Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine

Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine
region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement	Saint-Denis
Canton	Saint-Ouen (main town)
Community association	Métropole du Grand Paris and ; Plaine Commune
Coordinates	48 ° 54 ' N , 2 ° 20' E Coordinates: 48 ° 54 ' N , 2 ° 20' E
height	22-48 m
surface	4.31 km 2
Residents	51,108 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	11,858 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	93400
INSEE code	93070
Website	http://ville-saintouen.fr/

Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine is a French city with 51,108 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the northern Parisian banlieue . The inhabitants are called Audoniens .

The commune, originally named Saint-Ouen, changed its name to the current name of Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine by decree N ° 2018-956 of November 5, 2018 .

history

The village of Saint-Ouen can be traced back to the 1st century AD.

The industrial boom began with the expansion of the port and connection to the railway network . Between 1861 and 1896 the population jumped from 3,300 to 30,700. Saint-Ouen became an important suburb of the capital Paris . The city has always been the destination of immigrants of various nationalities, in recent years especially from the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa . The industrial structural change since the 1970s also hit industry in Saint-Ouen hard: Unemployment was at times 20%. To compensate for this, numerous administration and office buildings have been settled, especially in the Docks de Saint-Ouen , former shipyards, such as Danone , Citroën , OCP Répartition , Alstom or Bosch France have locations or their headquarters here. The working-class city was ruled by mayors of the PCF without interruption from 1945 to 2014. In the 2014 local elections, in which the left parties lost numerous former strongholds, William Delannoy, who is close to the UDI , was elected as the new mayor.

Attractions

On the southern border to Paris, for example between Porte de Saint-Ouen in the west and Porte de Clignancourt in the east, three days a week (Saturday 9 am–6pm, Sunday 10 am–8pm, Monday 11 am–5pm) the largest flea market in the greater Paris area, the Marché aux Puces . In the immediate vicinity of the Garibaldi metro station is the last Citroën plant still in the immediate vicinity of Paris.

The Saint-Ouen Castle is also located , financed by Louis XVIII. , and a historic church. The local cemetery is the last resting place of numerous artists from nearby Montmartre .