Achères (Yvelines)
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | |
| Canton | Poissy | |
| Community association | Grand Paris Seine et Oise | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 58 ' N , 2 ° 4' E | |
| height | 18–32 m | |
| surface | 9.44 km 2 | |
| Residents | 21,017 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 2,226 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 78260 | |
| INSEE code | 78005 | |
| Website | www.mairie-acheres78.fr | |
Achères is a French municipality with 21,017 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France . It is located in the arrondissement of Saint-Germain-en-Laye .
General
The place is about 24 kilometers northwest of Paris city center. The municipality is bounded by a loop of the Seine to the west and by the Saint-Germain-en-Laye forest to the southeast. The Poissy car plant of the PSA Peugeot Citroën car group is located between Achères and the neighboring municipality of Poissy .
Until the territorial reform of Greater Paris in 1968, the city belonged to the Seine-et-Oise department . As part of the reorganization of the cantons in France in 2015, the municipality was assigned to the newly formed canton of Poissy .
Transport links
Achères is through the transport line RER A and the railroad Transilien L over the station Paris Gare Saint-Lazare connected to Paris. The A 14 can be reached via the motorway junction of the neighboring municipality of Poissy . The N184 national road passes the community.
history
The area around Achères was not suitable for agriculture because of the frequent flooding of the Seine. Therefore, between 1847 and 1855, a six-kilometer dam was built between the bridge at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine and Poissy to protect against further flooding . Cholera epidemics occurred in 1852 and 1866 .
A marshalling yard was built on the edge of the forest in 1882 , which has since been closed. As a reminder of the importance of freight transport for the community, a colorful freight wagon was set up next to the town hall.
In 1898 and 1899, Achères was the venue for the competition advertised by the newspaper La France Automobile to set the speed record for road vehicles . In several duels between the French Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat and the Belgian Camille Jenatzy , the record was improved from an initial 63 km / h to 105 km / h. Jenatzy was victorious with his electrically powered La Jamais Contente on April 29, 1899.
In 1940 the Seine-Aval sewage treatment plant was built. At that time it was one of the first sewage treatment plants in France and processed wastewater from all over the greater Paris area.
During the riots in France in 2005 , cars were also destroyed in Achères. In November 2005, a kindergarten in the community went up in flames.
Population development
| 1793 | 1881 | 1901 | 1926 | 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| 349 | 847 | 1,158 | 2,374 | 3,936 | 5,390 | 10,444 | 15.172 | 15,351 | 18,492 | 19,850 |
Source: Cassini
Attractions
- Church Saint-Martin , built in the 12th century (see also: List of Monuments historiques in Achères (Yvelines) )
Community partnerships
- Großkrotzenburg in Hesse
- Amarante in Portugal
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 835-836.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Borscheid: The speed virus. A cultural history of acceleration. Campus, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2004, ISBN 3-593-37488-9 , p. 205.
- ↑ The mirror . Paris suburban riots: Sarkozy sticks to the tough line against riot of November 5, 2005
- ↑ http://cassini.ehess.fr/ Population avant le recensement de 1962