Romainville

This article is about the commune in Paris. For the Nazi concentration camp, see Fort de Romainville.

Romainville (French pronunciation: [ʁɔmɛ̃vil] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, located in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France.

Romainville
Commune
The church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, designed by Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
Location of Romainville
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Coordinates: 48°53′02″N 2°26′06″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement	Bobigny
Canton	Bagnolet
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	François Dechy[1]
Area 1	3.44 km2 (1.33 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	35,314
• Density	10,300/km2 (26,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	93063 /93230
Elevation	117 m (384 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Location

It is located 7.2 km (4.5 mi) from the center of Paris.

History

On 24 July 1867, a part of the territory of Romainville was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Pantin and a part of the territory of Bagnolet to create the commune of Les Lilas.

Heraldry

arms of Romainville

The arms of Romainville are blazoned : Per fess azure and Or, a castle argent, open pierced and masoned sable, and an oak eradicated vert.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,011 —     1800 908 −1.52% 1806 1,035 +2.21% 1821 839 −1.39% 1831 1,012 +1.89% 1836 1,222 +3.84% 1841 1,672 +6.47% 1846 1,597 −0.91% 1851 1,499 −1.26% 1856 2,083 +6.80% 1861 4,289 +15.54% 1866 4,907 +2.73% 1872 2,044 −13.58% 1876 2,025 −0.23% 1881 1,854 −1.75% 1886 2,106 +2.58% 1891 2,106 +0.00% 1896 2,408 +2.72%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,961 +4.22% 1906 4,472 +8.60% 1911 5,676 +4.88% 1921 8,087 +3.60% 1926 12,821 +9.65% 1931 18,449 +7.55% 1936 18,422 −0.03% 1946 17,022 −0.79% 1954 19,217 +1.53% 1962 23,494 +2.54% 1968 24,091 +0.42% 1975 26,260 +1.24% 1982 25,363 −0.50% 1990 23,563 −0.92% 1999 23,779 +0.10% 2007 25,563 +0.91% 2012 25,411 −0.12% 2017 27,567 +1.64%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Transport

Romainville is served by three station of the Paris Métro, which are Serge Gainsbourg, Romainville-Carnot, Montreuil-Hôpital. Also not far is Bobigny - Pantin - Raymond Queneau station on Paris Métro Line 5.

Education

As of 2016^[update] there were 1,147 preschool (maternelle) students and 1,637 elementary students in Romainville communal primary schools, making a total of 2,782 students.^[5]

Primary schools:^[6]

• Preschools: Marcel Cachin, Danielle Casanova, Charlie Chaplin, Jean Charcot, Youri Gagarine, Véronique et Florestan
• Elementary schools: Henri Barbusse, Marcel Cachin, Jean Charcot, Fraternité, Paul Langevin, Gabriel-Péri, Paul Vaillant-Couturier, Maryse-Bastié.

Junior high schools:

• Collège Gustave Courbet^[7]
• Collège Pierre-André Houël^[8]

Lycée Liberté, a vocational high school, is in Romainville.^[9]

International relations

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

Romainville is twinned with:

• Casalecchio di Reno, Italy
• Pápa, Hungary
• Benfleet, England since 1962

See also

• Tour Hertzienne TDF de Romainville
• Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department
• Convoi des 31000