Creil

For the village in the Netherlands, see Creil, Flevoland.

Creil (French pronunciation: [kʁɛj]) is a commune in the Oise department, northern France.^[3] The Creil station is an important railway junction.

Creil
Commune
Quartier St-Médard
Coat of arms
Location of Creil
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Coordinates: 49°15′30″N 2°29′00″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Oise
Arrondissement	Senlis
Canton	Creil
Intercommunality	CA Creil Sud Oise
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Sophie Dhoury-Lehner[1]
Area 1	11.09 km2 (4.28 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	36,494
• Density	3,291/km2 (8,523/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	60175 /60100
Elevation	26–129 m (85–423 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

The Hôtel de Ville

Archaeological remains in the area include a Neolithic site as well as a late Iron Age necropolis, perhaps belonging to a Gaulish fortress or protected camp.^[4]

The city itself is mentioned for the first time as "Criolio" in a 635 AD document.^[5]

Creil played a part of some importance in the wars of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.^[6]

The Château de Creil dates from the 10th century.^[7] The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1903.^[8]

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 976 —     1800 1,000 +0.35% 1806 1,196 +3.03% 1821 1,329 +0.71% 1831 1,550 +1.55% 1836 1,690 +1.74% 1841 1,790 +1.16% 1846 2,223 +4.43% 1851 2,656 +3.62% 1856 3,181 +3.67% 1861 3,626 +2.65% 1866 4,539 +4.59% 1872 4,998 +1.62% 1876 5,737 +3.51% 1881 7,182 +4.60% 1886 7,418 +0.65% 1891 8,183 +1.98% 1896 8,456 +0.66%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 9,125 +1.53% 1906 9,272 +0.32% 1911 10,214 +1.95% 1921 10,359 +0.14% 1926 10,558 +0.38% 1931 10,768 +0.39% 1936 10,899 +0.24% 1946 10,024 −0.83% 1954 13,500 +3.79% 1962 19,235 +4.52% 1968 32,544 +9.16% 1975 32,509 −0.02% 1982 34,709 +0.94% 1990 31,956 −1.03% 1999 30,675 −0.45% 2007 33,837 +1.23% 2012 33,936 +0.06% 2017 35,657 +0.99%
Source: EHESS[9] and INSEE (1968-2017)[10]

International relations

Creil is twinned with:^[11]

• Marl, Germany
• Pendle, England, United Kingdom
• Chorzów, Poland
• Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories
• Nabadji Civol, Senegal
• Ouro Sogui, Senegal
• Nefta, Tunisia
• Dakhla, Western Sahara

Personalities

• Houssen Abderrahmane, footballer
• Simon Banza, footballer
• Jean-François Christophe, footballer
• Fabé Dia, athlete
• Michel Chion, French film theorist and composer of experimental music
• Steve Furtado, footballer
• Helene Geoffroy, politician
• Keblack, rapper
• Lynel Kitambala, footballer
• Louis-Gabriel Le Brun [fr], French engineer
• Johann Lion, former footballer
• Paccelis Morlende, basketball player
• Rédoine Faïd, famous criminal

Climate

Climate data for Creil (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1954–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	15.9 (60.6)	21.4 (70.5)	25.4 (77.7)	28.0 (82.4)	31.7 (89.1)	36.4 (97.5)	41.6 (106.9)	39.3 (102.7)	35.3 (95.5)	28.3 (82.9)	20.7 (69.3)	16.9 (62.4)	41.6 (106.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	6.8 (44.2)	8.0 (46.4)	12.0 (53.6)	15.6 (60.1)	19.0 (66.2)	22.4 (72.3)	24.9 (76.8)	24.8 (76.6)	20.9 (69.6)	15.9 (60.6)	10.5 (50.9)	7.2 (45.0)	15.7 (60.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	4.1 (39.4)	4.6 (40.3)	7.5 (45.5)	10.3 (50.5)	13.7 (56.7)	16.9 (62.4)	19.2 (66.6)	19.0 (66.2)	15.6 (60.1)	11.9 (53.4)	7.4 (45.3)	4.5 (40.1)	11.2 (52.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	1.4 (34.5)	1.2 (34.2)	3.1 (37.6)	4.9 (40.8)	8.4 (47.1)	11.4 (52.5)	13.4 (56.1)	13.2 (55.8)	10.3 (50.5)	7.8 (46.0)	4.3 (39.7)	1.9 (35.4)	6.8 (44.2)
Record low °C (°F)	−21.6 (−6.9)	−18.5 (−1.3)	−11.4 (11.5)	−5.3 (22.5)	−2.6 (27.3)	0.7 (33.3)	3.5 (38.3)	3.2 (37.8)	−0.6 (30.9)	−5.0 (23.0)	−11.3 (11.7)	−16.7 (1.9)	−21.6 (−6.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	56.2 (2.21)	47.1 (1.85)	48.2 (1.90)	45.2 (1.78)	60.0 (2.36)	56.0 (2.20)	56.0 (2.20)	57.6 (2.27)	45.0 (1.77)	61.1 (2.41)	59.2 (2.33)	70.6 (2.78)	662.2 (26.07)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	11.1	9.9	9.5	9.0	9.8	9.0	8.4	8.7	8.2	10.5	10.7	12.7	117.6
Source: Meteociel[12]

Politics

Administrative and electoral affiliations

Administrative ties

The commune is located in the Senlis district of the Oise department.

From 1793 to 1973, it was the capital of the canton of Creil, the year in which the town was divided between the cantons of Creil-Nogent-sur-Oise (which included the districts of the right bank and the communes of Nogent-sur-Oise and Villers-Saint-Paul ) and Creil-Sud (which covered all the districts of the left bank). As part of the 2014 canton redistricting in France, this territorial administrative constituency disappeared, and the canton is now only an electoral constituency.

Electoral affiliations

For departmental elections, the town has been the central office for the new canton of Creil since 2014, made up of only two communes, the other being Verneuil-en-Halatte. For the election of deputies, the city is divided between the third constituency of Oise (former canton of Creil-Sud ) and the seventh constituency of Oise .

Inter-commune relations

Creil was the seat of the Creil agglomeration community (CAC), created at the end of 2001, which included 4 communes

Political trends and results

The commune of Creil is marked by a left-wing and particularly socialist leaning based on electoral results. Thus, in the 2007 presidential electio , Ségolène Royal obtained a vote share of 38.20% in the first round against 22.20% for Nicolas Sarkozy while no other left-wing candidate exceeded 5% and the socialist candidate obtained 60.5% in the second round. On the other hand, there is a difference between the two electoral constituencies which share the commune, with a more right-wing tendency for the western districts. In the 2007 legislative elections, in the 3rd constituency, the socialist candidate received 33.23% of the vote in the first round and 60.46% in the second round. On the other hand, in the 7th constituency, the UMP candidate, elected in the first round by the entire constituency, obtained 37.12% of the votes in the commune against 24.12% for the socialist candidate.

See also

• Communes of the Oise department