Les Lilas

Les Lilas (French pronunciation: [le lila] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the northern-eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.7 km (3.5 mi) from the centre of Paris.

Les Lilas
Commune
Les Lilas town hall
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring departments
Location of Les Lilas
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Coordinates: 48°53′N 2°25′E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement	Bobigny
Canton	Bagnolet
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Lionel Benharous[1]
Area 1	1.26 km2 (0.49 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	23,262
• Density	18,000/km2 (48,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	93045 /93260
Elevation	126 m (413 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

The commune of Les Lilas (literally "the lilacs") was created on 24 July 1867 by detaching a part of the territory of Romainville and merging it with a part of the territory of Pantin and a part of the territory of Bagnolet.

Heraldry

Arms of Les Lilas

The arms of Les Lilas are blazoned : Or fretty vert, semy (in the spaces) of lilacs proper. motto : J'étais fleur, je suis cité (Once a flower, now a city)

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1872 3,699 —     1876 4,411 +4.50% 1881 5,690 +5.22% 1886 5,887 +0.68% 1891 6,417 +1.74% 1896 7,438 +3.00% 1901 8,925 +3.71% 1906 10,470 +3.24% 1911 11,654 +2.17% 1921 14,599 +2.28% 1926 18,109 +4.40% 1931 19,500 +1.49%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 19,467 −0.03% 1946 17,685 −0.96% 1954 18,590 +0.63% 1962 17,721 −0.60% 1968 15,817 −1.88% 1975 20,054 +3.45% 1982 20,354 +0.21% 1990 20,118 −0.15% 1999 20,226 +0.06% 2007 22,324 +1.24% 2012 22,920 +0.53% 2017 23,045 +0.11%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Transport

Les Lilas is served by Mairie des Lilas station on Paris Métro Line 11.

Notable residents

• It is the home of the exiled royal family of Montenegro.
• It is the birthplace of French actress Maïwenn Le Besco, French actor Marc Ruchmann and violinist Guillaume Latour, French comic book author Aude Massot

In popular culture

Les Lilas is known for the hit 1958 song by Serge Gainsbourg, "Le Poinçonneur des Lilas", about a ticket puncher at the Porte des Lilas Métro station. This Métro station is actually in Paris, one stop away from the Mairie des Lilas Métro station which is in Les Lilas.

Education

Primary schools:^[5]

• Three public preschool-elementary schools (Calmette, des Bruyères, and Julie-Daubié)
• Three public preschools (Courcoux, Victor-Hugo and Romain-Rolland)
• Four public elementary only schools (Paul-Langevin, Romain-Rolland, Ecole Waldeck-Rousseau, Ecole Victor-Hugo)
• One private elementary school (Ecole Notre-Dame)

Public secondary schools:

• Collège Marie Curie^[6]
• Lycée polyvalent Paul-Robert^[7]

There is also a public library, Bibliothèque André-Malraux.^[8]

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department