Pierrelaye
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Val d'Oise | |
| Arrondissement | Argenteuil | |
| Canton | Taverny | |
| Community association | Val Parisis | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 1 ' N , 2 ° 9' E | |
| height | 35-78 m | |
| surface | 9.21 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,393 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 911 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 95220, 95480 | |
| INSEE code | 95488 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-pierrelaye.fr/ | |
 Pierrelaye Town Hall |
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Pierrelaye is a French commune with 8,393 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Val-d'Oise department of the Île-de-France region . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Argenteuil and the Canton of Taverny . The inhabitants are called Pierrelaysien (ne) s .
geography
Pierrelaye is about 25 kilometers northwest of Paris . Pierrelaye is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Méry-sur-Oise in the north, Bessancourt in the northeast, Beauchamp in the east, Montigny-lès-Cormeilles in the southeast, Herblay-sur-Seine in the south and west and Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône in the north-west .
The A15 autoroute from Gennevilliers to Pontoise runs through the municipality .
history
Pierrelaye is first handed down in a document from 1125.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | |
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| 3,890 | 4,606 | 5,586 | 5,548 | 6.251 | 6,923 | 7,322 | 8,012 | |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Church St-Jean-Baptiste , built in 1852 on the site of the former church from the 13th century
- town hall
Personalities
- Léon Germain Pelouse (1838-1891), painter
Community partnerships
- Sásd , Baranya County, Hungary
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise. Flohic éditions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , pp. 69-74.
Web links
Commons : Pierrelaye - collection of images, videos and audio files
