Cormeilles-en-Parisis

Cormeilles-en-Parisis (French pronunciation: [kɔʁmɛj ɑ̃ paʁizi] ^ⓘ, literally Cormeilles in Parisis) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in Northern France.

Cormeilles-en-Parisis
Commune
A view of Cormeilles, seen from the park
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Cormeilles-en-Parisis
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Coordinates: 48°58′26″N 2°12′05″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement	Argenteuil
Canton	Franconville
Intercommunality	CA Val Parisis
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yannick Boedec[1]
Area 1	8.48 km2 (3.27 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	27,086
• Density	3,200/km2 (8,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	95176 /95240
Elevation	22–170 m (72–558 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Inhabitants are called Cormeillais(e).

Neighbouring communes

• Argenteuil
• La Frette-sur-Seine
• Franconville
• Herblay
• Montigny-lès-Cormeilles
• Sannois
• Sartrouville

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,550 —     1800 1,330 −2.16% 1806 1,336 +0.08% 1821 1,280 −0.29% 1831 1,194 −0.69% 1836 1,255 +1.00% 1841 1,219 −0.58% 1846 1,242 +0.37% 1851 1,258 +0.26% 1856 1,275 +0.27% 1861 1,432 +2.35% 1866 1,560 +1.73% 1872 1,548 −0.13% 1876 2,070 +7.54% 1881 1,934 −1.35% 1886 1,836 −1.03% 1891 1,907 +0.76% 1896 2,285 +3.68%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,654 +3.04% 1906 2,827 +1.27% 1911 3,240 +2.76% 1921 4,536 +3.42% 1926 6,169 +6.34% 1931 7,943 +5.19% 1936 8,460 +1.27% 1946 8,494 +0.04% 1954 10,638 +2.85% 1962 11,486 +0.96% 1968 13,829 +3.14% 1975 14,063 +0.24% 1982 14,484 +0.42% 1990 17,417 +2.33% 1999 19,643 +1.35% 2007 21,824 +1.32% 2012 23,369 +1.38% 2017 24,161 +0.67%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Transport

Cormeilles-en-Parisis is served by Cormeilles-en-Parisis station on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. It only takes 20 minutes to get to the station using ligne J from Paris Saint-Lazare.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Cormeilles-en-Parisis is twinned with Ware, United Kingdom.

Notable residents

Cormeilles-en-Parisis was the birthplace of:

• Louis Daguerre (1787–1851), artist and chemist who is recognized for his invention of the Daguerreotype process of photography
• Henri Cazalis (1840–1909), poet and man of letters
• Charles-Arthur Gonse (1838-1917), major general of the French Army, Figure in the Dreyfus affair.
• Robert Hue (born 1946), politician, former leader of French Communist Party (PCF)
• Boris Diaw (born 1982), former NBA player

Rue Gabriel Péri

See also

• Communes of the Val-d'Oise department