaven, Scotland, United Kingdom
See also[]
- Communes of the Yvelines department
References[]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Achères, EHESS. (in French)
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Résultats France - Présidentielle 2017 - 1er et 2nd tour". Le Monde.fr.
- ^ "Jumelages". mairie-acheres78.fr (in French). Achères. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
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- Communes of Yvelines
- Yvelines geography stubs