Les Lilas
Les Lilas | |
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Les Lilas Town Hall | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs | |
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Les Lilas Les Lilas | |
| Coordinates: 48°53′N 2°25′E / 48.88°N 2.42°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-Saint-Denis |
| Arrondissement | Bobigny |
| Canton | Bagnolet |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Lionel Benharous[1] |
Area 1 | 1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 23,262 |
| • Density | 18,500/km2 (47,800/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Lilasiens |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 93045 /93260 |
| Elevation | 126 m (413 ft) |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Les Lilas (French pronunciation: [le lila] ⓘ) is a commune in the northeastern inner suburbs of Paris, France. It is in Seine-Saint-Denis, 5.7 km (3.5 mi) from the centre of Paris.
History
The commune of Les Lilas (lit. 'the lilacs') was created under the Second Empire on 24 July 1867 amid Haussmann's renovation of Paris by detaching a part of the territory of Romainville and merging it with a part of the territory of Pantin and a part of the territory of Bagnolet. Les Lilas owes its name to the flower gardens that covered the hill on which the commune was established.[3]
Heraldry
| The arms of Les Lilas are blazoned: Or fretty vert, semy (in the spaces) of lilacs proper. Motto: J'étais fleur, je suis cité (Once a flower, now a city)
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Population
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Transport
Les Lilas is served by Mairie des Lilas and Serge Gainsbourg stations on Line 11 of the Paris Métro.
Notable residents
- It is the home of the exiled royal family of Montenegro.
- It is the birthplace of French actress Maïwenn Le Besco, French actor Marc Ruchmann and violinist Guillaume Latour, French comic book author Aude Massot.
In popular culture
Les Lilas is known for the 1958 hit song by Serge Gainsbourg, "Le Poinçonneur des Lilas", about a ticket puncher at the Porte des Lilas Métro station. This Métro station is actually in Paris, one stop away from the Mairie des Lilas Métro station which is in Les Lilas.
Education
Primary schools:[6]
- Three public preschool-elementary schools (Calmette, des Bruyères, and Julie-Daubié)
- Three public preschools (Courcoux, Victor-Hugo and Romain-Rolland)
- Four public elementary only schools (Paul-Langevin, Romain-Rolland, École Waldeck-Rousseau, École Victor-Hugo)
- One private elementary school (École Notre-Dame)
Public secondary schools:
There is also a public library, Bibliothèque André-Malraux.[9]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ "France Bleu – Au nom des lieux – Les Lilas doivent leur nom aux fleurs qui recouvraient naguère cette colline". francebleu.fr (in French). 21 November 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Les Lilas, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE.
- ^ "Annuaire." Les Lilas. Retrieved on 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Collège Marie-Curie." Les Lilas. Retrieved on 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Lycée polyvalent Paul-Robert." Les Lilas. Retrieved on 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Bibliothèque André-Malraux." Les Lilas. Retrieved on 9 September 2016.
External links
- Official website (in French)