Rosny-sous-Bois

Rosny-sous-Bois (French: [ʁoni su bwɑ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.1 km (6.3 mi) from the centre of Paris.

Rosny-sous-Bois
Commune
Former town hall.
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring departments
Location of Rosny-sous-Bois
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Coordinates: 48°52′00″N 2°29′00″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement	Le Raincy
Canton	Montreuil-1
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Paul Fauconnet[1]
Area 1	5.91 km2 (2.28 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	45,947
• Density	7,800/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	93064 /93110
Elevation	45–116 m (148–381 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is the seat of the national centre of road information of the national gendarmerie.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 693 —     1800 936 +4.39% 1806 780 −2.99% 1821 822 +0.35% 1831 895 +0.85% 1836 948 +1.16% 1841 1,075 +2.55% 1846 1,004 −1.36% 1851 1,014 +0.20% 1856 1,018 +0.08% 1861 2,156 +16.19% 1866 1,605 −5.73% 1872 1,684 +0.80% 1876 1,924 +3.39% 1881 1,745 −1.93% 1886 2,400 +6.58% 1891 2,603 +1.64% 1896 3,245 +4.51%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 4,329 +5.93% 1906 5,837 +6.16% 1911 6,933 +3.50% 1921 8,061 +1.52% 1926 10,856 +6.13% 1931 14,477 +5.93% 1936 14,691 +0.29% 1946 14,270 −0.29% 1954 16,491 +1.82% 1962 21,001 +3.07% 1968 30,705 +6.54% 1975 35,784 +2.21% 1982 36,970 +0.47% 1990 37,489 +0.17% 1999 39,105 +0.47% 2007 41,283 +0.68% 2012 42,080 +0.38% 2017 46,207 +1.89%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Heraldry

arms of Rosny-sous-Bois

The arms of Rosny-sous-Bois are blazoned : Azure, an eagle rampant argent, holding in his right talon an olive branch palewise Or.

Transport

Rosny-sous-Bois is served by two stations on Paris RER E: Rosny–Bois-Perrier and Rosny-sous-Bois.

Education

The commune has seven public primary school groups, with each having a preschool (maternelle) and an elementary school. There is also a private Montessori French-English bilingual primary school, Ecole maternelle privée «Les merveilles».^[5]

Secondary schools:^[6]

• Junior high schools: Albert Camus, Langevin-Wallon, Saint Exupery
• Senior high schools/sixth-form colleges: Lycée Charles de Gaulle and Lycée Professionnel Jean Moulin

Personalities

• Selim Bouadla—footballer
• Mamadou Diakité—footballer
• Nicolas Douchez—footballer
• Philippe Carlos—senior category manager
• Soufiane Guerrab—actor
• Loïc Lapoussin-footballer

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department