Gennevilliers

Gennevilliers (French pronunciation: [ʒœnvilje] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department of Île-de-France. It is located 9.1 km (5.7 mi) from the centre of Paris.

Gennevilliers
Commune
Town centre of Gennevilliers
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring départements
Location of Gennevilliers
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Coordinates: 48°55′32″N 2°17′40″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement	Nanterre
Canton	Gennevilliers
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrice Leclerc[1]
Area 1	11.64 km2 (4.49 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	50,874
• Density	4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	92036 /92230
Elevation	21–33 m (69–108 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

La plaine de Gennevilliers, by Gustave Caillebotte in 1888

The Hôtel de Ville

On 9 April 1929, one-fifth of the territory of Gennevilliers was detached and became the commune of Villeneuve-la-Garenne. Gennevilliers is the site of the main river port Port of Gennevilliers of Paris on the Seine. The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1977.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,155 —     1800 1,041 −1.47% 1806 1,005 −0.58% 1821 1,086 +0.52% 1831 1,106 +0.18% 1836 1,099 −0.13% 1841 1,115 +0.29% 1846 1,154 +0.69% 1851 1,166 +0.21% 1856 1,168 +0.03% 1861 1,630 +6.89% 1866 2,186 +6.05% 1872 1,897 −2.34% 1876 2,389 +5.93% 1881 3,245 +6.32% 1886 4,448 +6.51% 1891 5,837 +5.59% 1896 7,401 +4.86%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 10,056 +6.32% 1906 11,586 +2.87% 1911 14,003 +3.86% 1921 18,118 +2.61% 1926 24,120 +5.89% 1931 27,250 +2.47% 1936 29,369 +1.51% 1946 25,169 −1.53% 1954 33,137 +3.50% 1962 42,595 +3.19% 1968 46,074 +1.32% 1975 50,290 +1.26% 1982 45,396 −1.45% 1990 44,818 −0.16% 1999 42,513 −0.58% 2007 41,960 −0.16% 2012 42,919 +0.45% 2017 46,907 +1.79%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Transport

Gennevilliers is served by three stations on Paris Métro Line 13: Les Courtilles, Les Agnettes and Gabriel Péri. All three are at the border with the commune of Asnières-sur-Seine.

Gennevilliers is also served by two stations on RER C (Les Grésillons and Gennevilliers), as well as five stops on Île-de-France tramway Line 1.

Education

Schools in Gennevilliers include:

• 13 preschools^[6]
• 9 primary schools^[7]
• 3 junior high schools: Collège Guy-Môquet, Collège Édouard-Vaillant, Collège Louis-Pasteur^[8]

There is a senior high school, Lycée Galilée.^[9]

Natives/residents

• Isabelle Adjani, actress
• Pascal Tayot, French judoka who won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Thierry Vigneron, pole vault bronze medalist and former record holder
• Garra Dembélé, footballer
• Wesley Jobello, footballer
• David Ngog, footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool F.C.)
• Édouard Roger-Vasselin, tennis player
• Jeanine Claes, dancer

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Gennevilliers is twinned with:^[10]

• La Bañeza, Spain
• Bergkamen, Germany
• Al-Bireh, Palestine
• Imola, Italy
• Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
• Wirral, England, United Kingdom

See also

• Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department