Gagny
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Seine-Saint-Denis | |
| Arrondissement | Le Raincy | |
| Canton | Gagny (main town) | |
| Community association |
Métropole du Grand Paris and Grand Paris Grand Est |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 53 ' N , 2 ° 32' E | |
| height | 37-120 m | |
| surface | 6.83 km 2 | |
| Residents | 39,358 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 5,763 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 93220 | |
| INSEE code | 93032 | |
| Website | www.gagny.fr | |
 Location of Gagny in the greater Paris area |
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The French city of Gagny is an eastern suburb of Paris with 39,358 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It belongs to the Seine-Saint-Denis department and borders the Seine-et-Marne department to the east . Gagny extends for 3.3 kilometers from north to south and 4.4 kilometers from east to west.
Gagny is surrounded by seven towns: Villemomble and Le Raincy in the west, Montfermeil and Clichy-sous-Bois in the north, Neuilly-sur-Marne and Gournay-sur-Marne in the south and Chelles in the east. The inhabitants of the city call themselves Gabiniens .
history
The name of the city is derived from Gannius, who was the owner of the area in Roman times. In the 11th century, Adèle de Champagne founded a monastery. In the 13th century the city was under the feudal rule of Etienne de Gagny, husband of Béatrice of Montfermeil.
The French Revolution took a violent turn there. After the church was no longer used, it was turned into a temple of reason (French: Temple da la Raison ). In 1814/15 Gagny was occupied by Allied troops and in 1870 it was under Prussian occupation.
This is also where the episode of the Taxis de la Marne took place. During the First World War, the confiscated were in the night of 6 September 7, 1914 the town hall of Gagny Renault taxis together to from here 6000 recruits and reservists to the front near Nanteuil-le-Haudouin to promote where the German attack was repulsed. This act of desperation resulted in a total of 70,000 francs in travel expenses on the meter.
The war memorial was erected in 1920.
Attractions
- White House Lake (Étang de la Maison blanche), Parc Courbet
The city has a lively cultural life and a wide range of sporting offers. Parks and green spaces give Gagny a high quality of life.
Personalities
- Antoine Alphonse Chassepot (1833–1905), inventor of the Chassepot rifle , which was used very often by the French army, lived here
- Manuel Ferrara (* 1975), porn actor
Town twinning
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Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district in Berlin (since 2001, since 1992 with Wilmersdorf district ) -
Minden (since 1975)
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London Borough of Sutton , Great Britain (since 1974) -
Gladsaxe , Denmark (since 1975) -
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa , Italy (since 1967)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-Saint-Denis. Flohic Éditions, 2nd edition, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-133-3 , pp. 159-165.
