Trappes

{{short description|Commune in Île-de-France, France}}

{{Expand French|topic=geo|date=February 2018}}

{{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==

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Twin towns – sister cities

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}

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}}

See also

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 }}

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