Pierrefitte-sur-Seine

Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Commune
The town hall of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine

Coat of arms

Paris and inner ring departments
Coordinates: 48°57′56″N 2°21′41″E / 48.9656°N 2.3614°E / 48.9656; 2.3614Coordinates: 48°57′56″N 2°21′41″E / 48.9656°N 2.3614°E / 48.9656; 2.3614
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement Saint-Denis
Canton Épinay-sur-Seine
Intercommunality Grand Paris
Government
  Mayor (20012006) Catherine Hanriot
Area1 3.41 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 28,277
  Density 8,300/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 93059 /93200

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.

Pierrefitte-sur-Seine is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and Île-de-France region of France. Today forming part of the northern suburbs of Paris, Pierrefitte lies 12.4 km (7.7 mi) from the centre of the French capital.

Heraldry

The arms of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine are blazoned :
Gules, 3 rocks argent, perched on the center one a finch Or, on a chief azur a nail argent between 2 fleurs de lis Or.

Transport

The town is served by Pierrefitte – Stains railway station on line D of the RER regional suburban rail network.

The south of the commune, where the National Archives of France relocated in 2013, is also served by Saint-Denis – Université station on Paris Métro Line 13. This station lies on the border between the communes of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine and Saint-Denis.

Education

Primary and secondary schools in the commune include:

  • Nine preschools (maternelles)[1]
  • Eight elementary schools[2]
  • Two junior high schools: Collège Gustave-Courbet and Collège Pablo-Neruda[3]

Collège intercommunal Lucie-Aubrac in Villetaneuse also serves Pierrefitte students, as does Lycée Polyvalent Maurice-Utrillo, a senior high school/sixth-form college in Stains.[3]

Paris 8 University and Paris 13 University serve area students.[4]

Personalities

  • The actor and playwright Frédérick Lemaître lived in Pierrefitte between 1830 and 1845.
  • The naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny died in Pierrefitte in 1857 and is buried in the municipal cemetery.

Twin towns

Pierrefitte is twinned with

See also

References

  1. "Les écoles maternelles." Pierrefitte-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
  2. "Les écoles élémentaires." Pierrefitte-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Les collèges et le lycée." Pierrefitte-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
  4. "L'enseignement supérieur." Pierrefitte-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.


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