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Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: [pjɛfit syʁ sɛn] (listen), literally Pierrefitte on Seine) is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and Île-de-France region of France. Today forming part of the northern suburbs of Paris, Pierrefitte lies 12.4 km (7.7 mi) from the centre of the French capital.

Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Commune
The town hall of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring departments
Location of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
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Coordinates: 48°57′56″N 2°21′41″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement	Saint-Denis
Canton	Épinay-sur-Seine
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Fourcade[1]
Area 1	3.41 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	30,861
• Density	9,100/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	93059 /93200
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Heraldry

The arms of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine are blazoned: Gules, 3 rocks argent, perched on the center one a finch Or, on a chief azur a nail argent between 2 fleurs de lis Or.

History

In December 2005, Pierrefitte became Europe's first "Mediation Town".[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 750 —     1800 706 −0.86% 1806 734 +0.65% 1821 705 −0.27% 1831 812 +1.42% 1836 789 −0.57% 1841 827 +0.95% 1846 813 −0.34% 1851 808 −0.12% 1856 829 +0.51% 1861 915 +1.99% 1866 1,075 +3.28% 1872 1,157 +1.23% 1876 1,151 −0.13% 1881 1,346 +3.18% 1886 1,609 +3.63% 1891 1,824 +2.54% 1896 2,468 +6.23%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,863 +3.01% 1906 3,349 +3.19% 1911 4,268 +4.97% 1921 5,987 +3.44% 1926 8,609 +7.53% 1931 11,645 +6.23% 1936 12,575 +1.55% 1946 12,100 −0.38% 1954 12,867 +0.77% 1962 14,770 +1.74% 1968 19,017 +4.30% 1975 20,819 +1.30% 1982 22,366 +1.03% 1990 23,822 +0.79% 1999 25,816 +0.90% 2007 28,338 +1.17% 2012 27,925 −0.29% 2017 30,306 +1.65%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Transport

The town is served by Pierrefitte – Stains railway station on line D of the RER regional suburban rail network.

The south of the commune, where the National Archives of France relocated in 2013, is also served by Saint-Denis – Université station on Paris Métro Line 13. This station lies on the border between the communes of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine and Saint-Denis.

Education

Primary and secondary schools in the commune include:

• Nine preschools (maternelles)[6]
• Eight elementary schools[7]
• Two junior high schools: Collège Gustave-Courbet and Collège Pablo-Neruda[8]

Collège intercommunal Lucie-Aubrac in Villetaneuse also serves Pierrefitte students, as does Lycée Polyvalent Maurice-Utrillo, a senior high school/sixth-form college in Stains.[8]

Paris 8 University and Paris 13 University serve area students.[9]

In the arts

Pierrefitte was where comedian and filmmaker Kheiron was raised, and the setting for his award-winning film All Three of Us.[10]

Personalities

• The actor and playwright Frédérick Lemaître lived in Pierrefitte between 1830 and 1845.
• The naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny died in Pierrefitte in 1857 and is buried in the municipal cemetery.

Twin towns

Pierrefitte is twinned with

• Braintree in the United Kingdom
• Rüdersdorf bei Berlin in Germany.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department

References

External links

• Official web portal of the town of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (in French)

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