Le Pré-Saint-Gervais
Commune in Île-de-France, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Commune in Île-de-France, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (French pronunciation: [lə pʁe sɛ̃ ʒɛʁvɛ] ; simply known by locals as Le Pré, i.e. "the meadow") is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.2 km (3.2 mi) from the center of Paris. With a density of 25,643 inhabitants per square kilometres as of 2017,[3] Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.
Le Pré Saint-Gervais | |
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Coordinates: 48°53′00″N 2°24′00″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Seine-Saint-Denis |
Arrondissement | Bobigny |
Canton | Pantin |
Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–2026) | Laurent Baron[1] |
Area 1 | 0.70 km2 (0.27 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 16,865 |
• Density | 24,000/km2 (62,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 93061 /93310 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
In 1767, Johann Schobert, a German composer at the Palace of Versailles went mushroom picking with his family in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, and died after insisting on eating them in a soup after two chefs told him that they were poisonous.[4]
On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, a large part of the commune of Le Pré-Saint-Gervais was annexed to Paris, and forms now the neighborhood of Pré-Saint-Gervais, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, leaving Le Pré-Saint-Gervais as a rump commune.
The arms of Le Pré-Saint-Gervais are blazoned : Vert, 5 barrulets wavy in base and a ram's head argent, horned Or.
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 14,772 | — |
1975 | 13,271 | −1.52% |
1982 | 13,078 | −0.21% |
1990 | 15,373 | +2.04% |
1999 | 16,377 | +0.71% |
2007 | 17,244 | +0.65% |
2012 | 18,025 | +0.89% |
2017 | 17,950 | −0.08% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
No station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network is in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais. The closest Métro stations are Hoche on Line to the north, and Pré-Saint-Gervais on Line to the southwest, each a few hundred metres outside the commune.
Schools in the commune:[5]
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is the birthplace of Louis Wagner, winner of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup and the 1908 American Grand Prize.
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