Drancy
Drancy | |
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![]() From upper left: City Hall, Castle of Ladoucette, National Memorial of Deportation | |
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Coordinates: 48°56′N 2°27′E / 48.93°N 2.45°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Seine-Saint-Denis |
Arrondissement | Le Raincy |
Canton | Drancy and Le Blanc-Mesnil |
Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Aude Lagarde[1] |
Area 1 | 7.76 km2 (3.00 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 71,363 |
• Density | 9,200/km2 (24,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 93029 /93700 |
Elevation | 39–54 m (128–177 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Drancy (French pronunciation: [dʁɑ̃'si] ) is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris in the Seine-Saint-Denis department in northern France. It is located 10.8 km (6.7 mi) from the center of Paris.
History
Toponymy
The name Drancy comes from
Origins to 20th century
In the 17th century, Drancy was divided into two distinct villages: Drancy le Grand and le Petit Drancy. The quarter "Village Parisien" is built on the old location of the hamlet of Groslay, which was surrounded by the
The end of nineteenth century was marked by
20th and 21st centuries
During
Population
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] |
Immigration
Born in metropolitan France | Born outside metropolitan France | |||
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75.0% | 25.0% | |||
Born in overseas France |
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth1 | EU-15 immigrants2
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Non-EU-15 immigrants | |
2.1% | 2.2% | 6.1% | 14.6% | |
1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as Northwest Africa , followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.2 An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. |
Heraldry
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The arms of Drancy are blazoned : Azure, on a chevron Or a gothic letter 'D' sable at its summit, between two mullets and a sheep passant argent.
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Geography and cityscape
Climate
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Déc | Year |
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Average low °C | 0,9 | 1,3 | 2,9 | 5 | 8,3 | 11,2 | 12,9 | 12,7 | 10,6 | 7,7 | 3,8 | 1,7 | 6,6 |
Average °C | 4 | 4,5 | 7,3 | 9,7 | 13,7 | 16,5 | 18,9 | 18,8 | 15,5 | 11,5 | 7 | 5 | 11,9 |
Average high °C | 6 | 7,6 | 10,8 | 14,4 | 18,2 | 21,5 | 24 | 23,8 | 20,9 | 16 | 10,1 | 6,8 | 15 |
Precipitation mm | 54.3 | 46.1 | 53.5 | 46.5 | 63.3 | 57.8 | 53.6 | 51.6 | 53.8 | 55.5 | 55.8 | 55.6 | 647.3 |
Sunshine hours | 55.6 | 87.5 | 129.4 | 172.8 | 201.4 | 218.8 | 239.1 | 221.1 | 173.3 | 125.8 | 75.2 | 50.6 | 1749.5 |
Architecture
Drancy's buildings are too diverse to be characterised by any particular architectural style. Some of them with a style
Park and Castle of Ladoucette
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Parc_de_ladoucette.jpg/220px-Parc_de_ladoucette.jpg)
The parc de Ladoucette[8] is the only park of Drancy. It contains a pond, a small educational farm and the castle of Ladoucette.[9] The castle was built in 1533 by Pierre Séguier.[10] In the 19th century, the castle was the property of the senator Charles-Loetitia de Ladoucette. In 1874 his wife, la Baronne de Ladoucette, died and her body was placed in the Mausoleum de la Baronne de Ladoucette. Today she is buried in the Parisian cemetery.
Urbanism
Typology
Drancy is an urban commune, as it is one of the dense or intermediate density communes, as defined by the Insee communal density grid.[a][11][12][13] It belongs to the urban unit of Paris, an inter-departmental conurbation comprising 411 communes[14] and 10,785,092 inhabitants in 2017, of which it is a suburban commune.[15][16]
The commune is also part of the functional area of Paris[b] where it is located in the main population and employment centre of the functional area. This area comprises 1,929 communes.[17][18]
Administration
Part of the commune forms the canton of Drancy. The other part belongs to the canton of Le Blanc-Mesnil.
Transport
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Gare_de_Drancy_02.jpg/220px-Gare_de_Drancy_02.jpg)
Railways and buses
Drancy is in Zone 3 of the
Drancy is also served by the
By the RER B, Drancy is near many Parisian railway stations, Gare du Nord is now just 10 minutes away, Gare Saint-Lazare and Gare de Lyon can be reached in 30 minutes. Charles de Gaulle Airport can also be reached in 30 minutes.
Roads
Drancy is served by the A3 motorway and the A86 motorways.
Education
Schools:[21]
- 17 public preschools (écoles maternelles)
- 19 public elementary schools
- Six public junior high schools (collèges): Paul Bert, Anatole France, Jorissen, Paul Langevin, Liberte, Pierre Samard
- One private junior high school, Collège Saint-Germain
- Two public senior high schools/sixth-form colleges: Lycée Eugène Delacroix and Lycée Paul le Rolland
International relations
Drancy is twinned with:
See also
Notes
- ^ According to the zoning of rural and urban municipalities published in November 2020, in application of the new definition of rurality validated on November 14 2020 by the Interministerial Committee for Rural Areas.
- ^ In October 2020, the concept of functional area replaced that of urban area in order to enable consistent comparisons with other European Union countries
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Davies, Lizzy. "Holocaust memorial in France defaced with swastikas". The Guardian.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Drancy, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Site de météorologie et de climatologie". lameteo.org (in French). Archived from the original on 2011-07-27.
- ^ "Site de climatologie et de météorologie". infoclimat.fr/accueil/ (in French).
- ^ Nicolas Grenier, french poet, has written a poem about this parc de Ladoucette
- ^ "Exhibition of the French artist Gerard Stricher in the Castle of Ladoucette to Drancy (France)". Artsy.
- ^ "Parc de Ladoucette". TRFIHI Parks.
- ^ "Typologie urbain / rural". observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- Inseewebsite. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Comprendre la grille de densité". observatoire-des-territoires.gouv.fr. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Unité urbaine 2020 de Paris". insee.fr. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Base des unités urbaines 2020". insee.fr. October 21, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ Costemalle, Vianney (October 21, 2020). "Toujours plus d'habitants dans les unités urbaines". website of Insee. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Liste des communes composant l'aire d'attraction de Paris". Insee website. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ Marie-Pierre de Bellefon; Pascal Eusebio; Jocelyn Forest; Olivier Pégaz-Blanc; Raymond Warnod; (Insee) (October 21, 2020). "En France, neuf personnes sur dix vivent dans l'aire d'attraction d'une ville". Insee website. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Site de la RATP - Drancy-Le Bourget" (in French).
- ^ "Site de la RATP - Le tramway 1" (in French).
- ^ "Education Archived 2016-09-28 at the Wayback Machine." Drancy. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
External links
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- Official website (in French)