Pantin () is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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** Communes of ...
in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the
centre of Paris. In 2019 its population was estimated to be 59,846. Pantin is located on the edge of the city of Paris and is mainly formed by a plain crossed by national roadway 2 and 3, the Paris–Strasbourg railway line and the
canal de l'Ourcq
The Canal de l'Ourcq is a long canal in the Île-de-France region (greater Paris) with 10 locks. It was built at a width of but was enlarged to 3.7 m (12 ft), which permitted use by more pleasure boats. The canal begins at Port-au ...
.
Geography
Pantin borders the Paris
Boulevard Périphérique
The Boulevard Périphérique (), often called the Périph', is a controlled-access dual-carriageway ring road in Paris, France. With a few exceptions (see '' Structure and Layout''), it is situated along Paris's administrative limit.
The sp ...
, an
inner ring road, and is traversed by national routes
N2 and
N3, as well as the Paris-Strasbourg railway line and the
Ourcq canal.
Name
The name Pantin was recorded for the first time in 1067 as ''Pentini'', perhaps from the
Roman
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
patronym Pentinus, a variant of Pantaenus or Repentinus, but this etymology is not certain.
History
On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighbouring communes. On that occasion, a small part of the commune of Pantin was annexed to Paris.
On 24 July 1867, a part of the territory of Pantin was detached and merged with a part of the territory of
Romainville and a part of the territory of
Bagnolet
Bagnolet () is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.
History
On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, a small part of the commune ...
to create the commune of
Les Lilas
Les Lilas () is a commune in the northern-eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.
History
The commune of Les Lilas (literally "the lilacs") was created on 24 July 1867 by detaching a part of the territory of ...
.
By 1875, the
Canal de l'Ourcq
The Canal de l'Ourcq is a long canal in the Île-de-France region (greater Paris) with 10 locks. It was built at a width of but was enlarged to 3.7 m (12 ft), which permitted use by more pleasure boats. The canal begins at Port-au ...
(Ourcq canal) and new railway lines served to divide the town into two parts—the "Village" and the "Quatre Chemins".
Heraldry
Future
The recent construction of a science park along the
Bassin de la Villette
The Bassin de la Villette (La Villette Basin) is the largest artificial lake in Paris. It was filled with water on 2 December 1808. Located in the 19th arrondissement of the capital, it links the Canal de l'Ourcq to the Canal Saint-Martin, and ...
on the former site of city abattoirs has improved pedestrian access to Paris, as well as encouraging urban regeneration in Pantin itself. A key policy discussed since the 2008 mayoral election has been the possibility of integrating the ten banlieue towns of
Bagnolet
Bagnolet () is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.
History
On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, a small part of the commune ...
,
Les Lilas
Les Lilas () is a commune in the northern-eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.
History
The commune of Les Lilas (literally "the lilacs") was created on 24 July 1867 by detaching a part of the territory of ...
,
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (; simply known by locals as Le Pré, i.e. "the meadow") is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. With a density of 25,643 inhabitants per square kilometres as of 20 ...
,
Romainville, Pantin,
Noisy-le-Sec
Noisy-le-Sec () is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.
Population
Heraldry
Transport
Noisy-le-Sec is served by Noisy-le-Sec station on Paris RER line E.
Education
Schools:[< ...]
,
Montreuil,
Bobigny
Bobigny () is a commune, or town, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Bobigny is the prefecture (capital city) of the Seine-Saint-Denis department, as well as the seat of the A ...
,
Bondy and
Rosny-sous-Bois
Rosny-sous-Bois () is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.
It is the seat of the national centre of road information of the national gendarmerie.
Population
Heraldry
Transport
Rosny ...
into an "intercommune" of around 440,000 people. This new municipality could be created as early as January 2010. This project was implemented, it gathers nine communes. In 2016, Pantin was declared France's most polluted town by the
World Health Organization
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.
Demographics
Immigration
Economy
![Grands Moulins de Pantin](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Grands_Moulins_de_Pantin.jpg)
Pantin was once the site of
Motobecane's operations.
2,000 companies are located in Pantin, including 21 of more than 100 employees. Huge firms are located in the town, like
Hermès
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(580 jobs – upholstery and luxury luggage), Bourjois,
Chanel,
Gucci
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,
Agnès b., Sergent-Major, Elis (500 jobs – linen rental),
Forclum, UTB (400 jobs – public works), Photovista Legrand,
BNP Paribas,
Boiron
Boiron () is a manufacturer of homeopathic products, headquartered in France and with an operating presence in 59 countries worldwide. It is the largest manufacturer of homeopathic products in the world. In 2004, it employed a workforce of 2,779 a ...
,
Alliance Healthcare
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,
Vetura, Fabio Lucci ... and publishers as computer Software Arkeia Software and MT Software.
3,000 employees of
BNP Paribas Securities Services were installed in the historic building
Grands Moulins de Pantin at the end of October 2009.
Hermès
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finished an expansion project in the city center.
The city has created a "craft center" to "4 Chemins" especially with the House Revel to promote arts jobs.
Pantin is home to a hub of non-profit environmental organization, housed since 2014 in the "cité de l'environnement", like
Bruitparif, the noise observatory of
Île-de-France
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that monitors the
environmental noise in the
Paris agglomeration.
Administration
![Mairie de Pantin](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/Mairie_de_Pantin.jpg)
Since the French canton reform which came into effect in March 2015, Pantin is part of the
canton of Pantin, which also includes the commune
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (; simply known by locals as Le Pré, i.e. "the meadow") is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. With a density of 25,643 inhabitants per square kilometres as of 20 ...
.
The current mayor of Pantin is Bertrand Kern of the
Parti Socialiste (PS). Kern was re-elected in 2014 for a third 6-year mayoral term.
Transport
Pantin is served by three stations on
Paris Metro line 5
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:
Hoche,
Église de Pantin, and
Bobigny–Pantin–Raymond Queneau.
Pantin is also served by
Aubervilliers–Pantin–Quatre Chemins station on
Paris Metro line 7
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.
Pantin is also served by
Pantin
Pantin () is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. In 2019 its population was estimated to be 59,846. Pantin is located on the edge of the city of Paris and is mainly formed by a plai ...
station on Paris
RER line E.
Finally Pantin is served by numerous bus lines (151, 152, 249, 148). Outside the hours of normal public transport the town is served by the N13 and N142
Noctilien
Noctilien is the night bus service in Paris and its agglomeration. It is managed by the Île-de-France Mobilités (formerly the STIF), the Île-de-France regional public transit authority, and operated by RATP (with 32 lines) and Transilien SNC ...
night bus services with stops outside the Centre de la Danse, the Mairie and Rue Delizy.
Pantin is recently served by the tramway 3b (Delphine Seyrig; Elle Fitzerald: Grands Moulins de Pantin).
Education
The commune has 11 preschools, 11 elementary schools (including one specialised school), four public junior high schools, one private junior high school, and three public senior high schools.
*Public junior high schools: Jean-Jaurès, Jean-Lolive, Joliot-Curie, and Lavoisier
*Private junior high school: Collège Prive Saint-Joseph-la-Salle
*Public senior high schools:
Lycée Lucie-Aubrac,
Lycée Simone-Weil, and
Lycée Marcelin-Berthelot
Personalities
*
Jean-François Joseph Geffrard de La Motte, count de Sanois, was Lord of Pantin before the Revolution.
*
Beaumarchais
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French polymath. At various times in his life, he was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, ...
, writer, owned land in Pantin
*
La Guimard (1743–1816), danser of the Opera
*
Léon Jouhaux
Léon Jouhaux (1 July 1879 – 28 April 1954) was a French trade union leader who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951.
Biography
Jouhaux was born in Pantin, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. Jouhaux's father worked in a match factory in Aubervillie ...
(1879–1954), syndicalist and Nobel Peace
*
Jean-Marc Mormeck
Jean-Marc Gilbert Mormeck (born 3 June 1972) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2014. He is a two-time unified world cruiserweight champion, having held the WBA, WBC and ''The Ring'' world titles twice between 20 ...
(born in 1972), boxing champion
*
Faïza Guène
Faïza Guène (born 7 June 1985) is a French writer and director, best known for her two novels, ''Kiffe kiffe demain'' and ''Du rêve pour les oufs''. She has also directed several short films, including ''Rien que des mots'' (2004).
Biography
...
(born in 1985), novelist
Pantin was the birthplace of:
*
Jean-Luc Chaignaud (born in 1959), baritone
*
Pierre Desproges (1939–1988), humorist
*
Philippe Delorme (born 1960), historian and journalist
*
Jérôme Guedj (born 1972), politician
*
Gabriel Obertan (born 1989),
footballer
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playing for
Levski (Sofia)
Culture
Pantin is twin cities with the
Modigliani Art Center in
Scandicci
Scandicci () is a ''comune'' (municipality) of c. 50,000 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence.
Scandicci borders the following municipalities: Campi Bisenzio, Flore ...
, a suburb of
Florence
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, Italy, which inaugurated their XXXIV Year Salon of Painting with the Pantin art association, Les Amis des Arts.
The Centre national de la danse (CND, or National Dance Center) is an institution sponsored by the French Ministry of Culture. It studies dance in all its aspects, and is located in Pantin. The building is known for being a classic example of Brutalist architecture, and in 2004 was awarded the Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent.
Religion
*
Catholic church
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*
Islam
*
Judaism
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*
Macedonian Orthodox church
The Macedonian Orthodox Church – Archdiocese of Ohrid (MOC-AO; mk, Македонска православна црква – Охридска архиепископија), or simply the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) or the Archdiocese o ...
*
Reformed church[http://erfpantin.Free.fr ]
See also
*
Cimetière parisien de Pantin
*
Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department
The following is a list of the 40 communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department of France.
Since January 2016, all communes of Seine-Saint-Denis are part of the intercommunality Métropole du Grand Paris
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References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
Communes of Seine-Saint-Denis