Trappes
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Trappes | |
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 The Hôtel de Ville | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
 Location of Trappes | |
Location within France Location within Île-de-France (region) | |
| Coordinates: 48°46′39″N 2°00′09″E / 48.7775°N 2.0025°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Yvelines |
| Arrondissement | Versailles |
| Canton | Trappes |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–2026) | Ali Rabeh (G.s) |
Area 1 | 13.47 km2 (5.20 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 174 m (571 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 143 m (469 ft) |
| Population (2023) | 34,689 |
| • Density | 2,575/km2 (6,670/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 78621 /78190 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Trappes (French: [tʁap] ⓘ) is a commune in the Yvelines department, Île-de-France region, Northern France. It is a banlieue located in the western outer suburbs of Paris, 26.7 km (16.6 mi) from the centre of Paris, part of the new town of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
History
The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 2000.
Transport
Trappes is served by Trappes station on the Transilien La Défense and Transilien Paris-Montparnasse suburban rail lines.
Demographics
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Crime
Gang violence and poverty is elevated in Trappes. There are also Islamists among its Muslim population, with 70 locals suspected of having left to Iraq and Syria to fight for the Islamic State in the 2010s.
In July 2013, mob attacked the local police station following the arrest of a man who had assaulted a police officer during an identity check on his wife (the burqa is illegal in France). In August 2018, a man on the terror watchlist killed his mother and sister before being shot dead by police. While the Islamic State claimed responsibility, French interior minister Gérard Collomb described the man as “unstable,” rather than likely to follow the terror group’s instructions.
In October 2026, a man killed a person and wounded five others in a spree shooting targeting three neighborhoods, which President Macron described as a racist terror attack. The antiterrorism prosecutor opened an investigation into the suspects racist or islamophobic motives.
Education
There are 36 municipal preschools and primary schools in Trappes.
The community has three junior high schools:
- Collège Le Village
- Collège Gustave Courbet
- Collège Youri-Gagarine
Senior high schools/sixth form colleges:
- Lycée des métiers Louis Blériot
- Lycée des métiers Henri Matisse
- Lycée de la Plaine de Neauphle
Climate
| Climate data for Trappes, elevation: 167 m (548 ft) (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1923-present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.0 (60.8) |
20.3 (68.5) |
24.7 (76.5) |
28.0 (82.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
39.0 (102.2) |
40.6 (105.1) |
39.1 (102.4) |
34.6 (94.3) |
29.0 (84.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
16.8 (62.2) |
40.6 (105.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
10.4 (50.7) |
7.2 (45.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) |
4.9 (40.8) |
7.9 (46.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
14.1 (57.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
12.2 (54.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
4.8 (40.6) |
11.6 (52.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.9 (35.4) |
1.8 (35.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
6.0 (42.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
14.4 (57.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
8.5 (47.3) |
4.8 (40.6) |
2.4 (36.3) |
7.6 (45.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.8 (3.6) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
0.1 (32.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−14.3 (6.3) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.2 (2.21) |
49.9 (1.96) |
50.1 (1.97) |
49.9 (1.96) |
66.0 (2.60) |
57.0 (2.24) |
56.3 (2.22) |
56.1 (2.21) |
49.8 (1.96) |
61.8 (2.43) |
61.2 (2.41) |
72.0 (2.83) |
686.3 (27.02) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.0 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 12.2 | 116.6 |
| Average snowy days | 3.1 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 14.5 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 57.0 | 80.6 | 133.7 | 175.8 | 201.7 | 209.6 | 222.3 | 216.3 | 176.9 | 116.8 | 67.6 | 55.3 | 1,713.8 |
| Source 1: Meteociel | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (snowy days) | |||||||||||||
Notable people
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- Nicolas Anelka, footballer
- Odile Bailleux, organist and harpsichordist
- Eddy Ben Arous, rugby player
- Barbara Cabrita, actress
- Jamel Debbouze, comedian and actor
- La Fouine, rapper
- Massadio Haïdara, footballer
- Kevin Harley, basketball player
- Cyril Paglino, entrepreneur
- Linda Pradel, handball player
- Shy'm, singer
- Omar Sy, comedian and actor
Freedom of Trappes/Honorary Citizens of Trappes
- Rolland Beardmore
Twin towns – sister cities
Trappes is twinned with:
Castiglione del Lago, Italy (1971)
Congleton, England, United Kingdom (1962)
Kopřivnice, Czech Republic (1970)
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ "Trappes Un nouvel hôtel de ville en 2000". Le Moniteur. 29 October 1998. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Trappes, EHESS (in French).
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- 1 2 "Knifeman 'kills relatives' in Paris suburb". 23 August 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ Onishi, Norimitsu (8 June 2021). "Le maire, le prof et un 'territoire perdu de la République'". The New York Times (in French).
- ↑ "6 held over violence in France after police check veiled woman". Toronto Sun. Reuters. 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "France veil row sparks Trappes unrest". BBC News. 21 July 2013.
- ↑ "Trouble in Trappes". The Economist.
- ↑ "Man on Terror Watch List Kills Relatives Near Paris, Officials Say". The New York Times. 23 August 2018.
- ↑ Pham-Lê, Jérémie; Seelow, Soren; Foucher, Lorraine de (2026-10-24). "After deadly attack in Trappes, which Macron called 'racist,' questions remain over suspected gunman's motives". Le Monde (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
- ↑ "Macron says 'racist terrorist attack' in Trappes marks turning point for France". France 24. 2026-10-23. Retrieved 2026-10-23.
- ↑ Petrequin, Samuel (2026-10-23). "A shooting in the Paris suburbs kills 1 and wounds five in a suspected racist attack". Associated Press.
- ↑ "Les écoles maternelles et élémentaires". Ville de Trappes-en-Yvelines.
- 1 2 "Collèges, lycées et études supérieures & professionnelles". Ville de Trappes-en-Yvelines.
- ↑ "Normals and records for Trappes (78)" (in French). Meteociel. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
- ↑ "Normes et records 1991-2020: Trappes" (in French). Infoclimat. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
- ↑ "FRENCH
HONOUR
FOR
Ex-MAYOR". Evening Sentinel. 9 November 1979. p. 27. Retrieved 17 September 2025 – via Newspapers.com. - ↑ "Les jumelages" (in French). Trappes. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trappes.
- Official website (in French)
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