Neuilly-Plaisance

Neuilly-Plaisance
Commune
The church of Our Lady of the Assumption, in Neuilly-Plaisance

Coat of arms

Paris and inner ring departments
Coordinates: 48°51′43″N 2°30′23″E / 48.8619°N 2.5064°E / 48.8619; 2.5064Coordinates: 48°51′43″N 2°30′23″E / 48.8619°N 2.5064°E / 48.8619; 2.5064
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement Le Raincy
Canton Villemomble
Intercommunality Grand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Christian Demuynck
Area1 3.42 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 20,354
 • Density 6,000/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 93049 /93360
Elevation 37–117 m (121–384 ft)
(avg. 48 m or 157 ft)

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.

Neuilly-Plaisance is a French commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris. It is located 11.8 km (7.3 mi) from the center of Paris.

The composer Alain Margoni was born in Neuilly-Plaisance on 13 October 1934.

History

  • The commune of Neuilly-Plaisance was created on 13 April 1892 by detaching its territory from the commune of Neuilly-sur-Marne.
  • Here was the first community of Emmaus in 1949

Heraldry

 The arms of Neuilly-Plaisance are blazoned :
Azure, an eagle displayed argent maintaining in dextre talon a laurel branch palewise or, and on an inescutcheon overall argent, a fess wavy azure and in chief a Latin cross gules between 2 crescents inverted vert.

(the base arms are those of LE RAGOIS de BRETONVILLIERS, the superimposed ones of FOULQUES de Neuilly.

Transport

Neuilly-Plaisance is served by Neuilly-Plaisance station on Paris RER line RER A.

Education

Schools:[1]

  • Preschools/nurseries (maternelles): Bel Air, Paul Doumer, Foch, Léon Frapié, Paul Letombe, Victor Hugo
  • Elementary schools: Bel Air, Cahouettes, Centre, Edouard Herriot, Joffre, Victor Hugo
  • Junior high school: Collège Jean Moulin

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Les établissements scolaires ." Neuilly-Plaisance. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.


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