| Creil | |
|---|---|
|  Quartier St-Médard | |
| .svg.png.webp) Coat of arms | |
| Location of Creil | |
|   Creil   Creil | |
| Coordinates: 49°15′30″N 2°29′00″E / 49.2583°N 2.4833°E | |
| Country | France | 
| Region | Hauts-de-France | 
| Department | Oise | 
| Arrondissement | Senlis | 
| Canton | Creil | 
| Intercommunality | CA Creil Sud Oise | 
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Claude Villemain[1] | 
| Area 1 | 11.09 km2 (4.28 sq mi) | 
| Population | 36,106 | 
| • Density | 3,300/km2 (8,400/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | 
| INSEE/Postal code | 60175 /60100 | 
| Elevation | 26–129 m (85–423 ft) | 
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Creil (French pronunciation: [kʁɛj]) is a commune in the Oise department, northern France.[3] The Creil station is an important railway junction.
History
Archaeological remains in the area include a Neolithic site as well as a late Iron Age necropolis, perhaps belonging to a Gaulish 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, c. 1390. Creil played a part of some importance in the wars of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.[4]
Population
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International relations
Creil is twinned with:[7]
 Marl, Germany Marl, Germany
 Pendle, England, United Kingdom Pendle, England, United Kingdom
 Chorzów, Poland Chorzów, Poland
 Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories
 Nabadji Civol, Senegal Nabadji Civol, Senegal
 Ouro Sogui, Senegal Ouro Sogui, Senegal
 Nefta, Tunisia Nefta, Tunisia
 Dakhla, Western Sahara Dakhla, Western Sahara
Personalities
- Houssen Abderrahmane, footballer
- Simon Banza, footballer
- Jean-François Christophe, footballer
- Fabé Dia, athlete
- Michel Chion, French film theorist and composer of experimental music
- Steve Furtado, footballer
- Helene Geoffroy, politician
- Keblack, rapper
- Lynel Kitambala, footballer
- Louis-Gabriel Le Brun, French engineer
- Johann Lion, former footballer
- Paccelis Morlende, basketball player
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ↑ INSEE commune file
- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 402.
- ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Creil, EHESS (in French).
- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ↑ "Relations internationales". creil.fr (in French). Creil. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
External links
 Media related to Creil at Wikimedia Commons Media related to Creil at Wikimedia Commons
- Town hall official website Archived 10 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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