Bois-Colombes
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine | |
| Arrondissement | Nanterre | |
| Canton | Colombes-2 | |
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Métropole du Grand Paris and Boucle Nord de Seine |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 55 ' N , 2 ° 16' E | |
| height | 28-43 m | |
| surface | 1.92 km 2 | |
| Residents | 28,239 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 14,708 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 92270 | |
| INSEE code | 92009 | |
| Website | http://www.bois-colombes.com/ | |
 Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours church |
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Bois-Colombes is a French city with 28,239 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the north-west of Paris . The inhabitants are called Bois-Colombiens .
The city is nine kilometers from the center of Paris. The area is one of the most densely populated in Europe .
history
Bois-Colombes was founded on March 13, 1896 when dividing the city of Colombes .
Architectural monuments
See: List of Monuments historiques in Bois-Colombes
Town twinning
Bois-Colombes has had a partnership with the Bavarian city of Neu-Ulm since 1966 .
sons and daughters of the town
- Jean-François Tournon (1905–1986), fencer
- Maurice Bellet (1923–2018), Catholic clergyman and psychoanalyst
- Géo Daly (1923–1999), jazz vibraphonist and band leader
- Claude Lanzmann (1925–2018), film director and producer
- Nicole Maurey (1925-2016), film actress
- Jacques Lanzmann (1927–2006), writer and journalist
- Philippe Bernier (1930-2000), journalist
- Gilbert Guillaume (* 1930), international lawyer and former member of the International Court of Justice
- René Maillard (1931–2012), composer
- Roger Kahane (1932–2013), director and screenwriter
- Pierre Potier (1934-2006), chemist
- Françoise Bonnot (1939–2018), film editor
- Dominique Vautherin (1941–2000), theoretical nuclear physicist
- Catherine Millet (* 1948), expert on modern art, editor-in-chief of the art magazine art press and author
- Rodolphe (* 1948), comic book author
- Dominique Besnehard (* 1954), actor and casting director
- Anne-Laure Bondoux (* 1971), author of children's and young people's books and novels
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Hauts-de-Seine. Flohic Éditions, 2nd edition, Charenton-le-Pont 1993, ISBN 2-908958-95-3 , pp. 70-77.
Web links
Commons : Bois-Colombes - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Bois-Colombes website (French)