Anecdotes
Creil swimming pool
The Creil swimming pool was the first in the Oise department! It was inaugurated in 1926. Architecture to meet social needs As was often the case in the 1920s and 1930s, the facility included a swimming pool and shower-baths, which replaced the Espérance washboat, meeting social needs [...].
Anecdotes
A hero in Cramoisy
The story of an American hero who sacrificed himself for the village of Cramoisy A neutralisation mission On 25 August 1944, while Paris was celebrating its Liberation, a mission was launched to neutralise the German airfields in the Laon and Reims sector. Twenty-three pilots from the 9th Air Force, a US air force formation, [...]
Anecdotes
V1s assembled at Saint-Leu-d'Esserent
Saint-Leu-d'Esserent is home to a quarry with a rich history! A quarry consolidated by the French In 1939 and 1940, faced with the threat of German bombing raids, the metallurgy company Brissoneau & Lotz relocated part of its aircraft fuselage production and carried out major concreting work in the galleries, [...].
Anecdotes
In pictures: Creil flooded under water
Take a look back at the major floods that hit Creil in 1910, 1926 and 1995 After the French Revolution, the region's communes were able to develop largely thanks to the Oise River and the way it was harnessed by man, particularly the water mills that enabled the first industries to set up in the area.