Villeneuve-la-Garenne

Villeneuve-la-Garenne
Commune
Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne by Alfred Sisley (1872)
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring départements
Location of Villeneuve-la-Garenne
Villeneuve-la-Garenne Show map of France Villeneuve-la-Garenne Show map of Île-de-France (region)
Coordinates: 48°56′14″N 2°19′40″E / 48.9372°N 2.3278°E / 48.9372; 2.3278
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement	Nanterre
Canton	Gennevilliers
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Pelain[1]
Area 1	3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	25,371
• Density	7,900/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	92078 /92390
Elevation	29 m (95 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villeneuve-la-Garenne (French pronunciation: [vilnœv la ɡaʁɛn] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.2 km (5.7 mi) from the center of Paris in the Hauts-de-Seine department in the Île-de-France region.

The commune of Villeneuve-la-Garenne was created on 9 April 1929 by detaching its territory from the commune of Gennevilliers.

Villeneuve-la-Garenne is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Villeneuve-la-Garenne is Saint-Denis station, which is an interchange station on Paris RER line D and on the Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail line. This station is located in the commune of Saint-Denis, 0.9 km (0.56 mi) from the town center of Villeneuve-la-Garenne.

The town is well-served by the Paris metropolitan bus system : several lines run through its territory. (RATP bus lines 137, 177, 178, 261 and 378).

Since 15 November 2012, the city is served by a tram (Line 1).

As of January 1, 2019, there were 24,097 residents.^[3] As of 2016^[update] almost 37% of the residents were under 25 years of age.^[4]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1931 3,954 —     1936 4,031 +0.39% 1946 3,584 −1.17% 1954 4,035 +1.49% 1962 13,780 +16.59% 1968 22,715 +8.69% 1975 23,691 +0.60%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1982 23,906 +0.13% 1990 23,824 −0.04% 1999 22,349 −0.71% 2007 24,516 +1.16% 2012 25,725 +0.97% 2017 23,771 −1.57%
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Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

As of the 2015–2016 school year the commune had 1,280 preschool students, 1,973 elementary students, and 1,978 secondary students.^[7]

Junior high schools include:

• Collège Édouard Manet^[8]
• Collège Georges Pompidou^[9]

Senior high schools:

• Lycée polyvalent Charles Petiet^[10]
• Lycée Michel Ange^[11]

The public library is the Bibliothèque Aimé-Césaire.^[12]

Villeneuve-la-Garenne is twinned with:^[13]

• Hof, Germany

• Éric Marester, footballer
• Romain Habran, footballer

Villeneuve-la-Garenne is home to shipyards:

• Chantier de la Société Française de Construction navale
• Vanpraet Chantiers Navals du Nord

• Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department

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