Romainville

{{About|the commune in Paris|the Nazi concentration camp|Fort de Romainville}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Romainville

|commune status = Commune

|image = Eglise de Romainville.JPG

|caption = The church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, designed by Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart

|image coat of arms = Blason Romainville 93.svg

|map = Romainville_map.svg

|map caption = Paris and inner ring departments

|coordinates = {{coord|48.884|2.435|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|arrondissement = Bobigny

|canton = Bagnolet

|INSEE = 93063

|postal code = 93230

|mayor = François Dechy{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Grand Paris

|elevation m = 117

|elevation min m =

|elevation max m =

|area km2 = 3.44

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Romainville ({{IPA|fr|ʁɔmɛ̃vil|-|Fr-Paris--Romainville.ogg}}) is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, located in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France.

Location

It is located {{convert|7.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the center of Paris.

History

On 24 July 1867, a part of the territory of Romainville was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Pantin and a part of the territory of Bagnolet to create the commune of Les Lilas.

= Heraldry =

{{Blazon-arms

|img1=Blason Romainville 93.svg

|legend1=arms of Romainville

|text= The arms of Romainville are blazoned :
Per fess azure and Or, a castle argent, open pierced and masoned sable, and an oak eradicated vert.

}}

Population

{{Historical populations

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| cols = 2

| percentages = pagr

| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|29514|Romainville}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-93063#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

| graph-pos = bottom

|1793 |1011

|1800 |908

|1806 |1035

|1821 |839

|1831 |1012

|1836 |1222

|1841 |1672

|1846 |1597

|1851 |1499

|1856 |2083

|1861 |4289

|1866 |4907

|1872 |2044

|1876 |2025

|1881 |1854

|1886 |2106

|1891 |2106

|1896 |2408

|1901 |2961

|1906 |4472

|1911 |5676

|1921 |8087

|1926 |12821

|1931 |18449

|1936 |18422

|1946 |17022

|1954 |19217

|1962 |23494

|1968 |24091

|1975 |26260

|1982 |25363

|1990 |23563

|1999 |23779

|2007 |25563

|2012 |25411

|2017 |27567

}}

Transport

Romainville is served by three station of the Paris Métro, which are Serge Gainsbourg, Romainville-Carnot, Montreuil-Hôpital. Also not far is Bobigny - Pantin - Raymond Queneau station on Paris Métro Line 5.

Education

{{Asof|2016}} there were 1,147 preschool (maternelle) students and 1,637 elementary students in Romainville communal primary schools, making a total of 2,782 students."[http://www.ville-romainville.fr/petite-enfance-education/actualit%C3%A9s/rentr%C3%A9e-scolaire-2016-2017 Rentrée scolaire 2016-2017 ]." Romainville. Retrieved on September 12, 2016.

Primary schools:"[http://www.ville-romainville.fr/num%C3%A9ros-utiles Numéros utiles]." Romainville. Retrieved on September 12, 2016.

Junior high schools:

  • Collège Gustave Courbet[http://www.gustavecourbetromainville.ac-creteil.fr/ Home]. Collège Gustave Courbet. Retrieved on September 12, 2016.
  • Collège Pierre-André Houël[http://www.clghouel-romainville.ac-creteil.fr/ Home]. Collège Pierre-André Houël. Retrieved on September 12, 2016.

Lycée Liberté, a vocational high school, is in Romainville.[http://www.lyceeliberte.ac-creteil.fr/ Home].Lycée Liberté. Retrieved on September 12, 2016.

International relations

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}

Romainville is twinned with:

See also

References

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