Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.[department in north-central ]France
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. It is located from the centre of Paris.
The commune of Achères lies on the south bank of the Seine
The Seine ( , ) is a river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plat ...
in a loop of the river, on the edge of the Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
The Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye or ''Forêt de Saint-Germain-en-Laye'', is a dominial forest of in area which lies in a meander of the River Seine, France. Situated West of Paris, between Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Maisons-Laffitte, Achères, ...
. It borders Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. ...
and Poissy
Poissy () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Inhabitan ...
on the south, Andrésy and Carrières-sous-Poissy
Carrières-sous-Poissy () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in north-central France. The town sits on the bank of the Seine River, directly opposite ...
on the west, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris.
The commune was originally named for its g ...
and Herblay on the north, and Maisons-Laffitte
Maisons-Laffitte () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the northern Île-de-France Regions of France, region of France. It is a part of the affluent outer suburbs of northwestern Paris, from its ...
and La Frette-sur-Seine
La Frette-sur-Seine (, literally ''La Frette on Seine'') is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Val-d'Oise department
The following is a list of the 183 Communes ...
on the east.
Inhabitants of Achères are called ''Achérois''.
History
Land speed records
Between 18 December 1898 and 29 April 1899 the first six world land speed records were set in Achères, as and Camille Jenatzy
Camille Jenatzy (1868, Schaerbeek – 8 December 1913, Habay la Neuve) was a Belgian race car driver. He is known for breaking the land speed record three times and being the first man to break the 100 km/h barrier.
He was nicknamed ''Le ...
alternately raised the world record speed from to .
in the Jeantaud ''Duc Profilée''
File:Jamais contente.jpg, Camille Jenatzy
Camille Jenatzy (1868, Schaerbeek – 8 December 1913, Habay la Neuve) was a Belgian race car driver. He is known for breaking the land speed record three times and being the first man to break the 100 km/h barrier.
He was nicknamed ''Le ...
in " La Jamais Contente" in 1899, the first automobile to reach 100 km/h.
Population
Politics
Presidential Elections 2nd Round
Transport
Achères is served by and stations on Paris RER line , as well as Line L on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare
Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare is one of the sectors in the Paris Transilien suburban rail network. The trains on this sector depart from Gare Saint-Lazare in central Paris and serve the north and north-west of Île-de-France region with Transilien ...
suburban rail.
By road, it is accessible from the N184, the Route de Poissy, and the D30.
Twin towns – sister cities
Achères is twinned with:Stonehaven
Stonehaven ( ) is a town on the northeast coast of Scotland, south of Aberdeen. It had a population of 11,177 at th2022 Census
Stonehaven was formerly the county town of Kincardineshire, succeeding the now abandoned town of Kincardine, Aberd ...
, Scotland, United Kingdom
See also
*Communes of the Yvelines department
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes o ...
References
External links
Official website
Communes of Yvelines
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