world.wikisort.org - France

Villeneuve-le-Roi (French pronunciation: [vilnœv lə ʁwa] (listen)) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 13.7 km (8.5 mi) from the centre of Paris. The early 19th-century French orientalist Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1780–1831) was born in Villeneuve-le-Roi on the boat that arrived from Auxerre.

Villeneuve-le-Roi
Commune
The church of Villeneuve-le-Roi
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring departments
Location of Villeneuve-le-Roi
Villeneuve-le-Roi Show map of France Villeneuve-le-Roi Show map of Île-de-France (region)
Coordinates: 48°44′00″N 2°25′00″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	L'Haÿ-les-Roses
Canton	Orly
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Gonzales[1]
Area 1	8.40 km2 (3.24 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	21,679
• Density	2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	94077 /94290
Elevation	30–91 m (98–299 ft)
Website	www.villeneuve-le-roi.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Orly Airport is partially located in the commune.[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 480 —     1800 480 +0.00% 1806 445 −1.25% 1821 423 −0.34% 1831 438 +0.35% 1836 407 −1.46% 1841 406 −0.05% 1846 471 +3.01% 1851 417 −2.41% 1856 474 +2.60% 1861 508 +1.40% 1866 485 −0.92% 1872 478 −0.24% 1876 516 +1.93% 1881 549 +1.25% 1886 626 +2.66% 1891 687 +1.88% 1896 782 +2.62%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,243 +9.71% 1906 1,871 +8.52% 1911 2,780 +8.24% 1921 4,558 +5.07% 1926 8,388 +12.97% 1931 13,747 +10.38% 1936 14,400 +0.93% 1946 14,794 +0.27% 1954 16,715 +1.54% 1962 22,300 +3.67% 1968 23,074 +0.57% 1975 21,096 −1.27% 1982 20,512 −0.40% 1990 20,325 −0.11% 1999 18,292 −1.16% 2007 18,503 +0.14% 2012 19,782 +1.35% 2017 21,384 +1.57%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Transport

Villeneuve-le-Roi is served by Villeneuve-le-Roi station on Paris RER line C.

Education

Communal schools include:[6]

• Preschools (écoles maternelles): Cites-Unies, Paul-Painlevé, Paul-Bert, Paul-Eluard, Pauline-Kergomard, and Annie-Fratellini
• Elementary schools: Paul-Bert, Paul-Painlevé, Jules-Ferry, and Jean-Moulin

There are two junior high schools:

• Collège Jean Macé Villeneuve Le Roi[7]
• Collège Jules Ferry[8]

There is one senior high school: Lycée Georges Brassens.[9]

The commune has a public library, Bibliothèque municipale Anatole-France.[10]

Twin towns – sister cities

Villeneuve-le-Roi is twinned with:[11]

• Arpino, Italy
• São Pedro do Sul, Portugal
• Stourport-on-Severn, England, United Kingdom
• Vratsa, Bulgaria

See also

• Communes of the Val-de-Marne department

References

External links

• Official website (in French)

На других языках

---

[de] Villeneuve-le-Roi

Villeneuve-le-Roi ( anhören?/i) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 21.679 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Val-de-Marne in der Region Île-de-France.

---

- [en] Villeneuve-le-Roi

---

[es] Villeneuve-le-Roi

Villeneuve-le-Roi es una comuna y población de Francia, en la región de Isla de Francia, departamento de Valle del Marne, en el distrito de Créteil. Es el chef-lieu y mayor población del cantón de su nombre.[1][4]

---

---