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Houilles

Total population

33,449

Elevation27 m
Land area4.43 km²
Coordinates48.92°, 2.19°

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City facts

Elevation
27 m
Area
4.43 km²
head of government
Alexandre Joly
Official website
www.ville-houilles.fr

Sister cities

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Overview

Houilles is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is a northwestern suburb of Paris, located 14.2 km (8.8 mi) from the center of Paris.

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History & geography

History

The Hôtel de Ville is a former private house which was acquired and converted by the town council in 1905. Until 2000, the command post of the French Navy's Ballistic Missile Submarine Force was based at Houilles. Victor Schœlcher, a French abolitionist writer in the 19th century and the main spokesman for a group from Paris who worked for the abolition of slavery died in Houilles on 25 December 1893. A nursery school, a street and a statue carry his name. The house in which he died in 1893 is at 26 Avenue Schœlcher. The commune of Houilles acquired the house in 2011.

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Geography

Latitude
48.9229
Longitude
2.1869
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

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Wildlife & biodiversity

Earthquake history

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Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in Île-de-France

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.31
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,210

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

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
254
Avg daily Wikipedia views
8
Attention level
Obscure

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Books about Houilles

[Pamphlets from and about Western Europe
1816

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Recent natural events nearby

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Recently spotted species

Southern Green Stink Bug
Southern Green Stink Bug
Nezara viridula
Seen 2026-09-27
Common Wood-Pigeon
Common Wood-Pigeon
Columba palumbus
Seen 2026-09-27
Black-headed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Seen 2026-09-27
Mallard
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
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Common Buzzard
Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
Seen 2026-09-27
Wels Catfish
Wels Catfish
Silurus glanis
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Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Seen 2026-09-27
Carrhotus xanthogramma
Carrhotus xanthogramma
Carrhotus xanthogramma
Seen 2026-09-27
Grey Heron
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
Seen 2026-09-27

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

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Official Identifiers

INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics

INSEE code
78311
Department
78
Region
11
Population (Wikidata)
33,983

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Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
  • • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
  • • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr