Cormeilles-en-Parisis
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Val d'Oise | |
| Arrondissement | Argenteuil | |
| Canton | Franconville | |
| Community association | Val Parisis | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 59 ′ N , 2 ° 12 ′ E | |
| height | 22-170 m | |
| surface | 8.33 km 2 | |
| Residents | 24,161 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 2,900 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 95240 | |
| INSEE code | 95176 | |
| Website | www.ville-cormeilles95.fr/ | |
 View of Cormeilles from the park |
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Cormeilles-en-Parisis is a French commune with 24,161 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Val-d'Oise department , it is located in the northwestern outskirts of Paris . Cormeilles belongs to the Argenteuil arrondissement and is the administrative seat ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Franconville .
geography
Cormeilles-en-Parisis is located about 17 km northwest of Paris in the Montmorency Valley at the foot of the Buttes du Parisis , a forested range of hills.
The neighboring municipalities of Cormeilles-en-Parisis are Montigny-lès-Cormeilles and Franconville in the north, Sannois in the east, Argenteuil in the southeast, Sartrouville in the south and Maisons-Laffitte and La Frette-sur-Seine in the west.
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1962 | 11,486 |
| 1968 | 13,829 |
| 1975 | 14,063 |
| 1982 | 14,484 |
| 1990 | 17,417 |
| 1999 | 19,643 |
| 2006 | 21,503 |
| 2010 | 23,038 |
Until the beginning of the 20th century, Cormeilles-en-Parisis was a small town with a population of between 1,550 (in 1793) and 2,654 (in 1901).
history
As early as 697 the place was named Cornioletus in a document of the Merovingian king Childebert III. and in 892 mentioned as Cormilias in the lists of the Abbey of Saint-Denis. A Gallo-Roman oppidum existed here as early as the third century .
The community was dominated by agriculture for centuries. After the Franco-Prussian War , the fortress of Cormeilles ( Fort de Cormeilles-en-Parisis ) was built from 1874 to 1877 . The castle was used as a backdrop in the movie The Night of the Generals .
Town twinning
- Ware , Hertfordshire (England), United Kingdom
Attractions
- Saint-Martin Church ( Monument historique since February 1997 ), Romanesque church, foundation from the 12th century
- Hotel de la Prévote
- Château Lamazière
- Château Lambert
- Fontaine Saint-Martin
- Chenêt fountain and wash house
Personalities
- Claude-Louis Fourmont (1703–1780), priest and orientalist
- Robert-Aglaé Cauchoix (1776–1845), optician and astronomer
- Louis Daguerre (1787–1851), painter and inventor
- Charles Arthur Gonse (1838–1917), Brigadier General
- Henri Cazalis (1840–1909), doctor, writer and orientalist
- Louis Gonse (1846–1921), art historian
- Louis Hayet (1864–1940), pointillist painter
- Paul Gaudet (1873–1931), architect
- Marina Scriabine (1911–1998), musicologist and composer
- Jürg Kreienbühl (1932–2007), biologist and painter
- Leonard Tavarez (1938-1991), boxer
- Robert Hue (* 1946), politician
- Grégory Proment (* 1978), football player (defender)
- Boris Diaw (* 1982), basketball player
- Jean Calvé (* 1984), football player (defender)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , pp. 149-169.
Individual evidence
- ↑ INSEE: Population development of Cormeilles-en-Parisis 1962-2010 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
