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 Houilles
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
Area 1	4.43 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	33,449
• Density	7,600/km2 (20,000/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

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

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,651 —     1800 1,290 −3.46% 1806 1,144 −1.98% 1821 1,227 +0.47% 1831 1,265 +0.31% 1836 1,191 −1.20% 1841 1,156 −0.59% 1846 1,230 +1.25% 1851 1,185 −0.74% 1856 1,203 +0.30% 1861 1,275 +1.17% 1866 1,433 +2.36% 1872 1,256 −2.17% 1876 1,407 +2.88% 1881 1,737 +4.30% 1886 1,961 +2.46% 1891 2,331 +3.52% 1896 2,780 +3.59%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,824 +6.58% 1906 4,946 +5.28% 1911 7,092 +7.47% 1921 10,274 +3.78% 1926 15,153 +8.08% 1931 19,078 +4.71% 1936 19,799 +0.74% 1946 20,610 +0.40% 1954 22,974 +1.37% 1962 26,370 +1.74% 1968 29,338 +1.79% 1975 30,345 +0.48% 1982 29,537 −0.38% 1990 29,650 +0.05% 1999 29,634 −0.01% 2007 30,973 +0.55% 2012 32,399 +0.90% 2017 32,151 −0.15%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

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.

Junior high schools:

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

Nearby senior high schools/sixth form colleges:

• Lycée Les-Pierres-Vives (Carrières-sur-Seine)
• Lycée Jules-Verne (Sartrouville)
• Lycée Évariste-Galois (Sartrouville)

International relations

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

Houilles is twinned with:

• Celorico de Basto, Portugal
• Chesham, England, United Kingdom
• Friedrichsdorf, Germany
• Schœlcher, Martinique, France

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department

External links

• Official website (in French)