Tremblay-en-France

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Tremblay-en-France
Coat of arms of Tremblay-en-France
Tremblay-en-France (France)
Tremblay-en-France
region Île-de-France
Department Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement Le Raincy
Canton Tremblay-en-France (main town)
Community association Métropole du Grand Paris and
Paris Terres d'Envol
Coordinates 48 ° 57 '  N , 2 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 57 '  N , 2 ° 35'  E
height 58-117 m
surface 22.44 km 2
Residents 36,180 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,612 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 93290
INSEE code
Website http://www.tremblay-en-france.fr/

The Jean Jaurès School

Tremblay-en-France is a French city with 36,180 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Seine-Saint-Denis in the region of Ile-de-France . The inhabitants call themselves Tremblaysiens .

geography

Tremblay-en-France is the northernmost commune of the Seine-Saint-Denis department. It is located 20 kilometers from Paris . The municipality extends over 2244 hectares and is bordered by the departments of Val-d'Oise in the north-west and Seine-et-Marne in the east. 70 hectares of the municipal area are forested. The city is passed by the Ourcq , a tributary of the Seine .

history

The Latin name was tremuletum .

In 1793 Tremblay-en-France received as Le Tremblay in the course of the French Revolution (1789-1799) the status of a municipality and in 1801 as Tremblay the right to local self-government . In 1887 Tremblay was renamed Tremblay-lès-Gonesse . Since 1989 the municipality has been called Tremblay-en-France . This decision was made after a public survey. En-France does not mean 'in France', but refers to the area in which the city is located. This area in the north of the Île-de-France is called Pays de France or Plaine de France .

Number of inhabitants
year 1793 1806 1891 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954 1962 1975 1990 2006
Residents 824 927 720 842 2,095 4,385 6.181 5,810 9,510 13,788 26,846 31,385 35,300

Tremblay-en-France had the fewest inhabitants in 1881 and 1891 (720), the number of inhabitants has been increasing since the beginning of the 20th century.

Town twinning

Tremblay-en-France has twinned cities with Marsciano in Italy and Loropéni in Burkina Faso .

Attractions

There are two listed buildings in Tremblay-en-France, the Saint-Médard church and a tithe barn . The church is dedicated to St. Medardus and was built in the 15th century.

Sports

Tremblay-en-France Handball is the local handball club .

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-Saint-Denis. Flohic Éditions, 2nd edition, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-133-3 , pp. 377-387.

Web links

Commons : Tremblay-en-France  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tremblay-en-France. In: Base Mérimée. Ministère de la culture, accessed August 16, 2010 (French).
  2. Official website of Tremblay-en-France Handball ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tremblayhandball.com