Écouen

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Écouen
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Château d'Écouen in the town center
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Location of Écouen
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Écouen
Coordinates: 49°01′10″N2°22′54″E / 49.0194°N 2.3817°E / 49.0194; 2.3817 Coordinates: 49°01′10″N2°22′54″E / 49.0194°N 2.3817°E / 49.0194; 2.3817
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement Sarcelles
Canton Fosses
Intercommunality CA Roissy Pays de France
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Catherine Delprat [1]
Area
1
7.59 km2 (2.93 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019) [2]
7,125
  Density940/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
95205 /95440
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Écouen (French pronunciation:  [ekwɑ̃] ( Loudspeaker.svg listen )) is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 18.4 km (11.4 mi) from the center of Paris. The 19th-century poet and playwright Pierre-Joseph Charrin (1784–1863) died in Écouen. The artist Louis Théophile Hingre lived and worked in Écouen. [3]

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Écouen houses the Château d'Écouen, home of the Montmorency family. This château, built during the Renaissance, houses the Musée national de la Renaissance, the largest Renaissance museum in France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 3,887    
1975 4,494+2.09%
1982 4,338−0.50%
1990 4,846+1.39%
1999 7,084+4.31%
2007 7,383+0.52%
2012 7,253−0.35%
2017 7,188−0.18%
Source: INSEE [4]

Transport

Écouen is served by Écouen Ézanville station on the Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail line. This station is located at the border between the commune of Écouen and the commune of Ézanville, on the Ézanville side of the border.

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References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. "Louis Théophile Hingre". EcoleEcouen (in French). 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE