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9 unusual facts about Creil


Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia

In addition, when her father Duke Louis I of Bourbon died in 1342, she received the sum of 1,000 livres, which was secured from the town of Creil.

Egon Albrecht

On 25 August 1944 Albrecht was intercepted by USAAF P-51 Mustang fighters and shot down in his Bf 109G-14 near Creil.

Fabé Dia

Amy Fabé Dia Longo (born 14 February 1977 in Creil, France) is a French-Italian sprint athlete who specializes in the 200 metres.

Laurent Hernu

Laurent Hernu (born 22 August 1976 in Creil, Oise) is a French decathlete.

Marcel Deprez

At Creil, from 1876 to 1886, Deprez conducted the first experiments to transmit electrical power over long distances.

Michel Chion

Michel Chion born in 1947 in Creil, France, is a composer of experimental music.

Opel Kadett B

The two-seat Opel GT was heavily based on Kadett B components, its body made by a French contractor, Brissonneau & Lotz, at their Creil factory.

Roissy–Picardie Link

The Roissy–Picardie Link would link the LGV Interconnexion Est, at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, to a regional railway line heading north towards Creil.

Steve Birdsall

It was Birdsall who tracked down and confirmed the existence of 91st Bomb Group combat veteran B-17G Shoo Shoo Baby in the late 1960s, sitting dormant at Creil Air Base, Creil, France.


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Gare de Castel

The station was closed in the 1980s, when the line from Longueil-Ste-Marie to Creil was closed, and the line Amiens-Compiègne was turned into single track.

The station was situated at km 8.325 of the Amiens-Montdidier-Creil (via Longueil Ste Marie) line opened in 1853 by Compagnie du Nord and the Amiens-Compiègne line via Estrées-Saint-Denis.

Gare de Montdidier

Coal trains from the mining region travelled to Creil and the large marshalling yards in the North Paris region via Estrées-St-Denis and Longueil-Ste-Marie, joining the line to Amiens at Estrées.

Gare de Persan-Beaumont

Since it is the last station before Picardie, STIF fare structures no longer apply beyond it (except on trains linking Pontoise and Creil).

Vincent Contenson

Vincent Contenson (born at Altivillare as Auvillar (Gers), Diocese of Condon, 1641; died Creil-sur-Oise, 26 December 1674) was a French Dominican theologian and preacher.


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