Houilles
Commune in Île-de-France, France
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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.
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The Hôtel de Ville | |
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| Coordinates: 48°55′34″N 2°11′21″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[1] |
Area 1 | 4.43 km2 (1.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 33,983 |
| • Density | 7,670/km2 (19,900/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. | |
History
The Hôtel de Ville is a former private house which was acquired and converted by the town council in 1905.[3]
Until 2000, the command post of the 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 Schœlcher. The commune of Houilles acquired the house in 2011.
Population
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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.[6]
Junior high schools:
- Collège Alphonse-de-Lamartine
- Collège Guy-de-Maupassant
- Collège Sainte-Thérèse
Nearby senior high schools/sixth form colleges:[6]
- Lycée Les-Pierres-Vives (Carrières-sur-Seine)
- Lycée Jules-Verne (Sartrouville)
- Lycée Évariste-Galois (Sartrouville)
International relations
Celorico de Basto, Portugal
Chesham, England, United Kingdom
Friedrichsdorf, Germany
Schœlcher, Martinique, France
