Houilles

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.

Houilles
Commune
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
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentYvelines
ArrondissementSaint-Germain-en-Laye
CantonHouilles
IntercommunalityCA Saint Germain Boucles Seine
Government
 • MayorAlexandre Joly
Area
1
4.43 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
32,151
 • 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.

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.[2]

Junior high schools:

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

Nearby senior high schools/sixth form colleges:[2]

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

Twin towns – sister cities

Houilles is twinned with:[3]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "Liste des établissements scolaires." Houilles. Retrieved on September 2, 2016.
  3. "Comité de Jumelage de Houilles". jumelage-houilles.com (in French). Comité de Jumelage de Houilles. Retrieved 2019-11-17.


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