Triel-sur-Seine

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Triel-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: [tʁijɛl syʁ sɛn], literally Triel on Seine) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is positioned approximately 11 km (6.8 mi) to the north-west of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

The city is known for the "Fête du Flan", literally Flan Party, which takes place every last weekend of September on the banks of the Seine. This is a garage sale. The bakeries of the city have on this occasion several stands on which it is possible to consume flan. The city entered the Guinness Book in 1995 for having made the largest flan in the world (5.10 m in diameter).^[3]

Population

Inhabitants are known as Triellois or Trielloises according to gender.

Twin towns

Seligenstadt, located in the south-east of Frankfurt, twinned since 1967. Triel-Seligenstadt was elected "Jumelage emblème de l'amitié franco-allemande" (Twin towns symbol of the french-german friendship) in June 2013.^[5]

Leatherhead, located in Surrey, England, twinned since 2004.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department
• Local newspaper : Journal des Deux Rives

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "Le plus grand flan du monde : à Triel-sur-Seine, évidemment... | 78actu". 78actu. 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. "La palme à Triel-sur-Seine et Seligenstadt ! | 50 ans d'amitié franco-allemande | Monde | fr - ARTE". www.arte.tv. Archived from the original on 2013-06-11.
6. "Friends of Triel Leatherhead and District Twinning Association". Leatherhead and District Twinning Association. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2021.