Boulogne-Billancourt

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Boulogne-Billancourt
Boulogne-Billancourt Coat of Arms
Boulogne-Billancourt (France)
Boulogne-Billancourt
region Île-de-France
Department Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement Boulogne-Billancourt
Canton Boulogne-Billancourt-1 (main town)
Boulogne-Billancourt-2 (main town)
Community association Métropole du Grand Paris and
Grand Paris Seine Ouest
Coordinates 48 ° 50 '  N , 2 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 50 '  N , 2 ° 14'  E
height 28-40 m
surface 6.17 km 2
Residents 120,071 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 19,460 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 92100
INSEE code 92012
Website boulognebillancourt.com

Place-name sign

Boulogne-Billancourt [ buˈlɔɲ bijɑ̃ˈkuːʀ ] is a French commune with 120,071 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) southwest of Paris and the main town (French: Sous-Préfecture ) of the Boulogne-Billancourt arrondissement in the Hauts-de-Seine department in the Île region -de-France . The inhabitants are called Boulonnais .

On the one hand, the city is considered to be one of the most elegant suburbs of Paris, on the other hand, towards the south it is also characterized by industrial operations (during the first half of the 20th century the French car manufacturer Renault settled ) and modern, medium-sized apartment blocks. The city is generally considered to be the most important center of inter-war architecture, especially of the 1930s, for all of France.

location

Boulogne-Billancourt borders directly on the 16th arrondissement of the capital to the east and is connected to Paris via numerous transport links. Because of the practically complete development beyond the city limits, Boulogne-Billancourt is also known as the 21st arrondissement of Paris. North of the city is the well-known Bois de Boulogne . Boulogne-Billancourt lies on the right bank of a loop of the river Seine , which limits the place on the other three sides.

history

In 1860 Boulogne was united with the village of Billancourt. There, late 19th century was the first car of Renault emerged. The company is still headquartered there today, as is the Thomson electronics group and Vallourec . The name of the town was changed from Boulogne-sur-Seine in 1924 to its current form Boulogne-Billancourt .

December 2017: One Planet Summit

The La Seine Musicale on the local Seine island Île Seguin is the scene of the extraordinary or additional world climate summit One Planet Summit on December 12, 2017, announced by French President Emmanuel Macron at COP 23 in Bonn in November 2017; The organizers are, in addition to the French government, the World Bank under its President Jim Yong Kim and the United Nations with its General Secretary António Guterres . On the island named after the French chemist Armand-Jean-François Seguin , there was previously a large Renault plant, which was demolished in 2005.

population

The population in 2011 was a good 116,000 on an area of ​​6.17 km², whereby Boulogne-Billancourt is not the municipality with the greatest population density in the Paris metropolitan area.

Population development
year 1793 1856 1901 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2011
Residents 3,600 11,378 44,416 93,998 106,641 109.008 103,578 102,582 101,743 106,316 112,233 116,220

economy

Boulogne-Billancourt was and is an important business location in the Paris region, where many companies have their headquarters:

Thomson SA headquarters

education

traffic

The city is served by two lines of the Paris Métro , line 9 (stations Marcel Sembat , Billancourt and Pont de Sèvres ) and line 10 (stations Boulogne - Pont de Saint-Cloud and Boulogne - Jean Jaurès ). In addition, the city is connected to Paris and the surrounding area by 20 bus routes operated by the state public transport company RATP .

To the north, between the building and the Bois de Boulogne, in which runs Normandie leading A13 autoroute , which branches off here from the innermost Paris beltway.

Around three million tons of goods are handled annually at the port facilities of Boulogne.

Culture and sights

Albert Kahn garden

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Boulogne-Billancourt

  • The Notre-Dame-des-Menus church dates back to the 14th century and was classified as a " Monument historique " in 1862
  • The Musée départemental Albert-Kahn houses Albert Kahn's collections , which under the title Les Archives de la Planète contain 72,000 autochromes collected between 1909 and 1931 , 4,000 black and white photos and several hundred hours of film. The museum is located in the garden, also laid out by Albert Kahn at the end of 1894–1910, which in its individual areas reflects the gardening culture of different countries
  • Other museums include the Musée - Jardin Paul Landowski , where works by the sculptor are exhibited, the Musée des Années Trente (MA30, Museum of the Thirties), and the Musée Paul-Belmondo , where works by the artist - father of Jean-Paul Belmondo - are exhibited are, and finally the Musée Renault , of course, by car, but in particular the company Renault is dedicated,
  • La Seine Musicale on the local Seine island Île Seguin , acultural center inauguratedon April 21, 2017 with a concert by Bob Dylan . B. in the auditorium concert hall withup to 1150 seats

Sports

The Boulogne-Billancourt Half Marathon has been held in November since 1997 and is now one of the most popular runs over this distance in France.

hospital

Town twinning

  • SerbiaSerbia Pančevo (Serbia), since 1968
  • IsraelIsrael Ra'anana (Israel), since 1968
  • United StatesUnited States Irving , Texas (USA), since 1993
  • TunisiaTunisia Sousse (Tunisia), since 1993
  • China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Guang'an (People's Republic of China), since 2007

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Hauts-de-Seine. Flohic Éditions, 2nd edition, Charenton-le-Pont 1993, ISBN 2-908958-95-3 , pp. 76-101.

Web links

Commons : Boulogne-Billancourt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ One planet summit. Retrieved December 12, 2017, December 12, 2017 (UK English).
  2. ^ Conference in Paris - World Bank calls for climate protection even without a US government . In: Deutschlandfunk . ( deutschlandfunk.de [accessed December 10, 2017]).
  3. ↑ oneplanetsummit.fr (December 11, 2017)