Houilles

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Houilles
Commune
The Hôtel de Ville
The Hôtel de Ville
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
Houilles is located in Île-de-France (region)
Houilles
Houilles
Coordinates: 48°55′34″N 2°11′21″E / 48.9261°N 2.1892°E / 48.9261; 2.1892
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentYvelines
ArrondissementSaint-Germain-en-Laye
CantonHouilles
IntercommunalityCA Saint Germain Boucles Seine
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Julien Chambon[1]
Area
1
4.43 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
33,617
 • Density7,590/km2 (19,700/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.

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.

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

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]

International relations

Houilles is twinned with:[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Une visite-conférence à Houilles et son histoire par Marianne". Jean-Pierre Kosinski. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Houilles, EHESS (in French).
  5. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. 1 2 "Liste des établissements scolaires." Houilles. Retrieved on September 2, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Comité de Jumelage de Houilles". jumelage-houilles.com (in French). Comité de Jumelage de Houilles. Retrieved 2019-11-17.