Le Pré-Saint-Gervais

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.

Le Pré Saint-Gervais
Commune
Rue André Joineau, in Pré Saint-Gervais
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring departments
Location of Le Pré Saint-Gervais
Le Pré Saint-Gervais
Paris and inner ring departments
Le Pré Saint-Gervais
Le Pré Saint-Gervais (Île-de-France (region))
Coordinates: 48°53′00″N 2°24′00″E
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-Saint-Denis
ArrondissementBobigny
CantonPantin
IntercommunalityGrand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Laurent Baron[1]
Area
1
0.70 km2 (0.27 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[2]
17,950
 • Density26,000/km2 (66,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (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.

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.[3]

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

Transport

No station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network is in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais. The closest Métro stations are Hoche on Line to the north, and Pré-Saint-Gervais on Line to the southwest, each a few hundred metres outside the commune.

Education

Schools in the commune:[4]

  • 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. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. Schaechter, Moselio (1998). In the Company of Mushrooms: A Biologist's Tale. Harvard University Press. pp. 15, 18. ISBN 9780674445550.
  4. "Les adresses des écoles." Le Pré-Saint-Gervais. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.


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