Trappes () 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,

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, Northern

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. It is a

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located in the western outer suburbs of

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, from the centre of Paris, part of the

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Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines () is a new town and an agglomeration community in the French department of Yvelines. It is one of the original five villes nouvelles ( new towns) of Paris and was named after the Saint Quentin Pond, which was chosen ...

Transport

Trappes is served by

Trappes station Trappes is a station on the Paris–Brest railway. It is served by suburban Transilien Line N and U services. The station opened on . It is within Trappes. See also * List of stations of the Paris RER A list is a set of discrete items o ...

on the

Transilien La Défense Transilien Line U, also known as "La Défense - La Verrière" or more often simply "ligne U", is a tangential commuter train link, which serves the western Paris region from La Défense. It links the Paris's business district of La Défense to ...

and

Transilien Paris-Montparnasse Transilien Line N is a railway line of the Paris Transilien suburban rail network operated by the SNCF. The trains on this line travel between Gare Montparnasse in Paris and the west of Île-de-France region, with termini in Rambouillet, Dreux ...

suburban rail lines.

Demographics

Crime

The suburb is known for

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and

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. It also has

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among its large Muslim population, with 70 local people suspected of having left France to fight for the

Islamic State The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadism, Salafi jihadist organization and unrecognized quasi-state. IS ...

, according to several sources. According to the French government, 67 people from Trappes have joined the Islamic State, and others have carried out attacks inside France. In July 2013, Trappes police station was attacked by a mob of French Muslims in response to the arrest of a man who had assaulted a police officer during an identity check on his entirely veiled wife (face covering is illegal in France). A man on the terrorism watch list of the French police, killed his mother and sister with a knife in Trappes on August 23, 2018.

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claimed responsibility on behalf of the Islamic State. However, French interior minister

Gérard Collomb Gérard Collomb OQ (; 20 June 1947 – 25 November 2023) was a French politician who served as Mayor of Lyon from 2001 to 2017 and again from 2018 until 2020. He joined La République En Marche! (LREM) in 2017, when he left the Socialist Party ...

stated he was a man with mental health issues, rather than someone inspired by the organisation.

Education

There are 36 municipal preschools and primary schools in Trappes. The community has three junior high schools: * Collège Le Village * Collège Gustave Courbet * Collège Youri-Gagarine Senior high schools/sixth form colleges: *Lycée des métiers Louis Blériot *Lycée des métiers Henri Matisse *Lycée de la Plaine de Neauphle

Climate

Notable people

Nicolas Anelka Nicolas Sébastien Anelka (born 14 March 1979) is a French professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who played as a Forward (association football), forward. As a player, he regularly featur ...

, footballer *

Odile Bailleux Odile Bailleux (; 30 December 1939 – 19 November 2024) was a French harpsichordist and organist. She was a long-time organist of both Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux in Paris. As a harpsicordist she was a ...

, organist and harpsichordist *

Eddy Ben Arous Eddy Ben Arous (born 25 August 1990) is a French rugby union player of Nigerian descent who plays prop for Top 14 side Racing 92. Early career Ben Arous began his career with playing for his local side Rugby Trappes, before playing at semi-prof ...

, rugby player *

Barbara Cabrita Barbara Cabrita (born 9 May 1982) is a French-Portuguese actress, born in Trappes in the department of Yvelines. Early life Cabrita was born to Portuguese immigrant parents. She began as a model at 16 years old. At 20 years old she plays in t ...

, actress *

Jamel Debbouze Jamel Debbouze (; ; born 18 June 1975) is a Moroccan-French actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer and director. Best known for his stand-up comedy sketches, he also worked with director Alain Chabat in several films and other notable Fren ...

, comedian and actor *

La Fouine Laouni Mouhid (, ; born 25 December 1981), commonly known by his stage name La Fouine (; ), with additional aliases such as Fouiny Babe or just Fouiny (), is a French rapper and singer. He is the owner of Banlieue Sale and the clothing line "St ...

, rapper *

Massadio Haïdara Massadio Haïdara (born 2 December 1992) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a left-back for club Stade Brestois 29, Brest. Born in France, he plays for the Mali national football team, Mali national team. Club caree ...

, footballer * Kevin Harley, basketball player * Cyril Paglino, entrepreneur * Linda Pradel, handball player *

Shy'm Tamara Marthe (born 28 November 1985), better known as Shy'm , is a French singer and actress. She released her first album, ''Mes fantaisies'', in 2006 and has since released six more albums. She had three Platinum albums, including her number ...

, singer *

Omar Sy Omar Sy (, ; born 20 January 1978) is a French actor, best known in France for his sketches with Fred Testot on the '' Service après-vente des émissions'' television show on Canal+ (2005–2012). He gained wider recognition for his role in the ...

, comedian and actor

Twin towns – sister cities

Trappes is twinned with: *

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, Italy (1971) *

Congleton Congleton is a market town and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. It is on the River Dane, south of Manchester and north of Stoke on Trent. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 28,497 and the built-up area ha ...

, England, United Kingdom (1962) *

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, Czech Republic (1970)

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Communes of Yvelines Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Yvelines communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia