Herblay

Herblay is a common French, located in the department of the Val-d'Oise and the area Île-de-France. Its inhabitants is called Herblaysien () S or Herblaisien () S.

Geography

Located on Right Bank of the the Seine, in extreme cases of the Yvelines, Herblay is bordering on the Hoop-on-Seine, Cormeilles-in-Parisis, Montigny-the-Cormeilles, Pierrelaye, Saint-Ouen-the Alms, Éragny, Conflans-Holy-Honorine, Achères.

The commune is served by a station of the line Paris - Conflans-Holy-Honorine.

History

Heraldic

Origins

Known under the names of Arbrelidum (754), Erblay, Arblay. Seigniory of the abbots of Saint-Denis and the Chapter of Notre-Dame de Paris, stronghold of Jean of Beauvais at the 14th century, seigniory of Chumont at the next century then, the 16th century, of Ailegrin.
Beautiful church of the 12th century (Saint Martin's day, classified historic building the July 6th 1925), built on the site of a necropolis mérovingienne.

Administration

The common one belongs to the jurisdiction of authority of Sannois, and great authority as well as trade of Pontoise.

Budget and taxation

Budget 2007 was distributed between: : 33303000 of euros of consolidated operation and: 15503500 of euros of consolidated investment.

Mayors of Herblay

Safety

The rate of criminality of the district of police force of Herblay (including Montigny-the-Cormeilles and the Hoop-on-Seine) is of 87,75 acts for 1000 inhabitants (crimes and offenses, figures 2005) what locates it beyond the national average (83/1000) and close to the departmental average (88,15/1000). The rate of resolution of the businesses by the police services is on the other hand only of 27,20%, slightly lower than the average of the department of 28,83%.

Districts

The districts of Herblay are:

Naquettes (quoted HLM)
downtown area (historical)
Tournade (quoted HLM)
the village
the Hole-Chicken
Gray Stones
the Elm Macaire
White Hillocks
Runch
Bournouviers
the Leg of Goose of Herblay
the Valley of Herblay
Quays of the Seine
the Oaks

Teaching

The establishments of the secondary are:

Colleges: Jean Vilar (with a SEGPA), Georges Duhamel
College: Montesquieu
Private: School Montaigne (secondary education of the sixth to Final)

The town of Herblay concerns the Académie of Versailles.

Demography

Transport

Line of Trains

The station of Herblay is stopped at by the trains of the network Paris Saint-Lazare of the Transilien.

Lines of Bus

The circulating buses with Herblay are Lacroix company.

Drunk

Line 95.20 connects Cormeilles-in-Parisis to Cergy-Prefecture

Line 95.21 connects the Gare of Herblay to the Gare of Montigny - Beauchamp

Line 95.03 connects the Gare of Argenteuil to Cergy-Prefecture

Personalities

Births

the brothers Fourmont (Etienne and Michel), first sinologists European.
Maxime Chattam, Novelist French born the February 19th 1976.

Others

Passage de François I {{er}}, stays of Maupassant, Chateaubriant, Holy-Beuve, Marie d' Agoult.

Jean Allemane, Communard, founder of the Left working revolutionary Socialist, appointed of the Seine, died in Herblay in 1935.
Andre Lorulot, thinker and anarchist French died in Herblay (1885-1963)

Painters

Paul Signac, Albert Lebourg and Albert Marquet painted in Herblay.

Radio

Jean-Poor Jean-Pierre Dannic known as of Fun Radio lives in Herblay.

Sportsman

Stephan Diagana lived Herblay.

Photograph gallery

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