Sarcelles
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| Commune of Sarcelles | |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-d'Oise (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Sarcelles |
| Canton | Chief town of 2 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération Val de France |
| Mayor | François Pupponi |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 8.45 km² |
| Population² (July 1, 2004 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
57,900 57,871 |
| - Density (2004) | 6,852/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Postal code | 95200 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Sarcelles is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 16.3 km. (10.1 miles) from the center of Paris. Sarcelles is a sous-préfecture of the Val-d'Oise département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Sarcelles.
In the south of the commune, during the 1950s and 1960s, HLMs were built in order to accommodate pieds-noirs, many of them Jewish, who left Algeria due to the Algerian War of Independence.
There is a large market on Sundays.
[edit] Transport
Sarcelles is served by Garges – Sarcelles station on Paris RER line D.
It is also served by Sarcelles – Saint-Brice station on the Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail line. This station, although administratively located on the territory of the neighboring commune of Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, lies in fact very near the town center of Sarcelles.
[edit] Twin towns
Sarcelles is twinned with:
Netanya, Israel
Hattersheim, Germany, since 1987
[edit] See also
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