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Écouen
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Écouen () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 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.
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Écouen is a commune in France, situated within the Val-d'Oise department and the arrondissement of Sarcelles. It has historically been located in the Seine-et-Oise administrative entity. The town serves as the capital of the canton of Écouen and is associated with the canton of Fosses electoral district. It shares borders with Le Mesnil-Aubry, Sarcelles, Villiers-le-Bel, and Ézanville.
The area covers 7.59 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 7,328 residents (3,480 male and 3,708 female) and another citing 7,583. The elevation above sea level is recorded as either 167 or 107 meters. The postal code for the commune is 95440.
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Place details
- Locality
- Écouen
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 7,583
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Écouen
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Ecouen Chateau 01.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Château d'Écouen in the town center
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Ecouen (Val-d'Oise).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Sarcelles
- French commune.canton
- Fosses
- French commune.INSEE
- 95205
- French commune.postal code
- 95440
- French commune.mayor
- Catherine Delprat
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Roissy Pays de France
- French commune.elevation m
- 130
- French commune.area km2
- 7.59
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Official website
Ville d'Ecouen
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Écouen
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Seine-et-Oise
- Population
- 7202
- Area
- 7.59
- Elevation
- 103
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Écouen
- Shares border with
- Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt
- Official website
- ecouen.fr
- Image
- Écouen (95), château d'Écouen, façade est 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Écouen
- postal code
- 95440
- associated electoral district
- canton of Fosses
- male population
- 3480
- female population
- 3708
- P8168
- Carlton County
- contact page URL
- ecouen.fr/contact
- phone number
- +33-1-39-33-09-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Transport
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- References
- External links
Écouen () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 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.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Écouen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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