Enghien-les-Bains

Sister cities

• Novi Sad
• Bad Dürrheim

History

Before the French Revolution, what is now Enghien-les-Bains was a lake and a marshland under the jurisdiction of Montmorency. In 1766, a priest at the oratory of Montmorency discovered a warm sulphur spring near the lake of Enghien, and the area began to develop as a spa resort. At the creation of the communes in 1790, during the French Revolution, the area of Enghien was withdrawn from the jurisdiction of Montmorency and divided between several communes. In the nineteenth century, the development of Enghien led to its incorporation as a commune. The commune, which was named Enghien-les-Bains, was created on 7 August 1850 by detaching a part of the territory of Deuil-la-Barre and merging it with a part of the territory of Saint-Gratien, a part of the territory of Soisy-sous-Montmorency, and a part of the territory of Épinay-sur-Seine.

Most-observed species

• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  17,037
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  16,322
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  14,911
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  12,974
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  12,690
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  12,628
• Rose-ringed Parakeet

  Psittacula krameri (Scopoli, 1769) · Aves
  12,437
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,645

Most recent

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