Conflans-Sainte-Honorine

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Commune of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
Location
Longitude	02°05'43" E
Latitude	48°59'52" N
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Canton	Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
Intercommunality	none as of 2005
Mayor	Philippe Esnol (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	17 m–60 m (avg. 25 m)
Land area¹	9.9 km²
Population² (Jan. 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census)	33,200 33,327
- Density (2005)	3,354/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	78172/ 78700
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 24.2 km. (15 miles) from the center of Paris.

The commune takes its name from the rambling château of Conflans, where the archbishop of Paris commissioned André Le Nôtre to lay out extensive gardens descending in deep terraces towards the Seine. Nothing remains of the château or the gardens save a monumental stair, descending in matched flights either side of a central niche, which remains isolated at the end of a cul-de-sac, backed by a large block of modern flats. Saint-Honorine refers to the fact that a church dedicated to Saint Honorina was built outside of the original city walls during the Middle Ages.[1]

[edit] Transport

Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is served by Conflans-Sainte-Honorine station on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.

It is also served by Conflans – Fin d'Oise station which is an interchange station on Paris RER line A and on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.

[edit] References

• F. Hamilton Hazlehurst, 1974. "Le Nostre at Conflans" in The French Formal Garden, Elizabeth B. MacDougall and F. Hamilton Hazlehurst, editors (Dumbarton Oaks)

[edit] Twin towns

	Hanau-Großauheim, Germany (Hesse)
	Chimay, Belgium
	Ramsgate, England