Fresnes (Val-de-Marne)
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Val-de-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | L'Haÿ-les-Roses | |
| Canton | L'Haÿ-les-Roses | |
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Métropole du Grand Paris and Grand-Orly Seine Bièvre |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 46 ′ N , 2 ° 19 ′ E | |
| height | 45-89 m | |
| surface | 3.56 km 2 | |
| Residents | 27,802 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 7,810 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 94260 | |
| INSEE code | 94034 | |
| Website | www.fresnes94.fr | |
 Mairie Fresnes |
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Fresnes [ fʁɛn ] is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in France . The city in the Île-de-France is located 11.2 kilometers south of the center of Paris and has 27,802 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). Fresnes is the westernmost parish of the Val-de-Marne department.
The third largest prison in France is located in Fresnes ( Maison d'arrêt de Fresnes ), which was used by the Gestapo during World War II to imprison and torture resistance fighters and political prisoners. In the German-speaking world, it gained particular fame through Johannes Mario Simmel's work It doesn't always have to be caviar .
Surname
The name Fresnes was first mentioned in a papal bull of 1152 as Fraxinum . The name comes from the medieval Latin fraxinus (French: frêne , "ash"), due to the ash trees that covered the area of Fresnes at that time.
Attractions
See: List of Monuments historiques in Fresnes (Val-de-Marne)
Town twinning
Since June 2008 there has been a town partnership between Fresnes and Homberg (Efze) in Germany.
traffic
Fresnes itself does not have any Métro , RER or Transilien stations ; however, the location is served by the RATP bus network . The nearest RER stations are Parc de Sceaux , La Croix de Berny and Antony on the RER line B and Chemin d'Antony on the RER line C , all in the neighboring municipality of Antony .
The road network is dominated by the A 86 ring road , which runs roughly in an east-west direction through the urban area and separates it into two roughly equal parts, as well as the A 6 which runs through the city in a north-south direction in the east of Fresnes Paris – Lyon. Both highways have interchanges in Fresnes.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-de-Marne . 2nd Edition. Flohic Editions, Charenton-le-Pont 1994, ISBN 2-908958-94-5 .
