Herblay-sur-Seine

Herblay-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: [ɛʁblɛ syʁ sɛn], lit. "Herblay-on-Seine"; before 2018: Herblay)^[3] is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is located 20.2 km (12.6 mi) from the centre of Paris, in its northwestern outer suburbs, on the departmental border with Yvelines. It is twinned with Yeovil, England.

Herblay-sur-Seine
Commune
The old village of Herblay, alongside the River Seine
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Herblay-sur-Seine
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Coordinates: 48°59′27″N 2°09′59″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement	Argenteuil
Canton	Herblay-sur-Seine
Intercommunality	CA Val Parisis
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Rouleau[1]
Area 1	12.74 km2 (4.92 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	31,605
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	95306 /95220
Elevation	20–91 m (66–299 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Climate

Herblay-sur-Seine has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Herblay-sur-Seine is 11.8 °C (53.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 612.5 mm (24.11 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 19.7 °C (67.5 °F), and lowest in December, at around 4.6 °C (40.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Herblay-sur-Seine was 40.1 °C (104.2 °F) on 6 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.5 °C (7.7 °F) on 7 January 2009.

Climate data for Herblay-sur-Seine (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1989−2014)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	16.0 (60.8)	20.5 (68.9)	24.6 (76.3)	27.0 (80.6)	32.5 (90.5)	36.8 (98.2)	37.2 (99.0)	40.1 (104.2)	32.5 (90.5)	29.4 (84.9)	19.0 (66.2)	17.7 (63.9)	40.1 (104.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	7.2 (45.0)	8.8 (47.8)	12.8 (55.0)	15.4 (59.7)	19.8 (67.6)	22.7 (72.9)	25.1 (77.2)	25.1 (77.2)	21.2 (70.2)	16.1 (61.0)	10.7 (51.3)	7.0 (44.6)	16.0 (60.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	4.6 (40.3)	5.5 (41.9)	8.6 (47.5)	10.6 (51.1)	14.6 (58.3)	17.4 (63.3)	19.7 (67.5)	19.6 (67.3)	16.1 (61.0)	12.4 (54.3)	7.7 (45.9)	4.6 (40.3)	11.8 (53.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.1 (35.8)	2.2 (36.0)	4.3 (39.7)	5.8 (42.4)	9.5 (49.1)	12.2 (54.0)	14.2 (57.6)	14.1 (57.4)	11.1 (52.0)	8.5 (47.3)	4.7 (40.5)	2.1 (35.8)	7.6 (45.7)
Record low °C (°F)	−13.5 (7.7)	−12.8 (9.0)	−9.7 (14.5)	−3.0 (26.6)	0.3 (32.5)	2.1 (35.8)	5.9 (42.6)	5.2 (41.4)	2.3 (36.1)	−3.5 (25.7)	−9.9 (14.2)	−11.6 (11.1)	−13.5 (7.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	45.3 (1.78)	44.2 (1.74)	45.2 (1.78)	50.7 (2.00)	53.2 (2.09)	51.8 (2.04)	54.6 (2.15)	51.7 (2.04)	42.8 (1.69)	61.3 (2.41)	51.4 (2.02)	60.3 (2.37)	612.5 (24.11)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	9.0	9.3	9.9	10.0	9.0	8.6	7.9	8.1	8.1	9.6	10.8	11.1	111.0
Source: Météo-France[4]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,524 —     1800 1,364 −1.57% 1806 1,377 +0.16% 1821 1,396 +0.09% 1831 1,564 +1.14% 1836 1,576 +0.15% 1841 1,574 −0.03% 1846 1,605 +0.39% 1851 1,582 −0.29% 1856 1,592 +0.13% 1861 1,641 +0.61% 1866 1,611 −0.37% 1872 1,699 +0.89% 1876 1,631 −1.02% 1881 1,625 −0.07% 1886 1,681 +0.68% 1891 1,798 +1.35% 1896 2,033 +2.49%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,990 −0.43% 1906 2,190 +1.93% 1911 2,339 +1.33% 1921 2,898 +2.17% 1926 4,258 +8.00% 1931 5,471 +5.14% 1936 5,800 +1.17% 1946 5,937 +0.23% 1954 7,452 +2.88% 1962 10,220 +4.03% 1968 12,264 +3.09% 1975 16,397 +4.24% 1982 19,647 +2.62% 1990 22,135 +1.50% 1999 23,083 +0.47% 2009 25,763 +1.10% 2014 27,692 +1.45% 2020 31,747 +2.30%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968–2020)[6]

Transport

Herblay-sur-Seine is served by Herblay station on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.

Education

Schools in Herblay-sur-Seine:^[7]

• Six primary school : Jean-Louis Etienne, Jean Moulin, Buttes Blanches, Chênes, Tournade, Saint-Exupéry
• Seven public preschools (maternelles): Jean Moulin, Buttes Blanches, Chênes, Tournade, Saint-Exupéry, Louis Pergaud, Jean Jaurès
• Seven public elementary schools: Jean Moulin, Pasteur, Buttes Blanches, Chênes, Saint Exupéry, Marie Curie, Jean Jaurès
• Two public junior high schools (collèges): Georges Duhamel and Jean Vilar
• Lycée Montesquieu (public senior high school/sixth-form college)
• Three private schools: Sainte Jeanne d'Arc, Montaigne, Léonard de Vinci

The commune has a municipal library.^[8]

People from Herblay

See Category:People from Herblay

• Pierre Pincemaille (1956-2018), musician and organist.

See also

• Communes of the Val-d'Oise department

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 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Décret n° 2018-956 5 November 2018 (in French)
4. "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
5. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Herblay, EHESS (in French).
6. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
7. "Etablissements scolaires." Herblay. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
8. Home page. Herblay library. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Pictures Quais de Seine (in English)
• Universite inter-Ages Herblay (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise (in French)