Creil () is a commune in the

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.< ...

department, northern

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. The

Creil station Creil is the Train station, railway station serving the northern French city of Creil. It is an important railway junction, situated on the Paris–Lille railway, the Creil–Jeumont railway and the branch lines to Beauvais and Pontoise. The sta ...

is an important railway junction.

History

Archaeological remains in the area include a

Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...

site as well as a late

Iron Age The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...

necropolis, perhaps belonging to a

Gaulish Gaulish is an extinct Celtic languages, Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium, ...

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, 1390. Creil played a part of some importance in the wars of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.

Population

International relations

Creil is twinned with: *

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, Germany * Pendle, England, United Kingdom *

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, Poland *

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, Palestinian Territories * Nabadji Civol, Senegal *

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, Senegal * Nefta, Tunisia * Dakhla, Western Sahara

Personalities

* Houssen Abderrahmane, footballer * Simon Banza, footballer *

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, footballer * Fabé Dia, athlete * Michel Chion, French film theorist and composer of experimental music * Steve Furtado, footballer * Helene Geoffroy, politician *

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, rapper * Lynel Kitambala, footballer * , French engineer * Johann Lion, former footballer * Paccelis Morlende, basketball player * Rédoine Faïd, famous criminal

Climate

References

External links

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Town hall official website
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