Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (French pronunciation: [lə pʁe sɛ̃ ʒɛʁvɛ] (
listen); 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 | |
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Commune | |
Rue André Joineau, in Pré Saint-Gervais | |
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Coat of arms | |
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Location of Le Pré Saint-Gervais ![]() | |
Le Pré Saint-Gervais Le Pré Saint-Gervais | |
| Coordinates: 48°53′00″N 2°24′00″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-Saint-Denis |
| Arrondissement | Bobigny |
| Canton | Pantin |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–2026) | Laurent Baron[1] |
| Area 1 | 0.70 km2 (0.27 sq mi) |
| Population | 17,351 |
| • Density | 25,000/km2 (64,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+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. | |

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.
| The arms of Le Pré-Saint-Gervais are blazoned : Vert, 5 barrulets wavy in base and a ram's head argent, horned Or.
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 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] | ||
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
to the north, and Pré-Saint-Gervais on Line
to the southwest, each a few hundred metres outside the commune.
Schools in the commune:[5]
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is the birthplace of Louis Wagner, the first race car driver to win the United States Grand Prix.
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