Les Lilas () is a commune in the northern-eastern suburbs of

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. It is located from the centre of Paris.

History

The commune of Les Lilas (literally "the

lilac ''Syringa'' is a genus of 12 currently recognized species of flowering woody plants in the olive family or Oleaceae called lilacs. These lilacs are native to woodland and scrub from southeastern Europe to eastern Asia, and widely and commonl ...

s") was created on 24 July 1867 by detaching a part of the territory of

Romainville Romainville () is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. Location It is located from the center of Paris. History On 24 July 1867, a part of the territory of Romainville was detached and ...

and merging it with a part of the territory of

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 ...

and a part of the territory of Bagnolet.

Heraldry

Population

Transport

Les Lilas is served by Mairie des Lilas station on

Paris Métro Line 11 Paris Métro Line 11 (French: ''Ligne 11 du métro de Paris'') is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. It links Châtelet to Mairie des Lilas in the northeastern suburbs. At a length of 6.3 km (3.9 mi) and 13 stations served, it is cu ...

Notable residents

*It is the home of the exiled

royal family A royal family is the immediate family of kings/queens, emirs/emiras, sultans/ sultanas, or raja/ rani and sometimes their extended family. The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or empress, and the term pa ...

Montenegro ) , image_map = Europe-Montenegro.svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Podgorica , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , official_languages = ...

. *It is the birthplace of French actress

Maïwenn Le Besco Maïwenn Le Besco (; born 17 April 1976), known mononymously as Maïwenn, is a French actress and filmmaker. Early life Maïwenn Le Besco was born on 17 April 1976 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, the daughter of artist Catherine Belkhodja. ...

, French actor

Marc Ruchmann Marc Ruchmann (born 27 January 1981 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a French actor, director and musician. Biography Ruchmann is of Alsatian Jewish and ''Pied-Noir''-Italian descent. Ruchmann trained at the Conservatoire de Paris between 1 ...

and violinist

Guillaume Latour Guillaume Latour (born 15 March 1981) is a French violinist. He plays on a violin by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume dated 1830. Life Born in Les Lilas, Latour began studying the violin at the age of 7. He first studied at the Bayonne music school, th ...

In popular culture

Les Lilas is known for the hit 1958 song by

Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg (; born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French musician, singer-songwriter, actor, author and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provoc ...

, "Le Poinçonneur des Lilas", about a ticket puncher at the Porte des Lilas Métro station. This Métro station is actually in Paris, one stop away from the Mairie des Lilas Métro station which is in Les Lilas.

Education

Primary schools: * Three public preschool-elementary schools (Calmette, des Bruyères, and Julie-Daubié) * Three public preschools (Courcoux, Victor-Hugo and Romain-Rolland) * Four public elementary only schools (Paul-Langevin, Romain-Rolland, Ecole Waldeck-Rousseau, Ecole Victor-Hugo) * One private elementary school (Ecole Notre-Dame) Public secondary schools: *Collège

Marie Curie Marie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie ( , , ; born Maria Salomea Skłodowska, ; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the fir ...

* Lycée polyvalent Paul-Robert There is also a public library, Bibliothèque André-Malraux.Bibliothèque André-Malraux
" Les Lilas. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.

References

External links

* Communes of Seine-Saint-Denis {{SeineSaintDenis-geo-stub