Achères, Yvelines
Achères | |
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Coordinates: 48°57′37″N 2°04′06″E / 48.9602°N 2.0684°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Yvelines |
Arrondissement | Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
Canton | Poissy |
Intercommunality | Grand Paris Seine et Oise |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Marc Honoré[1] |
Area 1 | 9.44 km2 (3.64 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 21,368 |
• Density | 2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 78005 /78260 |
Elevation | 18–32 m (59–105 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Achères (French pronunciation: [aʃɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in north-central France. It is located 23.7 km (14.7 mi) from the centre of Paris.
The commune of Achères lies on the south bank of the Seine in a loop of the river, on the edge of the Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. It borders Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Poissy on the south, Andrésy and Carrières-sous-Poissy on the west, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine and Herblay on the north, and Maisons-Laffitte and La Frette-sur-Seine on the east.
Inhabitants of Achères are called Achérois.
History
[edit]Land speed records
[edit]Between 18 December 1898 and 29 April 1899 the first six world land speed records were set in Achères, as Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat and Camille Jenatzy alternately raised the world record speed from 39.245 miles per hour (63.159 km/h) to 65.792 miles per hour (105.882 km/h).[3]
Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat drove his electric powered Jeantaud, while Camille Jenatzy used the electric car, built by the de: Compagnie Générale des Transports Automobiles (CITA), Nº 25, La Jamais Contente, the first purpose-designed land speed racer,[4] and set the first record over 100 km/h (60 mph).
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Camille Jenatzy in "La Jamais Contente" in 1899, the first automobile to reach 100 km/h.
Population
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Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968–2017)[6] |
Politics
[edit]Presidential Elections 2nd Round
[edit]Election | Winning Candidate | Party | % | |
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2017[7] | Emmanuel Macron | EM | 74.47 | |
2012 | François Hollande | PS | 59.14 | |
2007 | Ségolène Royal | PS | 53.44 | |
2002 | Jacques Chirac | RPR | 84.91 |
Transport
[edit]Achères is served by Achères-Ville and Achères–Grand-Cormier stations on Paris RER line , as well as Line L on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail.
By road, it is accessible from the N184, the Route de Poissy, and the D30.
Twin towns – sister cities
[edit]- Amarante, Portugal
- Großkrotzenburg, Germany
- Stonehaven, Scotland, United Kingdom
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Fowler, Dave (2019). "Land Speed Record Holders Timeline". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ Northey, Tom. "Land Speed Record", in Northey, Tom, ed. World of Automobiles" (London: Orbis, 1974), Vol 10, p. 1162.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Achères, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Résultats élections: Achères". Le Monde.fr.
- ^ "Jumelages". mairie-acheres78.fr (in French). Achères. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in French)
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