Le Pré-Saint-Gervais

Le Pré-Saint-Gervais
Commune
Rue André Joineau, in Pré Saint-Gervais

Coat of arms

Paris and inner ring departments
Coordinates: 48°53′00″N 2°24′00″E / 48.8833°N 2.4000°E / 48.8833; 2.4000Coordinates: 48°53′00″N 2°24′00″E / 48.8833°N 2.4000°E / 48.8833; 2.4000
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement Bobigny
Canton Pantin
Intercommunality Grand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Gérard Cosme
Area1 0.70 km2 (0.27 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 17,335
 • Density 25,000/km2 (64,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 93061 /93310

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (pronounced [lə pʁe sɛ̃ ʒɛʁvɛ]; simply known by locals as Le Pré, i.e. "the meadow") is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.2 km (3.2 mi) from the center of Paris. With a density of 23,396 inhabitants per square kilometres at the last French census of 1999, Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.

History

Town hall of Pré-Saint-Gervais

In 1767, Johann Schobert, a German composer at the Palace of Versailles went mushroom picking with his family in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, and died after insisting on eating them in a soup after two chefs told him that they were poisonous.[1]

On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, a large part of the commune of Le Pré-Saint-Gervais was annexed to Paris, and forms now the neighborhood of Pré-Saint-Gervais, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, leaving Le Pré-Saint-Gervais as a rump commune.

Heraldry

 The arms of Le Pré-Saint-Gervais are blazoned :
Vert, 5 barrulets wavy in base and a ram's head argent, horned Or.

Transport

Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is Hoche station on Métro line Paris Métro Line 5. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Pantin, 0.8 km (0.50 mi) from the town center of Le Pré-Saint-Gervais.

Education

Schools in the commune:[2]

  • Public preschools (maternelles): École Baudin, École Rosa-Parks, École Suzanne-Lacore, École Nelson-Mandela
  • Public elementaries: École Anatole-France, École Jean-Jaurès, École Pierre-Brossolette
  • Public junior high school: Collège Jean-Jacques-Rousseau
  • Private preschool through junior high school: École et collège Saint-Joseph
  • Private preschool: École maternelle Montessori

Personalities

Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is the birthplace of Louis Wagner, the first race car driver to win the United States Grand Prix.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Schaechter, Moselio (1998). In the Company of Mushrooms: A Biologist's Tale. Harvard University Press. pp. 15, 18. ISBN 9780674445550.
  2. ↑ "Les adresses des écoles." Le Pré-Saint-Gervais. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.


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