Villiers-le-Bel
Villiers-le-Bel | |
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Coordinates: 49°00′34″N 2°23′28″E / 49.0094°N 2.3911°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Val-d'Oise |
Arrondissement | Sarcelles |
Canton | Villiers-le-Bel |
Intercommunality | CA Roissy Pays de France |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Louis Marsac[1] |
Area 1 | 7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 28,836 |
• Density | 4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 95680 /95400 |
Elevation | 64–147 m (210–482 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Villiers-le-Bel (French pronunciation: [vilje lə bɛl] ) is a commune in the French department of Val-d'Oise, in the northern suburbs of Paris.[3] It is located 17.4 km (10.8 mi) from the center of Paris.
History[edit]
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A tragedy occurred in the town in the early evening of March 25, 1818, when a cracked 6,000 pound (2721 kg) bell being removed from a belfry came crashing down, killing approximately 25 onlookers. Workers who remained hanging from collapsed steeple were able to be rescued.[4][5][6][7]
In the 1950s the commune had about 5,000 residents but it urbanized from 1950 to 1974. As of 2007 the commune had 26,000 people.[8]
In 2007 the mayor at the time, François Pupponi, stated that the city became a "social ghetto" suffered from planning errors made in the 1950s, as the community did not gain the businesses necessary to support the population.[8] Jean-Louis Marsac, the first deputy mayor, stated that the commune grew without gaining the proper infrastructure.[8]
2007 riots[edit]
On the night of 25 November 2007, gangs attacked a police station in Villiers-le-Bel, torched cars, and vandalized stores. The violence was prompted by the deaths of two adolescents after a crash between their motorbike and a police patrol car at an intersection. The disturbances spread to neighbouring towns on the night of 26 November. 82 police officers were injured, four of them seriously, by shotgun blasts.[9][10]
Transport[edit]
The Paris Métro, RER, serves through the Villiers-le-Bel - Gonesse - Arnouville station on Paris RER line D. However, this station is located in the neighboring commune of Arnouville-lès-Gonesse, 2.5 km (1.6 mi) from the town center of Villiers-le-Bel.
Population[edit]
As of 2017[update] 47% of the commune's population was under the age of 30.[11]
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Economy[edit]
As of 2007[update] Charles de Gaulle International Airport is the primary employer of the area. Within Villiers-le-Bel itself the largest employers were the Charles-Richet Hospital, the Flopak conditioning company, Gilson medical material company, and public services.[8]
Education[edit]
The commune has 30 educational institutions, including 11 preschools and 11 elementary schools along with four junior high schools and a vocational high school.[13] As of 2007[update] the commune does not have its own general high school/sixth-form college.[8]
- Junior high schools include Collège Léon Blum, Collège Martin Luther King, and Collège Saint Exupéry along with the private Collège privé Saint Didier
- Lycée Mendès France (vocational high school) is in the commune
Two nearby senior high schools are in Sarcelles, Lycée la tourelle and Lycée Jean Jacques Rousseau.[13] Students attending general high school studies go to J. J. Rousseau.[8]
Area universities:[14]
Neighboring communes[edit]
Personalities[edit]
- Alexandre Beljame (1842–1906), writer.
- Mickael Citony footballer
- Marie-Laure Delie footballer
- Gaël N’Lundulu footballer
- Yoann Salmier, footballer
- Kevin Vinetot footballer
- Lino rapper
- Mike Maignan footballer
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Annual Register, 1818, p. 52 (Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, pubs., London, 1819)
- ^ (9 June 1818). Foreign, The Reflector (Milledgeville, Georgia), p. 2 col. 3, near bottom
- ^ (29 March 1818). France, Journal des débats, p. 1, col. 2 (in French)
- ^ (31 March 1818). Paris, 31 mars, Journal de Paris, p.1 (seems to report that death toll was 19 and not 25)
- ^ a b c d e f Ternisien, Xavier (2007-11-29). "Villiers-le-Bel, radioscopie d'un "ghetto social"". Le Monde. Archived from the original on 2016-09-09. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) () ""Nous avons grandi à la vitesse d'une ville nouvelle, souligne Jean-Louis Marsac (PS), premier adjoint au maire." and "Pour François Pupponi, maire (PS) de Sarcelles,[...] privait la commune de taxe professionnelle."" - ^ Ariane Bernard, International Herald Tribune. "Second night of violence in Paris suburb". Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- ^ Report of disturbances in the French daily Le Figaro (in French)
- ^ a b Évolution et structure de la population en 2017, INSEE
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Villiers-le-Bel, EHESS (in French).
- ^ a b "Les écoles à Villiers-le-Bel Archived 2015-01-19 at the Wayback Machine." Villiers-le-Bel. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Enseignement supérieur : Universités Archived 2017-04-13 at the Wayback Machine." Villiers-le-Bel. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise (in French)
- Ableiges
- Aincourt
- Ambleville
- Amenucourt
- Andilly
- Argenteuilsubpr
- Arnouville
- Arronville
- Arthies
- Asnières-sur-Oise
- Attainville
- Auvers-sur-Oise
- Avernes
- Baillet-en-France
- Banthelu
- Beauchamp
- Beaumont-sur-Oise
- Le Bellay-en-Vexin
- Bellefontaine
- Belloy-en-France
- Bernes-sur-Oise
- Berville
- Bessancourt
- Béthemont-la-Forêt
- Bezons
- Boisemont
- Boissy-l'Aillerie
- Bonneuil-en-France
- Bouffémont
- Bouqueval
- Bray-et-Lû
- Bréançon
- Brignancourt
- Bruyères-sur-Oise
- Buhy
- Butry-sur-Oise
- Cergyd.f. pref
- Champagne-sur-Oise
- La Chapelle-en-Vexin
- Charmont
- Chars
- Châtenay-en-France
- Chaumontel
- Chaussy
- Chauvry
- Chennevières-lès-Louvres
- Chérence
- Cléry-en-Vexin
- Commeny
- Condécourt
- Cormeilles-en-Parisis
- Cormeilles-en-Vexin
- Courcelles-sur-Viosne
- Courdimanche
- Deuil-la-Barre
- Domont
- Eaubonne
- Écouen
- Enghien-les-Bains
- Ennery
- Épiais-lès-Louvres
- Épiais-Rhus
- Épinay-Champlâtreux
- Éragny
- Ermont
- Ézanville
- Fontenay-en-Parisis
- Fosses
- Franconville
- Frémainville
- Frémécourt
- Frépillon
- La Frette-sur-Seine
- Frouville
- Garges-lès-Gonesse
- Genainville
- Génicourt
- Gonesse
- Goussainville
- Grisy-les-Plâtres
- Groslay
- Guiry-en-Vexin
- Haravilliers
- Haute-Isle
- Le Heaulme
- Hédouville
- Herblay-sur-Seine
- Hérouville-en-Vexin
- Hodent
- L'Isle-Adam
- Jagny-sous-Bois
- Jouy-le-Moutier
- Labbeville
- Lassy
- Livilliers
- Longuesse
- Louvres
- Luzarches
- Maffliers
- Magny-en-Vexin
- Mareil-en-France
- Margency
- Marines
- Marly-la-Ville
- Maudétour-en-Vexin
- Menouville
- Menucourt
- Mériel
- Méry-sur-Oise
- Le Mesnil-Aubry
- Moisselles
- Montgeroult
- Montigny-lès-Cormeilles
- Montlignon
- Montmagny
- Montmorency
- Montreuil-sur-Epte
- Montsoult
- Mours
- Moussy
- Nerville-la-Forêt
- Nesles-la-Vallée
- Neuilly-en-Vexin
- Neuville-sur-Oise
- Nointel
- Noisy-sur-Oise
- Nucourt
- Omerville
- Osny
- Parmain
- Le Perchay
- Persan
- Pierrelaye
- Piscop
- Le Plessis-Bouchard
- Le Plessis-Gassot
- Le Plessis-Luzarches
- Pontoisepref
- Presles
- Puiseux-en-France
- Puiseux-Pontoise
- La Roche-Guyon
- Roissy-en-France
- Ronquerolles
- Sagy
- Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt
- Saint-Clair-sur-Epte
- Saint-Cyr-en-Arthies
- Saint-Gervais
- Saint-Gratien
- Saint-Leu-la-Forêt
- Saint-Martin-du-Tertre
- Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
- Saint-Prix
- Saint-Witz
- Sannois
- Santeuil
- Sarcellessubpr
- Seraincourt
- Seugy
- Soisy-sous-Montmorency
- Survilliers
- Taverny
- Théméricourt
- Theuville
- Le Thillay
- Us
- Vallangoujard
- Valmondois
- Vaudherland
- Vauréal
- Vémars
- Vétheuil
- Viarmes
- Vienne-en-Arthies
- Vigny
- Villaines-sous-Bois
- Villeron
- Villers-en-Arthies
- Villiers-Adam
- Villiers-le-Bel
- Villiers-le-Sec
- Wy-dit-Joli-Village
- d.f. pref: de facto prefecture
- pref: prefecture
- subpr: subprefecture