Trappes

Trappes
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Coordinates: 48°46′39″N 2°00′09″E / 48.7775°N 2.0025°E / 48.7775; 2.0025Coordinates: 48°46′39″N 2°00′09″E / 48.7775°N 2.0025°E / 48.7775; 2.0025
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Versailles
Canton	Trappes
Intercommunality	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Government
• Mayor	Guy Malandain
Area1	13.47 km2 (5.20 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	29,817
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	78621 / 78190
Elevation	143–174 m (469–571 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Trappes French pronunciation: ​[tʁap] is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, 26.7 km (16.6 mi) from the center of Paris, in the new town of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

Trappes is served by Trappes station on the Transilien La Défense and Transilien Paris – Montparnasse suburban rail lines.

Trappes is a suburb ("banlieue").

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).

There are 36 municipal preschools and primary schools in Trappes.

The community has three junior high schools:

Senior high schools/sixth form colleges:

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