Achères, Yvelines

For other places with the same name, see Achères (disambiguation).

Achères (French pronunciation: [aʃɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in north-central France. It is located 23.7 km (14.7 mi) from the centre of Paris.

Achères
Commune
A general view of Achères
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Achères
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Coordinates: 48°57′37″N 2°04′06″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Canton	Poissy
Intercommunality	Grand Paris Seine et Oise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marc Honoré
Area 1	9.44 km2 (3.64 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	21,368
• Density	2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	78005 /78260
Elevation	18–32 m (59–105 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The commune of Achères lies on the south bank of the Seine in a loop of the river, on the edge of the Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. It borders Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Poissy on the south, Andrésy and Carrières-sous-Poissy on the west, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine and Herblay on the north, and Maisons-Laffitte and La Frette-sur-Seine on the east.

Inhabitants of Achères are called Achérois.

History

Land speed records

Between 18 December 1898 and 29 April 1899 the first six world land speed records were set in Achères, as Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat and Camille Jenatzy alternately raised the world record speed from 39.245 miles per hour (63.159 km/h) to 65.792 miles per hour (105.882 km/h).

Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat drove his electric powered Jeantaud, while Camille Jenatzy used the electric car, built by the de: Compagnie Générale des Transports Automobiles (CITA), Nº 25, La Jamais Contente, the first purpose-designed land speed racer, and set the first record over 100 km/h (60 mph).

• 
  Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat
  in the Jeantaud Duc Profilée
• 
  Camille Jenatzy in "La Jamais Contente" in 1899, the first automobile to reach 100 km/h.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 349 —     1800 415 +2.51% 1806 416 +0.04% 1821 433 +0.27% 1831 479 +1.01% 1836 506 +1.10% 1841 508 +0.08% 1846 553 +1.71% 1851 585 +1.13% 1856 595 +0.34% 1861 660 +2.10% 1866 648 −0.37% 1872 715 +1.65% 1876 853 +4.51% 1881 874 +0.49% 1886 847 −0.63% 1891 801 −1.11% 1896 944 +3.34%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,158 +4.17% 1906 1,260 +1.70% 1911 1,496 +3.49% 1921 1,703 +1.30% 1926 2,374 +6.87% 1931 3,109 +5.54% 1936 3,641 +3.21% 1946 3,936 +0.78% 1954 4,459 +1.57% 1962 5,390 +2.40% 1968 10,444 +11.66% 1975 15,172 +5.48% 1982 15,351 +0.17% 1990 15,039 −0.26% 1999 18,942 +2.60% 2007 19,789 +0.55% 2012 19,469 −0.33% 2017 21,017 +1.54%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2017)

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
	2017	Emmanuel Macron	EM	74.47
	2012	François Hollande	PS	59.14
	2007	Ségolène Royal	PS	53.44
	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	84.91

Transport

Achères is served by Achères-Ville and Achères–Grand-Cormier stations on Paris RER line , as well as Line L on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail.

By road, it is accessible from the N184, the Route de Poissy, and the D30.

Achères church

Twin towns – sister cities

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

Achères is twinned with:

• Amarante, Portugal
• Großkrotzenburg, Germany
• Stonehaven, Scotland, United Kingdom

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department

External links

• Official website (in French)