L'Île-Saint-Denis
L'Île-Saint-Denis | ||
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region | Île-de-France | |
Department | Seine-Saint-Denis | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Denis | |
Canton | Saint-Ouen | |
Community association |
Métropole du Grand Paris and Plaine Commune |
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Coordinates | 48 ° 56 ' N , 2 ° 20' E | |
height | 22-33 m | |
surface | 1.77 km 2 | |
Residents | 7,981 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 4,509 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 93450 | |
INSEE code | 93039 | |
Website | http://lile-saint-denis.fr/ | |
Hotel de Ville (town hall) |
With 7,981 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), L'Île-Saint-Denis is one of the smallest communities in the French department of Seine-Saint-Denis in the Île-de-France region . The municipality was created at the end of the 19th century from the merger of four municipalities: l'Île Saint-Denis , l'Île du Châtelier , l'Île des Vannes and l'Île du Javeau . The community is located on the Seine island Île Saint-Denis in a loop of the Seine about ten kilometers north of the center of the French capital Paris . In France, only the municipality of Béhuard shares the peculiarity of being completely on a river island.
The inhabitants are called Ilo-Dionysia or Ilodionysia .
politics
Until 2001, L'Île-Saint-Denis was the stronghold of the French Communist Party . 2001 was then Green Michel Bourgain as mayor elected. He resigned for health reasons in June 2016. The majority candidate, Mohamed Gnabaly , was elected as the new mayor on July 7, 2016.
traffic
A major problem for the community is the inharmonized urbanization. To solve the resulting traffic problems, line 1 of the Paris tram was extended to the center of L'Île-Saint-Denis and beyond to Asnières-sur-Seine / Gennevilliers in 2012 . There, lying in close proximity Gennevilliers - - Metro station Asnières Courtilles the Paris Métro Line 13 . There is also a connection to the railway network ( RER , line D and Transilien , line H) via the neighboring train station in Saint-Denis .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-Saint-Denis. Flohic Éditions, 2nd edition, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-133-3 , pp. 177-181.
Individual evidence
- ↑ L'Est-Éclair of July 27, 2017: "Vivre sur la Seine avec vue sur" l'île "" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 25, 2018.
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