Sarcelles
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Sarcelles is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 16.3 km. (10.1 miles) from the center of Paris. Sarcelles is a sous-préfecture of the Val-d'Oise département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Sarcelles.
In the south of the commune, during the 1950s and 1960s, HLMs were built in order to accommodate pieds-noirs, many of them Jewish, who left Algeria due to the Algerian War of Independence.
There is a large market on Sundays.
Transportation
Sarcelles is served by Garges – Sarcelles station on Paris RER line D.
It is also served by Sarcelles – Saint-Brice station on the Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail line. This station, although administratively located on the territory of the neighboring commune of Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, lies in fact very near the town center of Sarcelles.
Twin towns
Sarcelles is twinned with:
- Netanya, Israel
- Hattersheim, Germany, since 1987
See also
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