Les Lilas

Les Lilas
Commune
Les Lilas town hall

Coat of arms

Paris and inner ring departments
Coordinates: 48°53′N 2°25′E / 48.88°N 2.42°E / 48.88; 2.42Coordinates: 48°53′N 2°25′E / 48.88°N 2.42°E / 48.88; 2.42
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement Bobigny
Canton Bagnolet
Intercommunality Grand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Daniel Guiraud
Area1 1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 22,479
 • Density 18,000/km2 (46,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 93045 /93260

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.

Les Lilas is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.7 km (3.5 mi) from the centre of Paris.

History

The commune of Les Lilas (literally "the lilacs") was created on 24 July 1867 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.

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)

Transport

Les Lilas is served by Mairie des Lilas station on Paris Métro Line 11.

Notable residents

Les Lilas is known for the hit 1958 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:[1]

  • 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, Ecole Waldeck-Rousseau, Ecole Victor-Hugo)
  • One private elementary school (Ecole Notre-Dame)

Public secondary schools:

There is also a public library, Bibliothèque André-Malraux.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Annuaire." Les Lilas. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Collège Marie-Curie." Les Lilas. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Lycée polyvalent Paul-Robert." Les Lilas. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bibliothèque André-Malraux." Les Lilas. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.


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