Trappes

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Trappes (Script error: No such module "IPA".) 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, Script error: No such module "convert". from the centre of Paris, part of the new town of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

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

The suburb is known for gang violence and poverty.[2] It also has Islamists among its large Muslim population, with 70 local people suspected of having left France to fight for the Islamic State, according to several sources.[2][3] According to the French government, 67 people from Trappes have joined the Islamic State, and others have carried out attacks inside France.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In July 2013, Trappes police station was attacked by a mob of French Muslims in response to the arrest of a man who had assaulted a police officer during an identity check on his entirely veiled wife (face covering is illegal in France).[4][5][6] A man on the terrorism watch list of the French police, killed his mother and sister with a knife in Trappes on August 23, 2018. Amaq News Agency claimed responsibility on behalf of the Islamic State. However, French interior minister Gérard Collomb stated he was a man with mental health issues, rather than someone inspired by the organisation.[7]

Education

There are 36 municipal preschools and primary schools in Trappes.[8]

The community has three junior high schools:[9]

Senior high schools/sixth form colleges:[9]

  • Lycée des métiers Louis Blériot
  • Lycée des métiers Henri Matisse
  • Lycée de la Plaine de Neauphle

Climate

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Notable people

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Twin towns – sister cities

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See also

References

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External links

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