Creil
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Creil | |
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 Quartier St-Médard | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Creil  | |
  Creil  Creil | |
| Coordinates: 49°15′30″N 2°29′00″E / 49.2583°N 2.4833°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Oise |
| Arrondissement | Senlis |
| Canton | Creil |
| Intercommunality | CA Creil Sud Oise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Claude Villemain[1] |
Area 1 | 11.09 km2 (4.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 36,106 |
| • Density | 3,300/km2 (8,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 60175 /60100 |
| Elevation | 26–129 m (85–423 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Creil (French pronunciation: [kʁɛj]) is a commune in the Oise department, northern France.[3] The Creil station is an important railway junction.
History
[edit] | This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2021) |
Archaeological remains in the area include a Neolithic site as well as a late Iron Age necropolis, perhaps belonging to a Gaulish fortress or protected camp.
The city itself is mentioned for the first time in a 633 AD document.
The Château de Creil is recorded from the 7th century.
There are some traces of a castle in which Charles VI resided during the period of his madness, c. 1390. Creil played a part of some importance in the wars of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.[4]
Population
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| Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International relations
[edit]Creil is twinned with:[7]
Marl, Germany
Pendle, England, United Kingdom
Chorzów, Poland
Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories
Nabadji Civol, Senegal- Ouro Sogui, Senegal
Nefta, Tunisia
Dakhla, Western Sahara
Personalities
[edit]- Houssen Abderrahmane, footballer
- Simon Banza, footballer
- Jean-François Christophe, footballer
- Fabé Dia, athlete
- Michel Chion, French film theorist and composer of experimental music
- Steve Furtado, footballer
- Helene Geoffroy, politician
- Keblack, rapper
- Lynel Kitambala, footballer
- Louis-Gabriel Le Brun, French engineer
- Johann Lion, former footballer
- Paccelis Morlende, basketball player
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Creil (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1954–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.9 (60.6) |
21.4 (70.5) |
25.4 (77.7) |
28.0 (82.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
36.4 (97.5) |
41.6 (106.9) |
39.3 (102.7) |
35.3 (95.5) |
28.3 (82.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
41.6 (106.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) |
8.0 (46.4) |
12.0 (53.6) |
15.6 (60.1) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
20.9 (69.6) |
15.9 (60.6) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.2 (45.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) |
4.6 (40.3) |
7.5 (45.5) |
10.3 (50.5) |
13.7 (56.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
11.9 (53.4) |
7.4 (45.3) |
4.5 (40.1) |
11.2 (52.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
1.2 (34.2) |
3.1 (37.6) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
11.4 (52.5) |
13.4 (56.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
10.3 (50.5) |
7.8 (46.0) |
4.3 (39.7) |
1.9 (35.4) |
6.8 (44.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −21.6 (−6.9) |
−18.5 (−1.3) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
0.7 (33.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.2 (2.21) |
47.1 (1.85) |
48.2 (1.90) |
45.2 (1.78) |
60.0 (2.36) |
56.0 (2.20) |
56.0 (2.20) |
57.6 (2.27) |
45.0 (1.77) |
61.1 (2.41) |
59.2 (2.33) |
70.6 (2.78) |
662.2 (26.07) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 12.7 | 117.6 |
| Source: Meteociel[8] | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 402.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Creil, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Relations internationales". creil.fr (in French). Creil. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Creil (60))". Meteociel. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
External links
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Media related to Creil at Wikimedia Commons- Town hall official website Archived 10 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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