L'Île-Saint-Denis

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Commune in Île-de-France, France
Coat of arms of L'Île-Saint-Denis
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Paris and inner ring departments
Paris and inner ring departments
Location of L'Île-Saint-Denis
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(2020–2026) Mohamed Gnabaly[1]Area
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1.77 km2 (0.68 sq mi)Population
 (2021)[2]
8,664 • Density4,900/km2 (13,000/sq mi)DemonymÎlodionysiensTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code
93039 /93450
Websitewww.lile-saint-denis.fr1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

L'Île-Saint-Denis (French: [lil sɛ̃ d(ə)ni] ⓘ; lit. 'Saint Denis Island') is a French commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located 9.4 km (5.8 mi) from the centre of Paris.

The commune is entirely contained on an island of the Seine, hence its name.

Along with the communes of Saint-Denis and Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, L'Île-Saint-Denis will form the Olympic Village of the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3] This allows 85% of athletes to be 30 minutes from their competition venues.

Heraldry

Arms of l'Île-Saint-Denis
Arms of l'Île-Saint-Denis
 The arms of l'Île-Saint-Denis are blazoned :
Azure, a castle argent pierced and masoned sable extended by walls argent masoned sable, open of the field, and on a chief Or, a cross gules between 4 alerions azure.



Transport

Several transit connections are located nearby. The closest station to l'Île-Saint-Denis is Saint-Denis station, which is an interchange station on Paris RER line D and on the Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail line. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Saint-Denis, 0.4 km (0.25 mi) from the town center of l'Île-Saint-Denis.

Tram T1 stops near Île-Saint-Denis's town hall. Bus route 237 runs along the length of the island.

Demographics

The island is the result of the joining of several smaller islands (which helps explain its current length): L’île Saint-Denis, l’île Saint-Ouen, l’île des Vannes[4] and l'île du Châtelier.

Since the 1960s l'Île-Saint-Denis has housed immigrants, mostly from North African countries. Nadir Dendoune, a local author, said that l'Île-Saint-Denis had racial and ethnic diversity in the 1980s, as the neighborhood housed various groups of poor people, including Arabs, Black people, ethnic French, and other Europeans, and that at that time half of the students in area schools were White. In 2005, according to Dendoune, few of the students were White.[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 5,522—    
1975 7,004+3.45%
1982 7,435+0.86%
1990 7,413−0.04%
1999 6,810−0.94%
2007 7,083+0.49%
2012 6,981−0.29%
2017 7,981+2.71%
Source: INSEE[6]

Education

There are three primary schools in the commune: École Samira Bellil, École Paul Langevin, and École Jean Lurçat.[7]

Collège Alfred Sisley, a junior high school, is on the island.[8]

See also

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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" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "The Olympic and Paralympic Village". Paris 2024. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  4. ^ Saint-Ouen au fil de l'eau[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Ghettos shackle French Muslims." BBC. Monday 31 October 2005. Retrieved on 17 June 2010.
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. ^ "Ecoles/inscriptions." L'Île-Saint-Denis. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.
  8. ^ Home. Collège Alfred Sisley. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.
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