Houilles

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Houilles
Commune
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Houilles
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Houilles
Houilles is located in France
Houilles
Houilles
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Coordinates: 48°55′34″N 2°11′21″E / 48.9261°N 2.1892°E / 48.9261; 2.1892Coordinates: 48°55′34″N 2°11′21″E / 48.9261°N 2.1892°E / 48.9261; 2.1892
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentYvelines
ArrondissementSaint-Germain-en-Laye
CantonHouilles
IntercommunalityCA Saint Germain Boucles Seine
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Julien Chambon
Area
1
4.43 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
32,449
 • Density7,300/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
78311 /78800
Elevation27–57 m (89–187 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Houilles (French pronunciation: ​[uj]) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is a northwestern suburb of Paris, located 14.2 km (8.8 mi) from the center of Paris.

History[]

Until 2000, the command post of French Navy's Ballistic Missile Submarine Force was based at Houilles.

Victor Schœlcher, a French abolitionist writer in the 19th century and the main spokesman for a group from Paris who worked for the abolition of slavery died in Houilles on 25 December 1893. A nursery school, a street and a statue carry his name. The house in which he died in 1893 is at 26 Avenue Victor Schœlcher. The commune of Houilles acquired the house in 2011.

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,651—    
1800 1,290−3.46%
1806 1,144−1.98%
1821 1,227+0.47%
1831 1,265+0.31%
1836 1,191−1.20%
1841 1,156−0.59%
1846 1,230+1.25%
1851 1,185−0.74%
1856 1,203+0.30%
1861 1,275+1.17%
1866 1,433+2.36%
1872 1,256−2.17%
1876 1,407+2.88%
1881 1,737+4.30%
1886 1,961+2.46%
1891 2,331+3.52%
1896 2,780+3.59%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 3,824+6.58%
1906 4,946+5.28%
1911 7,092+7.47%
1921 10,274+3.78%
1926 15,153+8.08%
1931 19,078+4.71%
1936 19,799+0.74%
1946 20,610+0.40%
1954 22,974+1.37%
1962 26,370+1.74%
1968 29,338+1.79%
1975 30,345+0.48%
1982 29,537−0.38%
1990 29,650+0.05%
1999 29,634−0.01%
2007 30,973+0.55%
2012 32,399+0.90%
2017 32,151−0.15%
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3]

Transport[]

Houilles is served by Houilles–Carrières-sur-Seine station on Paris RER line A and on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.

Education[]

Houilles has fifteen preschool and elementary schools and three junior high schools.[4]

Junior high schools:

  • Collège Alphonse-de-Lamartine
  • Collège Guy-de-Maupassant
  • Collège Sainte-Thérèse

Nearby senior high schools/sixth form colleges:[4]

International relations[]

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Houilles is twinned with:[5]

  • Portugal Celorico de Basto, Portugal
  • England Chesham, England, United Kingdom
  • Germany Friedrichsdorf, Germany
  • France Schœlcher, Martinique, France

See also[]

  • Communes of the Yvelines department

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Houilles, EHESS. (in French)
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Liste des établissements scolaires." Houilles. Retrieved on September 2, 2016.
  5. ^ "Comité de Jumelage de Houilles". jumelage-houilles.com (in French). Comité de Jumelage de Houilles. Retrieved 2019-11-17.

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