Houilles

Houilles
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Canton	Houilles
Intercommunality	Boucle de la Seine
Government
• Mayor	Alexandre Joly
Area1	4.43 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	31,142
• Density	7,000/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Houilles 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.

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.

International relations

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

Twin towns – Sister cities

Houilles is twinned with:

• Celorico de Basto, Portugal
• Chesham, United Kingdom
• Friedrichsdorf, Germany
• Schoelcher, Martinique

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official website (in French)