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Creil
Commune
Quartier St-Médard
Coat of arms
Location of Creil
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Coordinates: 49°15′30″N 2°29′00″E / 49.2583°N 2.4833°E / 49.2583; 2.4833Coordinates: 49°15′30″N 2°29′00″E / 49.2583°N 2.4833°E / 49.2583; 2.4833
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Oise
Arrondissement	Senlis
Canton	Creil
Intercommunality	Agglomération creilloise
Government
• Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Villemain
Area 1	11.09 km2 (4.28 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	33,936
• Density	3,100/km2 (7,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	60175 /60100
Elevation	26–129 m (85–423 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.

Creil [kʁɛj] is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. The Gare de Creil is an important railway junction.

History

Archaeological remains in the area include a Neolithic site as well as a late Iron Age necropolis, perhaps belonging to a Gaulish fortress or protected camp.

The city itself is mentioned for the first time in a 633 AD document.

International relations

Creil is twinned with:

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  Marl, Germany
  


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  Borough of Pendle, United Kingdom
  


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  Chorzów, Poland
  


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  Bethlehem, Palestinian National Authority
  


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  Dakhla, Western Sahara, (Moroccan-administered zone)

Personalities

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  Jean-François Christophe, footballer


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  Fabé Dia, athlete


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  Rédoine Faïd, bank robber and prison escapee


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  Lynel Kitambala, footballer


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  Louis-Gabriel Le Brun [fr], French engineer


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  Paccelis Morlende, basketball player

See also

• Communes of the Oise department

Notes

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

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  Media related to Creil at Wikimedia Commons


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  Town hall official website (in French)
  

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