Creil
{{For|the village in the Netherlands|Creil, Flevoland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Creil
|commune status = Commune
|image = Quartier Saint-Médard.jpg
|caption = Quartier St-Médard
|arrondissement = Senlis
|canton = Creil
|INSEE = 60175
|postal code = 60100
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Creil (Oise).svg
|mayor = Sophie Dhoury-Lehner{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=12 March 2025|language=fr}}
|term = 2024–2026
|intercommunality = CA Creil Sud Oise
|coordinates = {{coord|49.2583|2.4833|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m =
|elevation min m = 26
|elevation max m = 129
|area km2 = 11.09
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Creil ({{IPA|fr|kʁɛj}}) is a commune in the Oise department, northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/60175-creil INSEE commune file] The Creil station is an important railway junction.
History
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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, {{circa}} 1390. Creil played a part of some importance in the wars of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Creil |volume=7 |page=402}}
Population
{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|10978|Creil}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-60175#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |976
|1800 |1000
|1806 |1196
|1821 |1329
|1831 |1550
|1836 |1690
|1841 |1790
|1846 |2223
|1851 |2656
|1856 |3181
|1861 |3626
|1866 |4539
|1872 |4998
|1876 |5737
|1881 |7182
|1886 |7418
|1891 |8183
|1896 |8456
|1901 |9125
|1906 |9272
|1911 |10214
|1921 |10359
|1926 |10558
|1931 |10768
|1936 |10899
|1946 |10024
|1954 |13500
|1962 |19235
|1968 |32544
|1975 |32509
|1982 |34709
|1990 |31956
|1999 |30675
|2007 |33837
|2012 |33936
|2017 |35657
}}
International relations
Creil is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Relations internationales|url=https://www.creil.fr/relations-internationales|website=creil.fr|publisher=Creil|language=fr|access-date=2019-11-20}}
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- {{flagicon|GER}} Marl, Germany
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Pendle, England, United Kingdom
- {{flagicon|POL}} Chorzów, Poland
- {{flagicon|PSE}} Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories
- {{flagicon|SEN}} Nabadji Civol, Senegal
- {{flagicon|SEN}} Ouro Sogui, Senegal
- {{flagicon|TUN}} Nefta, Tunisia
- {{flagicon|ESH}} Dakhla, Western Sahara
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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
- {{Interlanguage link|Louis-Gabriel Le Brun|fr}}, French engineer
- Johann Lion, former footballer
- Paccelis Morlende, basketball player
- Rédoine Faïd, famous criminal
Climate
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Creil (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1954–present)
|Jan record high C = 15.9
|Feb record high C = 21.4
|Mar record high C = 25.4
|Apr record high C = 28.0
|May record high C = 31.7
|Jun record high C = 36.4
|Jul record high C = 41.6
|Aug record high C = 39.3
|Sep record high C = 35.3
|Oct record high C = 28.3
|Nov record high C = 20.7
|Dec record high C = 16.9
|Jan record low C = -21.6
|Feb record low C = -18.5
|Mar record low C = -11.4
|Apr record low C = -5.3
|May record low C = -2.6
|Jun record low C = 0.7
|Jul record low C = 3.5
|Aug record low C = 3.2
|Sep record low C = -0.6
|Oct record low C = -5.0
|Nov record low C = -11.3
|Dec record low C = -16.7
|Jan high C = 6.8
|Feb high C = 8.0
|Mar high C = 12.0
|Apr high C = 15.6
|May high C = 19.0
|Jun high C = 22.4
|Jul high C = 24.9
|Aug high C = 24.8
|Sep high C = 20.9
|Oct high C = 15.9
|Nov high C = 10.5
|Dec high C = 7.2
| year high C = 15.7
|Jan mean C = 4.1
|Feb mean C = 4.6
|Mar mean C = 7.5
|Apr mean C = 10.3
|May mean C = 13.7
|Jun mean C = 16.9
|Jul mean C = 19.2
|Aug mean C = 19.0
|Sep mean C = 15.6
|Oct mean C = 11.9
|Nov mean C = 7.4
|Dec mean C = 4.5
| year mean C = 11.2
|Jan low C = 1.4
|Feb low C = 1.2
|Mar low C = 3.1
|Apr low C = 4.9
|May low C = 8.4
|Jun low C = 11.4
|Jul low C = 13.4
|Aug low C = 13.2
|Sep low C = 10.3
|Oct low C = 7.8
|Nov low C = 4.3
|Dec low C = 1.9
| year low C = 6.8
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 56.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 47.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 48.2
|Apr precipitation mm = 45.2
|May precipitation mm = 60.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 56.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 56.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 57.6
|Sep precipitation mm = 45.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 61.1
|Nov precipitation mm = 59.2
|Dec precipitation mm = 70.6
|year precipitation mm = 662.2
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 11.1
| Feb precipitation days = 9.9
| Mar precipitation days = 9.5
| Apr precipitation days = 9.0
| May precipitation days = 9.8
| Jun precipitation days = 9.0
| Jul precipitation days = 8.4
| Aug precipitation days = 8.7
| Sep precipitation days = 8.2
| Oct precipitation days = 10.5
| Nov precipitation days = 10.7
| Dec precipitation days = 12.7
| year precipitation days =117.6
|source 1 = Meteociel{{cite web
|url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=60175001
|title=Normales et records pour Creil (60))
|publisher=Meteociel
|access-date=21 November 2024}}}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Creil}}
- [http://www.mairie-creil.fr/ Town hall official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810225227/http://www.mairie-creil.fr/ |date=10 August 2020 }} {{in lang|fr}}
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