{"id":37307,"date":"2021-08-11T13:42:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T11:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/?p=37307"},"modified":"2025-11-24T11:49:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:49:31","slug":"canard-creil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/en\/2021\/08\/11\/canard-creil\/","title":{"rendered":"The Creil duck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"is-style-excerpt\">Real <strong>flower symbol<\/strong> of the town of Creil, the <strong>Duck<\/strong>located on Place Carnot, is a must for everyone in Creilliers. But do you know <strong>the origin of this Duck <\/strong>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the town's mascot, we like to remember its various decorations over the years. Sometimes <strong>in bloom in summer<\/strong>or dressed in <strong>branches and a few garlands as soon as Christmas arrives. <\/strong>As it approaches, the Creil duck at Place Carnot brightens up the landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"949\" height=\"742\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Canard-de-Creil-en-hiver.jpg\" alt=\"Le Canard de Creil in winter\" class=\"wp-image-37314\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Canard-de-Creil-en-hiver.jpg 949w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Canard-de-Creil-en-hiver-600x469.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Canard-de-Creil-en-hiver-900x704.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Canard-de-Creil-en-hiver-200x156.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Canard-de-Creil-en-hiver-650x508.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Canard-de-Creil-en-hiver-387x303.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Creil duck is covered in fir branches in winter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>The origin of the duck<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It wasn't easy to find out, but the<strong>he Creil Sud Oise Tourisme team went on the hunt for information from the heritage department of the town of Creil.<\/strong> who entrusted us with this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"The duck's iron frame was made by SOFEMO, an ironwork company based in Montataire. <strong>in the 1980s<\/strong>. This is a request for <strong>Jean Anciant<\/strong> (former mayor of Creil) for the construction of a complex comprising a <strong>open book with crest<\/strong> (on the Match roundabout in rue de la R\u00e9publique), another at the entrance to the Moulin district and the Creil duck \".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We would have liked to find out more about the symbolism of this duck, but it's probably safe to say that this<strong> the banks of the river Oise which flows through the town.<\/strong>. A river to which <strong>Creil owes its industrial development to<\/strong> even before the arrival of the railway, thanks in particular to the use of the <strong>water mills <\/strong>which enabled the first industries to set up in the region just after the French Revolution (as was the case with the earthenware industry, for example).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Decorated by the municipal greenhouses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In summer, nearly <strong>15,000 flowers<\/strong> which cover the duck's metal frame. We owe this work to <strong>green space gardeners from the town of Creil<\/strong>Thousands of seedlings are grown in this way in the <strong>municipal greenhouses<\/strong>. Consult our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creilsudoise-tourisme.fr\/en\/agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Calendar <\/a>to find out about upcoming visits!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A true symbol of the town of Creil, the Canard, located on the Place Carnot, is a must-see for everyone in Creil. But do you know the origin of the Canard? The town's mascot, the Duck has been decorated in different ways over the years. 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