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Achères is a commune in France, situated within the Yvelines department and the arrondissement of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. It is located in the Île-de-France region and lies next to the Seine river. The town borders Andrésy, Carrières-sous-Poissy, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, and Maisons-Laffitte. Its official postal code is 78260, and it is associated with the canton of Poissy.
The area of Achères is 9.44 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 32 meters. The population is recorded as 22,241, comprising 10,314 males and 10,703 females. Another source lists the population as 21,660. The commune is twinned with Amarante.
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Place details
- Locality
- Achères
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 21,660
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Department
- Yvelines
- Arrondissement
- Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- Canton
- Poissy
- Intercommunality
- Grand Paris Seine et Oise
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Marc Honoré
- Area
- 9.44 km (3.64 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 22,241
- Density
- 2,360/km (6,100/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)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Achères
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- Population
- 22241
- Area
- 9.44
- Elevation
- 24
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Seine
- Shares border with
- Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- Official website
- www.mairie-acheres78.fr
- Image
- Chambourcy Vue d'Achères.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Amarante
- Commons category
- Achères (Yvelines)
- topic's main category
- Category:Achères (Yvelines)
- postal code
- 78260
- different from
- Achères
- associated electoral district
- canton of Poissy
- male population
- 10314
- female population
- 10703
- social media followers
- 1139
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-1-39-79-64-00
- fax number
- +33-1-39-11-22-42
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Achères” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.