Le Pré-Saint-Gervais

Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (French pronunciation: [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 25,643 inhabitants per square kilometres as of 2017,[3] 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
Rue André Joineau, in Pré Saint-Gervais
Coat of arms of Le Pré Saint-Gervais
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring departments
Paris and inner ring departments
Location of Le Pré Saint-Gervais
Le Pré Saint-Gervais is located in France
Le Pré Saint-Gervais
Le Pré Saint-Gervais
Le Pré Saint-Gervais is located in Île-de-France (region)
Le Pré Saint-Gervais
Le Pré Saint-Gervais
Coordinates: 48°53′00″N 2°24′00″E
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-Saint-Denis
ArrondissementBobigny
CantonPantin
IntercommunalityGrand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2021–2026) Laurent Baron[1]
Area
1
0.70 km2 (0.27 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
17,290
 • Density25,000/km2 (64,000/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.[4]

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
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.



Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 14,772—    
1975 13,271−1.52%
1982 13,078−0.21%
1990 15,373+2.04%
1999 16,377+0.71%
2007 17,244+0.65%
2012 18,025+0.89%
2017 17,950−0.08%
Source: INSEE[3]

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 Paris Métro Line 5 to the north, and Pré-Saint-Gervais on Line Paris Métro Line 7bis to the southwest, each a few hundred metres outside the commune.

Education

Schools in the commune:[5]

  • 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" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. Schaechter, Moselio (1998). In the Company of Mushrooms: A Biologist's Tale. Harvard University Press. pp. 15, 18. ISBN 9780674445550.
  5. "Les adresses des écoles." Le Pré-Saint-Gervais. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.
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