Houilles | |
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) Town hall | |
) Coat of arms | |
) Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
Location of Houilles  | |
)  Houilles Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs ) Houilles Houilles (Île-de-France (region)) | |
| Coordinates: 48°55′34″N 2°11′21″E / 48.9261°N 2.1892°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Yvelines |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
| Canton | Houilles |
| Intercommunality | CA Saint Germain Boucles Seine |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Julien Chambon |
| Area 1 | 4.43 km2 (1.71 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2017)[1] | 32,151 |
| • Density | 7,300/km2 (19,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 78311 /78800 |
| Elevation | 27–57 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.
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.
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. Houilles acquired the house in 2011.
Education
Houilles has fifteen preschool and elementary schools and three junior high schools.[2]
Junior high schools:
- Collège Alphonse-de-Lamartine
- Collège Guy-de-Maupassant
- Collège Sainte-Thérèse
Nearby senior high schools/sixth form colleges:[2]
- Lycée Les-Pierres-Vives (Carrières-sur-Seine)
- Lycée Jules-Verne (Sartrouville)
- Lycée Évariste-Galois (Sartrouville)
International relations
Houilles is twinned with:[3]
Celorico de Basto, Portugal
Chesham, England, United Kingdom
Friedrichsdorf, Germany
Schœlcher, Martinique, France
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Liste des établissements scolaires." Houilles. Retrieved on September 2, 2016.
- ^ "Comité de Jumelage de Houilles". jumelage-houilles.com (in French). Comité de Jumelage de Houilles. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
External links
- Official website (in French)