Thénia

The villages of the commune of Thénia are:

Thénia is located on the main road from Algiers to Constantine, about 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Algiers, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) inland from the coast, at an altitude of 300 metres (980 ft).[3] Between the town and the coast, the scrub-covered Djebel bou Arous rises to a height of around 400 metres (1,300 ft) and then falls more gently to the coast. South and east is the valley of the Isser River, whose sides rise to around 600 metres (2,000 ft) and are deeply incised by streams. In many places the slopes are covered with vineyards and olive-groves.

Thénia is on the double-track portion of the Algiers-Skikda railway line and is the end of electric commuter rail service from Algiers station.

• Zawiyet Sidi Boushaki

During the French occupation, the town was renamed Ménerville, after Charles-Louis Pinson de Ménerville (1808–76), the first president of the court of appeals in Algiers.[4] It resumed the name of Thénia a few years after independence in 1962.

In 1944, the town had 2,656 inhabitants, of whom the majority, 1,929, were European pieds noirs while the commune or district had 12,755, of whom 2,640 were pieds noirs.[2]

Thénia was very near to the offshore epicenter of the 21 May 2003 Boumerdès earthquake, the strongest earthquake to hit Algeria since 1980.[5]

At least four people were killed and around 20 injured by a car bomb outside a police station in the town on 29 January 2008.[6]

Yahia Boushaki Boulevard

The town of Thénia contains dozens of roads in its urban network:

• Ali Anou Street
• Ramdane Redjouani Street
• Rabah Rahmoune Street
• Slimane Ambar Street
• Mohamed Khemisti Avenue

Boumerdès River

This commune is crossed by several rivers:

• Isser River
• Meraldene River
• Arbia River
• Beni Arab River
• Boumerdès River
• Keddache River

Meraldene Dam

This commune has one dam:

• Meraldene Dam