Pierrefitte-sur-Seine

Coordinates: 48°57′56″N 2°21′41″E / 48.9656°N 2.3614°E / 48.9656; 2.3614
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Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Commune
The town hall of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
The town hall of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Coat of arms of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring departments
Paris and inner ring departments
Location of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Map
Pierrefitte-sur-Seine is located in France
Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Pierrefitte-sur-Seine is located in Île-de-France (region)
Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Coordinates: 48°57′56″N 2°21′41″E / 48.9656°N 2.3614°E / 48.9656; 2.3614
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-Saint-Denis
ArrondissementSaint-Denis
CantonÉpinay-sur-Seine
IntercommunalityGrand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Michel Fourcade[1]
Area
1
3.41 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
32,379
 • Density9,500/km2 (25,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
93059 /93200
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (French pronunciation:

centre of the French capital
.

Heraldry

Arms of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Arms of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
 The arms of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine are blazoned:
Gules, 3 rocks argent, perched on the center one a finch Or, on a chief azur a nail argent between 2 fleurs de lis Or.



History

In December 2005, Pierrefitte became Europe's first "Mediation Town".[3]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 750—    
1800 706−0.86%
1806 734+0.65%
1821 705−0.27%
1831 812+1.42%
1836 789−0.57%
1841 827+0.95%
1846 813−0.34%
1851 808−0.12%
1856 829+0.51%
1861 915+1.99%
1866 1,075+3.28%
1872 1,157+1.23%
1876 1,151−0.13%
1881 1,346+3.18%
1886 1,609+3.63%
1891 1,824+2.54%
1896 2,468+6.23%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 2,863+3.01%
1906 3,349+3.19%
1911 4,268+4.97%
1921 5,987+3.44%
1926 8,609+7.53%
1931 11,645+6.23%
1936 12,575+1.55%
1946 12,100−0.38%
1954 12,867+0.77%
1962 14,770+1.74%
1968 19,017+4.30%
1975 20,819+1.30%
1982 22,366+1.03%
1990 23,822+0.79%
1999 25,816+0.90%
2007 28,338+1.17%
2012 27,925−0.29%
2017 30,306+1.65%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Transport

The town is served by

Pierrefitte – Stains railway station on line D of the RER
regional suburban rail network.

The south of the commune, where the

Saint-Denis – Université station on Paris Métro Line 13. This station lies on the border between the communes of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine and Saint-Denis
.

Education

Primary and secondary schools in the commune include:

Collège intercommunal Lucie-Aubrac in

Lycée Polyvalent Maurice-Utrillo, a senior high school/sixth-form college in Stains.[8]

Paris 13 University serve area students.[9]

In the arts

Pierrefitte was where comedian and filmmaker Kheiron was raised, and the setting for his award-winning film All Three of Us.[10]

Personalities

  • The actor and playwright Frédérick Lemaître lived in Pierrefitte between 1830 and 1845.
  • The naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny died in Pierrefitte in 1857 and is buried in the municipal cemetery.

Twin towns

Pierrefitte is twinned with

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Engel, Sven (15 December 2005). "Euromediation Working Group: Summary Report of the Pierrefitte Seminar" (PDF). European Forum for Urban Safety. Retrieved 20 July 2019. The second seminar of the EuroMediation working group took place in the city of Pierrefitte, situated in the northern periphery of Paris, on December 2–3, 2005 and was preceded by a one-day colloquium presenting Pierrefitte as the first "City of Mediation" in Europe (Ville-Médiation).
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ "Les écoles maternelles." Pierrefitte-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
  7. ^ "Les écoles élémentaires." Pierrefitte-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Les collèges et le lycée." Pierrefitte-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
  9. ^ "L'enseignement supérieur." Pierrefitte-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
  10. ^ "Alliance Française: All three of us". Orpheum. Retrieved 20 July 2019.

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