Sarcelles
Subprefecture and commune in Île-de-France, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sarcelles (French pronunciation: [saʁ.sɛl]) is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 16.3 km (10.1 mi) from the centre of Paris. Sarcelles is a sub-prefecture of the Val-d'Oise department and the seat of the arrondissement of Sarcelles.
Sarcelles | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
Town hall | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
Location of Sarcelles  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°59′44″N 2°22′51″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-d'Oise |
| Arrondissement | Sarcelles |
| Canton | Sarcelles |
| Intercommunality | CA Roissy Pays de France |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrick Haddad[1] |
| Area 1 | 8.45 km2 (3.26 sq mi) |
| Population | 58,483 |
| • Density | 6,900/km2 (18,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 95585 /95200 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
In the south of the commune, during the 1950s and 1960s, vast housing estates were built in order to accommodate pieds-noirs (French settlers from Algeria) and Jews who had left Algeria due to its war of independence. A few Jews from Egypt settled there after the Suez crisis, and Jews from Tunisia and Morocco settled in Sarcelles after unrest and riots against Jews due to the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War.