Colombes

Sister cities

• Frankenthal
• Salfit

History

During the repression of January and February 1894, the police conducted raids targeting the anarchists living there, without much success. On 13 March 1896, 17% of the territory of Colombes was detached and became the commune of Bois-Colombes (). On 2 May 1910, 19% of the (reduced) territory of Colombes was detached and became the commune of La Garenne-Colombes. Thus, the commune of Colombes is now only two-thirds the size of its territory before 1896. The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Colombes proper, in its geography at the given years. The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1923.

Geography

Colombes has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Colombes is . The average annual rainfall is with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Colombes was on 6 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 17 January 1985.

Most-observed species

• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  19,323
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  18,333
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  17,972
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  15,174
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  14,756
• Rose-ringed Parakeet

  Psittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769) · Aves
  14,740
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,945
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  13,277

Most recent

• M 3.1 — 2005-06-01
  3 km N of Grandvilliers, France