Houilles () 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. It is a northwestern suburb of Paris, located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris.

History

Until 2000, the command post of French Navy, French Navy's Force océanique stratégique, Ballistic Missile Submarine Force was based at Houilles. Victor Schœlcher, a French abolitionist writer in the 19th century and the main spokesman for a group from Paris who worked for the abolition of slavery died in Houilles on 25 December 1893. A nursery school, a street and a statue carry his name. The house in which he died in 1893 is at 26 Avenue Schœlcher. The commune of Houilles acquired the house in 2011.

Population

Transport

Houilles is served by Houilles–Carrières-sur-Seine station on Paris RER A, RER line A and on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.

Education

Houilles has fifteen preschool and elementary schools and three junior high schools.Liste des établissements scolaires
" Houilles. Retrieved on September 2, 2016. Junior high schools: * Collège Alphonse-de-Lamartine * Collège Guy-de-Maupassant * Collège Sainte-Thérèse Nearby senior high schools/sixth form colleges: * Lycée Les-Pierres-Vives (Carrières-sur-Seine) * Lycée Jules-Verne (Sartrouville), Lycée Jules-Verne (Sartrouville) * Lycée Évariste-Galois (Sartrouville), Lycée Évariste-Galois (Sartrouville)

International relations

Houilles is Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with: * Celorico de Basto, Portugal * Chesham, England, United Kingdom * Friedrichsdorf, Germany * Schœlcher, Martinique, France

References

External links

Official website
(in French) Communes of Yvelines {{Yvelines-geo-stub