Houilles




Commune in Île-de-France, France




































































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

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Houilles is located in Île-de-France (region)

Houilles

Houilles



Houilles (Île-de-France (region))

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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
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Yvelines
Arrondissement Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Canton Houilles
Intercommunality CA Saint Germain Boucles Seine
Government

 • Mayor Alexandre Joly
Area
1

 4.43 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Population
(2006)2

 31,142
 • Density 7,000/km2 (18,000/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.
2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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.




Contents






  • 1 Transport


  • 2 History


  • 3 Education


  • 4 International relations


    • 4.1 Twin towns – Sister cities




  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





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 Schoelcher, 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 Schoelcher. Houilles acquired the house in 2011.



Education


Houilles has fifteen preschool and elementary schools and three junior high schools.[1]


Junior high schools:



  • Collège Alphonse-de-Lamartine

  • Collège Guy-de-Maupassant

  • Collège Sainte-Thérèse


Nearby senior high schools/sixth form colleges:[1]




  • Lycée Les-Pierres-Vives (Carrières-sur-Seine)


  • Lycée Jules-Verne (Sartrouville)


  • Lycée Évariste-Galois (Sartrouville)



International relations


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


Twin towns – Sister cities


Houilles is twinned with:[2]




  • Portugal Celorico de Basto, Portugal[2]


  • United Kingdom Chesham, United Kingdom[2][3]


  • Germany Friedrichsdorf, Germany[2][4]


  • Martinique Schoelcher, Martinique[2]



See also


  • Communes of the Yvelines department


References


  • INSEE




  1. ^ ab "Liste des établissements scolaires." Houilles. Retrieved on September 2, 2016.


  2. ^ abcde "Bienvenue au Comité de Jumelage de Houilles". Comité de Jumelage de Houilles (in French). Retrieved 2013-07-16..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ "British towns twinned with French towns". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-11.


  4. ^ "Partnerstädte - Friedrichsdorf". Friedrichsdorf Town Council (in German). © Stadt Friedrichsdorf 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-16.




External links







  • Official website (in French)












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