Carrières-sur-Seine

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Carrières-sur-Seine

Total population

15,038

Air quality index

26Good

Elevation23 m

Land area5.02 km²

Coordinates48.91°, 2.18°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Carrières-sur-Seine is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Ludivine Sagnier

French actress

Hilaire Belloc

French-English writer (1870–1953)

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André Lafosse

French musician and music teacher (1890-1975)

André Theuriet

French poet and novelist (1833–1907)

Alain Baraton

French gardener

Louis d'Aubusson de La Feuillade

French military officer and a Marshal of France

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Alain Gournac

French politician

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Christian Stengel

French screenwriter (1902-1986)

Criquette Head-Maarek

French racehorse trainer

Cyrille Diabaté

French martial artist

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Eugène Yvert

French journalist and printer

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Geneviève Guitel

French mathematician (1895–1982)

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Jean-Claude Corbel

French actor (1953-1996)

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Jean Bouchéty

French bassist, composer, and conductor (1920-2006)

Joseph Pellerin

French numismatist

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Laura Blanc

French actress

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Île-de-France

• Carrières-sous-Bois
  2.9 mi away
• Le Port-Marly
  3.8 mi away · pop. 5,608
• Bougival
  3.9 mi away · pop. 9,031
• Vaucresson
  5.2 mi away · pop. 8,566
• Franconville-la-Garenne
  5.6 mi away · pop. 37,520
• Bailly
  6.8 mi away · pop. 3,650
• Beauchamp
  6.9 mi away · pop. 9,158
• Enghien-les-Bains
  7 mi away · pop. 11,440
• Aigremont
  7.2 mi away · pop. 1,083
• L'Île-Saint-Denis
  7.5 mi away · pop. 8,664
• Pierrelaye
  7.7 mi away · pop. 10,230
• Maurecourt
  7.8 mi away · pop. 4,355

Browse all places in Île-de-France →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Common Hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus

Seen 2026-05-31

Eurasian Blackbird

Turdus merula

Seen 2026-05-31

Yellow-haired Sun Fly

Myathropa florea

Seen 2026-05-31

Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula

Seen 2026-05-31

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-05-31

Meadow Spittlebug

Philaenus spumarius

Seen 2026-05-31

Thick-legged Flower Beetle

Oedemera nobilis

Seen 2026-05-31

European Rose Chafer

Cetonia aurata

Seen 2026-05-31

common grammoptera

Grammoptera ruficornis

Seen 2026-05-31

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Carrières-sur-Seine, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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