Creil (French pronunciation: [kʁɛj]) is a commune in the Oise department, northern France. The Creil station is an important railway junction.

History

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Archaeological remains in the area include a Neolithic site as well as a late Iron Age necropolis, perhaps belonging to a Gaulish fortress or protected camp.

The city itself is mentioned for the first time in a 633 AD document.

The Château de Creil is recorded from the 7th century.

There are some traces of a castle in which Charles VI resided during the period of his madness, c. 1390. Creil played a part of some importance in the wars of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 976 —     1800 1,000 +0.35% 1806 1,196 +3.03% 1821 1,329 +0.71% 1831 1,550 +1.55% 1836 1,690 +1.74% 1841 1,790 +1.16% 1846 2,223 +4.43% 1851 2,656 +3.62% 1856 3,181 +3.67% 1861 3,626 +2.65% 1866 4,539 +4.59% 1872 4,998 +1.62% 1876 5,737 +3.51% 1881 7,182 +4.60% 1886 7,418 +0.65% 1891 8,183 +1.98% 1896 8,456 +0.66%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 9,125 +1.53% 1906 9,272 +0.32% 1911 10,214 +1.95% 1921 10,359 +0.14% 1926 10,558 +0.38% 1931 10,768 +0.39% 1936 10,899 +0.24% 1946 10,024 −0.83% 1954 13,500 +3.79% 1962 19,235 +4.52% 1968 32,544 +9.16% 1975 32,509 −0.02% 1982 34,709 +0.94% 1990 31,956 −1.03% 1999 30,675 −0.45% 2007 33,837 +1.23% 2012 33,936 +0.06% 2017 35,657 +0.99%
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Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

International relations

Creil is twinned with:

Personalities

• Houssen Abderrahmane, footballer
• Simon Banza, footballer
• Jean-François Christophe, footballer
• Fabé Dia, athlete
• Michel Chion, French film theorist and composer of experimental music
• Steve Furtado, footballer
• Helene Geoffroy, politician
• Keblack, rapper
• Lynel Kitambala, footballer
• Louis-Gabriel Le Brun [fr], French engineer
• Johann Lion, former footballer
• Paccelis Morlende, basketball player

See also

• Communes of the Oise department