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, Template: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.[1] 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.[1][2] 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).[3][4][5] 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.[6]
Education
There are 36 municipal preschools and primary schools in Trappes.[7]
The community has three junior high schools:[8]
- Collège Le Village
- Collège Gustave Courbet
- Collège Youri-Gagarine
Senior high schools/sixth form colleges:[8]
- Lycée des métiers Louis Blériot
- Lycée des métiers Henri Matisse
- Lycée de la Plaine de Neauphle
Climate
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
Twin towns – sister cities
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- Template:Flagicon Castiglione del Lago, Italy (1971)
- Template:Flagicon Congleton, England, United Kingdom (1962)
- Template:Flagicon Kopřivnice, Czech Republic (1970)
See also
References
External links
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