Conflans-Sainte-Honorine () is a

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in the

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in north-central

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. It is located in the northwestern suburbs of

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, from the center of Paris. The commune was originally named for its geographic position at the

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of the

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and

Oise Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,41 ...

rivers. The village was given the addition "Sainte Honorine" in the 13th century after the female

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, whose relics had been kept there since AD 876. Partly on account of its strategic position, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is considered the capital of the French inland waterways, and the right bank of the river

is still lined with

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(although these are now used mainly as

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). Every year in June, the town celebrates the ''Pardon national de la batellerie'' in remembrance of its former importance to inland shipping.

Population

Transport

Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is served by Conflans-Sainte-Honorine station on the

Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare is one of the sectors in the Paris Transilien suburban rail network. The trains on this sector depart from Gare Saint-Lazare in central Paris and serve the north and north-west of Île-de-France region with Transilien ...

regional rail line. It is also served by

Conflans-Fin-d'Oise station Conflans–Fin d'Oise is a railway station serving Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. It is a two-level station situated on the lines from Saint-Lazare to Cergy-le-Haut and from Saint-Lazare to Mantes-la-Jolie via Conflans-sainte-Honorine. Frequ ...

which is an interchange station on Paris RER line A and on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.

Education

the city's schools had 4,258 students. There are nine public preschools, seven public elementary schools, one private school, and an ''école régionale du premier degré'' (ERPD). Elementary schools: * École élémentaire Chennevières * École élémentaire Clos-d’en-Haut * École élémentaire Côtes-Reverses * École élémentaire Gaston-Rousset * École élémentaire Grandes-Terres * École élémentaire Henri-Dunant * École élémentaire Paul-Bert The médiathèque Blaise-Cendrars has digital documents and multimedia services. Samuel Paty, a middle school teacher at Collège du Bois d'Aulne in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, was killed and beheaded in 2020 in an Islamist terrorist attack.

Parks and recreation

Centre aquatique de Conflans has the town's pool.

Personalities

Charb Stéphane Jean-Abel Michel Charbonnier (; 21 August 1967 – 7 January 2015), better known as Charb (), was a French satirical caricaturist and journalist. He was assassinated during the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting on 7 January 2015. He wo ...

(1967–2015), satirical caricaturist and journalist, was born in Conflans *

Samuel Coco-Viloin Samuel Coco-Viloin (born 19 October 1987 in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine)Team Fra ...

(born 1987), track and field athlete *

Gérard Genette Gérard Genette (7 June 1930 – 11 May 2018) was a French literary theorist, associated in particular with the structuralist movement and such figures as Roland Barthes and Claude Lévi-Strauss, from whom he adapted the concept of ''bricolage ...

(1930–2018), literary critic and theorist of literature, spent part of his childhood there *

Jean-Paul Huchon Jean-Paul Huchon (; born 29 July 1946) is a French retired civil servant and politician who served as Mayor of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine from 1994 to 2001 and President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France from 1998 until 2015. Biography ...

, president of the regional council for Île-de-France, Socialist party, former mayor of Conflans (1994–2001) *

Michel Rocard Michel Rocard (; 23 August 1930 – 2 July 2016) was a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party (PS). He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1988 to 1991 during which he created the ''Revenu minimum d'ins ...

(1930–2016), French prime minister (1988–1991), Socialist party, mayor of Conflans (1977–1994) *

Nicolas Roche Nicolas Roche (; born 3 July 1984) is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . He has twice been national champion and has twice finished in the top ten of the Vuelta a España, and won stages in 2013 and ...

(born 1984), Irish professional cyclist, was born here *Nicolas Szerszen, volleyball player at

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. AVCA national Player of the Year (2016). NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player (2017).

Twin towns – sister cities

Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is twinned with: * Großauheim (Hanau), Germany *

Chimay Chimay (, wa, Chimai) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. In 2006, Chimay had a population of 9,774. The area is 197.10 km2 which gives a population density of 50 inhabitants per km2. It is th ...

, Belgium *

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, England, United Kingdom

References

External links

Official website

Conflans tourist office
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