Once upon a time...

The valley of Oise has been inhabited by the Man since the prehistory.

The Gauls then the Romans alternately crossed the territory and left many tracks there.

Nevertheless, Creil was only mentioned for the first time in 636 under the name of Criolum which means “cave” or rock.

Two centuries later, king Charles le Chauve held an assembly there and the town was plundered by the Normans the same year.

During the crusades, the lord of the manor of Creil, Louis I, granted a charter to the town which allowed the inhabitants to elect a town council.

Philippe Auguste, Louis IX, Philippe le Hardi, Philippe le Bel, often came to stay in Creil castle.

Although the town was saved by the Jacquerie, it didn't escape the 100 years war : caught by the Anglo-Navarrese in 1358, the town is completely ruined.

In 1375, Charles V acquired the seigniory of Creil which stayed the property of the King of France for more than a century.

King Charles VI was locked up in a castle due to madness.

In 1441, Charles VII took back the town from the English.

The protestants seized the town in 1567.

In 1598, Henry IV took the town from the members of the League again.

In 1615, the Prince of Condé settled in the castle which stayed in the family until 1782 when it was sold to the notary Jouéry.

On 17 th July 1789, for fear that the Prince of Condé might return from exile, the inhabitants of Creil arm themselves against an imaginary enemy, phenomenon which will be called thereafter the Great Fear.

In 1796, the town industrialized itself with a crystal manufacture and then an earthenware manufacture which lasted until 1895.

The arrival of the railroad in 1846 facilitated the industrialization of the town too.

The 1871's war doesn't' spare Creil and in 1914, General Galliéni, military governor of Paris, organised the counterattack of the Marne.

During WWII, the town underwent severe bombardments and the old town was partly destroyed.