Conflans-Sainte-Honorine () is a commune in the

Yvelines 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 the

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in north-central

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. It is located in the northwestern suburbs of

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, from the center of Paris. The commune was originally named for its geographic position at the

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of the

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and

Oise Oise ( ; ; ) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 in 2019.< ...

rivers. The village was given the addition "Sainte Honorine" in the 13th century after Saint Honorina, whose relics had been kept there since AD 876. Partly on account of its strategic position, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is considered the capital of the French inland waterways, and the right bank of the river

is still lined with

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(although these are now used mainly as

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). Every year in June, the town celebrates the ''Pardon national de la batellerie'' in remembrance of its former importance to inland shipping.

Population

Transport

Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is served by

Conflans-Sainte-Honorine station Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is a railway station in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a northwestern suburb of Paris, France. It is on the lines from Gare Saint-Lazare, Saint-Lazare to Gare de Pontoise, Pontoise and from Saint-Lazare to Gare de Mantes-la-Jol ...

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 ...

regional rail line. It is also served by

Conflans-Fin-d'Oise station Conflans–Fin d'Oise is a railway station serving Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. It is a two-level station situated on the lines from Saint-Lazare to Cergy-le-Haut and from Saint-Lazare to Mantes-la-Jolie via Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. The lower ...

which is an interchange station on Paris RER line A and on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.

Education

the city's schools had 4,258 students. There are nine public preschools, seven public elementary schools, one private school, and an ''école régionale du premier degré'' (ERPD). Elementary schools: * École élémentaire Chennevières * École élémentaire Clos-d’en-Haut * École élémentaire Côtes-Reverses * École élémentaire Gaston-Rousset * École élémentaire Grandes-Terres * École élémentaire Henri-Dunant * École élémentaire Paul-Bert The médiathèque Blaise-Cendrars has digital documents and multimedia services.

Samuel Paty On 16 October 2020, Samuel Paty (), a French Secondary education in France#Collège, secondary school teacher, was attacked and killed in Éragny, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France, by an Islamic terrorism, Islamic terrorist. The perpetrator, A ...

, a middle school teacher at Collège du Bois d'Aulne in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, was killed and beheaded in 2020 in an Islamist terrorist attack.

Parks and recreation

Centre aquatique de Conflans has the town's pool.

Personalities

Charb Stéphane Jean-Abel Michel Charbonnier (; 21 August 1967 – 7 January 2015), better known as Charb (), was a French satirical caricaturist and journalist. He was assassinated during the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting on 7 January 2015. He wor ...

(1967–2015), satirical caricaturist and journalist, was born in Conflans * Samuel Coco-Viloin (born 1987), track and field athlete *

Gérard Genette Gérard Genette (; 7 June 1930 – 11 May 2018) was a French literary theorist, associated in particular with the structuralist movement and with figures such as Roland Barthes and Claude Lévi-Strauss, from whom he adapted the concept of ''b ...

(1930–2018), literary critic and theorist of literature, spent part of his childhood there * Jean-Paul Huchon, president of the regional council for Île-de-France, Socialist party, former mayor of Conflans (1994–2001) *

Michel Rocard Michel Rocard (; 23 August 1930 – 2 July 2016) was a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party (PS). He served as Prime Minister of France, Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1988 to 199 ...

(1930–2016), French prime minister (1988–1991), Socialist party, mayor of Conflans (1977–1994) *

Nicolas Roche Nicolas Roche (; born 3 July 1984) is an Ireland, Irish cyclist, who competes in gravel cycling for his own NR GRVL team. He is also a former professional Road bicycle racing, road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2021 for ...

(born 1984), Irish professional cyclist, was born here *Nicolas Szerszen, volleyball player at

Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...

AVCA The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) is an organization of over 9,000 members, incorporated as a private non-profit corporation, non-profit educational corporation in 1981, as the Collegiate Volleyball Coaches Association. It is cur ...

national Player of the Year (2016). NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player (2017).

Twin towns – sister cities

Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is twinned with: * Großauheim (Hanau), Germany *

Chimay Chimay (, ) is a city and Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, province of Hainaut, Belgium. In 2006, Chimay had a population of 9,774. The area is 197.10 km2 which gives a population density ...

, Belgium *

Ramsgate Ramsgate is a seaside resort, seaside town and civil parish in the district of Thanet District, Thanet in eastern Kent, England. It was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century. In 2021 it had a population of 42,027. Ramsgate' ...

, England, United Kingdom

References

External links

Official website

Conflans tourist office
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