Romainville
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Seine-Saint-Denis | |
| Arrondissement | Bobigny | |
| Canton | Bagnolet | |
| Community association |
Métropole du Grand Paris and Est Ensemble |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 53 ' N , 2 ° 26' E | |
| height | 54-123 m | |
| surface | 3.44 km 2 | |
| Residents | 27,567 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 8,014 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 93230 | |
| INSEE code | 93063 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-romainville.fr | |
Romainville is a French municipality with 27,567 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Seine-Saint-Denis in the region of Ile-de-France ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Bobigny and the Canton of Bagnolet . The city is eight kilometers east of Paris on the eastern foothills of the hill of Belleville . The inhabitants are called Romainvillois .
Neighboring communities
- Pantin in the northeast
- Bobigny in the north
- Noisy-le-Sec in the east
- Montreuil in the south
- Bagnolet in the southwest
- Les Lilas in the west
Population development
| year | 1801 | 1851 | 1901 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Residents | 885 | 1,499 | 2,961 | 18,422 | 17,022 | 19,217 | 23,158 | 24.091 | 26,252 | 25,403 | 23,565 | 23,774 | 25.199 |
from 1962 only residents with primary residence
history
The place is attested in the 7th century by a will. The name comes from "Romana villa", the villa of Romanus, Bishop of Meaux . In 1630, Nicolas de Quelen had the castle built, which in 1723 came into the possession of Marshal Ségur. The forts of Romainville and Noisy-le-Sec (which is in the Romainville area) were built in the time of Adolphe Thiers .
In 1867 the parish of Les Lilas was separated from Romainville. Fort Romainville was used as a prison and concentration camp transit camp during World War II . The Romainville TV tower was built in 1984. The history of the Roussel Uclaf research center (Center de Recherche) is important for Romainville. Very important contributions to the treatment of diseases in human medicine (new drugs) and in veterinary medicine were made here.
Attractions
- The neoclassical Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois church, built by Alexandre Théodore Brongniart , monument historique
- A pavilion as the rest of the Château de Romainville
See: List of Monuments Historiques in Romainville
Romainville as a film set
The well-known feature film Spy Between 2 Fronts , released in 1966 , based on the autobiography of double agent Eddie Chapman in World War II, with an immense star cast (including Christopher Plummer , Romy Schneider , Gert Fröbe and Yul Brynner ), used the forts of Romainville as a backdrop. Eddy Chapman was imprisoned here in the film.
Town twinning
- Castle Point (Benfleet), UK, since 1962
Personalities
- Philippe Henri de Ségur (1724–1801), Seigneur de Romainville, Minister of War under King Louis XV.
- Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842), painter
- Louis Boulanger (1806–1867), Romantic painter, lived in Romainville
- Matéo Maximoff (1917–1999), writer
- Boris Gamaleya (* 1930), poet exiled from Réunion
- Jean-Laurent Cochet (1935–2020), actor and acting teacher
- Basile Boli (* 1967), football player
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-Saint-Denis. Flohic Éditions, 2nd edition, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-133-3 , pp. 297-307.
- Thomas Fontaine: Les oubliés de Romainville. Tallandier, Paris 2005, ISBN 9782847342178 (about the concentration camp transit camp, French) Contents, French.
