Trappes

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Trappes

|commune status = Commune

|image = Trappes Mairie.JPG

|caption = Town hall

|map size = 270px

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Trappes (Yvelines).svg

|adjustable map = Trappes_map.png

|map caption = Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs

|coordinates = {{coord|48.7775|2.0025|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|arrondissement = Versailles

|canton = Trappes

|INSEE = 78621

|postal code = 78190

|mayor = Ali Rabeh{{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=6 June 2023|language=fr}}

|party = G.s

|term = 2021–2026

|intercommunality = Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

|elevation m =

|elevation min m = 143

|elevation max m = 174

|area km2 = 13.47

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Trappes ({{IPA|fr|tʁap|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-Trappes.wav}}) is a commune in the Yvelines department, Île-de-France region, Northern France. It is a banlieue located in the western outer suburbs of Paris, {{convert|26.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the centre of Paris, part of the new town of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

Transport

Trappes is served by Trappes station on the Transilien La Défense and Transilien Paris-Montparnasse suburban rail lines.

Demographics

{{Historical populations

|align=none

|cols=2

|graph-pos = bottom

| 1793| 561

| 1800| 616

| 1806| 584

| 1821| 638

| 1831| 718

| 1836| 739

| 1841| 799

| 1846| 809

| 1851| 910

| 1856| 830

| 1861| 774

| 1866| 812

| 1872| 918

| 1876| 976

| 1881| 986

| 1886| 1069

| 1891| 965

| 1896| 1086

| 1901| 1114

| 1906| 1096

| 1911| 1270

| 1921| 1352

| 1926| 1641

| 1931| 2604

| 1936| 3419

| 1946| 3216

| 1954| 4885

| 1962| 9643

| 1968| 16799

| 1975| 22895

| 1982| 29763

| 1990| 30878

| 1999| 28812

|2009 |28638

|2014 |31854

|2020 |33419

|footnote=From the year 1962 on: population without double counting

|source = Cassini{{Cassini-Ehess|38001|Trappes}} and INSEE

{{cite web

|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-78621#ancre-POP_T1

|title=Population en historique depuis 1968

|publisher =INSEE

|access-date= 20 December 2023

}}

Crime

The suburb is known for gang violence and poverty.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45281902|title=Knifeman 'kills relatives' in Paris suburb|date=23 August 2018|via=www.bbc.co.uk}} It also has Islamists among its large Muslim population, with 70 local people suspected of having left France to fight for the Islamic State, according to several sources.{{Cite web |last=Onishi |first=Norimitsu |date=8 June 2021 |title=Le maire, le prof et un 'territoire perdu de la République' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/fr/2021/06/08/world/europe/trappes-islam-lycee-professeur.html |access-date=22 June 2022 |website=The New York Times |language=fr}} According to the French government, 67 people from Trappes have joined the Islamic State, and others have carried out attacks inside France.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

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).{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21582314-violence-erupts-over-controversial-burqa-ban-trouble-trappes|title=Trouble in Trappes|publisher=The Economist}} 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. Amaq News Agency claimed responsibility on behalf of the Islamic State. However, French interior minister Gérard Collomb stated he was a man with mental health issues, rather than someone inspired by the organisation.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/world/europe/france-knife-attack-trappes.html|title=Man on Terror Watch List Kills Relatives Near Paris, Officials Say|website=The New York Times }}

Education

There are 36 municipal preschools and primary schools in Trappes.{{cite web|url=http://www.trappes.fr/index.php?idp=8|title=Les écoles maternelles et élémentaires|website=Ville de Trappes-en-Yvelines}}

The community has three junior high schools:{{cite web|url=http://www.trappes.fr/index.php?idp=152|title=Collèges, lycées et études supérieures & professionnelles|website=Ville de Trappes-en-Yvelines}}

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

{{Weather box

|location = Trappes (1991–2020 averages)

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

|Jan record high C = 16.0

|Feb record high C = 20.3

|Mar record high C = 24.7

|Apr record high C = 28.0

|May record high C = 30.9

|Jun record high C = 36.0

|Jul record high C = 40.6

|Aug record high C = 39.1

|Sep record high C = 34.6

|Oct record high C = 29.0

|Nov record high C = 21.0

|Dec record high C = 16.8

|year record high C = 40.6

|Jan high C = 6.8

|Feb high C = 8.0

|Mar high C = 11.9

|Apr high C = 15.4

|May high C = 18.8

|Jun high C = 22.1

|Jul high C = 24.6

|Aug high C = 24.6

|Sep high C = 20.7

|Oct high C = 15.8

|Nov high C = 10.4

|Dec high C = 7.2

|year high C = 15.5

|Jan low C = 1.9

|Feb low C = 1.8

|Mar low C = 3.9

|Apr low C = 6.0

|May low C = 9.4

|Jun low C = 12.5

|Jul low C = 14.4

|Aug low C = 14.2

|Sep low C = 11.3

|Oct low C = 8.5

|Nov low C = 4.8

|Dec low C = 2.4

|year low C = 7.6

|Jan record low C = -15.8

|Feb record low C = -15.6

|Mar record low C = -10.5

|Apr record low C = -4.1

|May record low C = -1.2

|Jun record low C = 0.1

|Jul record low C = 2.0

|Aug record low C = 4.0

|Sep record low C = -0.5

|Oct record low C = -5.2

|Nov record low C = -8.9

|Dec record low C = -14.3

|year record low C = -15.8

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 56.2

|Feb precipitation mm = 49.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 50.1

|Apr precipitation mm = 49.9

|May precipitation mm = 66.0

|Jun precipitation mm = 57.0

|Jul precipitation mm = 56.3

|Aug precipitation mm = 56.1

|Sep precipitation mm = 49.8

|Oct precipitation mm = 61.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 61.2

|Dec precipitation mm = 72.0

|year precipitation mm = 686.3

|Jan precipitation days = 11.0

|Feb precipitation days = 10.4

|Mar precipitation days = 9.8

|Apr precipitation days = 8.7

|May precipitation days = 9.7

|Jun precipitation days = 8.7

|Jul precipitation days = 7.9

|Aug precipitation days = 8.4

|Sep precipitation days = 7.9

|Oct precipitation days = 10.6

|Nov precipitation days = 11.4

|Dec precipitation days = 12.2

|year precipitation days = 116.6

|Jan sun = 57.0

|Feb sun = 80.6

|Mar sun = 133.7

|Apr sun = 175.8

|May sun = 201.7

|Jun sun = 209.6

|Jul sun = 222.3

|Aug sun = 216.3

|Sep sun = 176.9

|Oct sun = 116.8

|Nov sun = 67.6

|Dec sun = 55.3

|year sun = 1713.8

|source 1= Météo France{{cite web

| url = http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/troyes/10030001/normales

| title = Données climatiques de la station de Troyes

| publisher = Meteo France

| language = fr

| access-date = 4 January 2016

| archive-date = 2 June 2019

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190602063020/http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/troyes/10030001/normales

| url-status = dead

}}{{cite web

| url = http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/champagne-ardenne/regi21/normales

| title = Climat Champagne-Ardenne

| publisher = Meteo France

| language = fr

| access-date = 4 January 2016

| archive-date = 25 February 2018

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180225073421/http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/champagne-ardenne/regi21/normales

| url-status = dead

}}

==Notable people==

Nicolas Anelka, footballer
Odile Bailleux, organist and harpsichordist
Eddy Ben Arous, rugby player
Barbara Cabrita, actress
Jamel Debbouze, comedian and actor
La Fouine, rapper
Massadio Haïdara, footballer
Kevin Harley, basketball player
Cyril Paglino, entrepreneur
Linda Pradel, handball player
Shy'm, singer
Omar Sy, comedian and actor

Twin towns – sister cities

Trappes is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Les jumelages|url=https://www.trappes.fr/mairie/decouvrir-la-ville/les-jumelages|publisher=Trappes|language=fr|access-date=2021-10-29}}

{{flagicon|ITA}} Castiglione del Lago, Italy (1971)
{{flagicon|ENG}} Congleton, England, United Kingdom (1962)
{{flagicon|CZE}} Kopřivnice, Czech Republic (1970)

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{cite news | url = http://www.torontosun.com/2013/07/20/6-held-over-violence-in-france-after-police-check-veiled-woman | title = 6 held over violence in France after police check veiled woman | agency = Reuters | publisher = Toronto Sun | date = 20 July 2013 }}

{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23395770 | title = France veil row sparks Trappes unrest | work = BBC News | date = 21 July 2013 }}

}}

External links

[http://www.trappes.fr/ Official website] {{in lang|fr}}

Category:Communes of Yvelines

Category:Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

Category:Yvelines communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia