Sannois () is a

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in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 15.2 km. (9.4 miles) from the center of Paris, in the

Val-d'Oise Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.

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in northern France.

Population

Transport

Public transport

Sannois is served by

Sannois station Sannois is a railway station situated in Sannois, in the ''département'' of Val-d'Oise. Line serving this station * SNCF Gare Saint-Lazare (Banlieue) - Ermont — Eaubonne (Terminus) See also * List of stations of the Paris RER A ''list'' is ...

on the

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suburban rail line.

Roads

Sannois is served by the A15 and A115 motorways and the N14 national road between

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. S ...

Pontoise Pontoise () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the " new town" of Cergy-Pontoise. Administration Pontoise is the official ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-d'Oise ''dépa ...

and

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Sport

Sannois is home to the Parc des Sports Michel Hidalgo, where the local football team

L'Entente SSG The Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien is a French association football team based in the suburb of Saint-Gratien in Paris. The team was founded in 1989 and play in the Championnat National 3, the country's fifth tier of competition. Recent history ...

play their home games in France's

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Points of interest

* The

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, built in the 18th century, was classified as a ''

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'' by the

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in 1975. *

Jardin botanique de Sannois des Plantes Médicinales The Jardin botanique de Sannois des Plantes Médicinales is a botanical garden of medicinal plants located at 23, rue Alphonse Duchesne, Sannois, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France. The garden was begun in 1985 by a group calling itself ''Découvert ...

Notable people

Cyrano de Bergerac Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ( , ; 6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist. A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th cen ...

is said to have died in Sannois. Bust of Cyrano de Bergerac in Sannois, near Paris

Louis de Robert Louis de Robert (5 March 1871, Paris – 27 September 1937) was a French writer, winner of the prix Femina in 1911. He became friends with Émile Zola during the Dreyfus Affair and took a stand for the revision of the trial. A regular collabora ...

(1871–1937), winner of the

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in 1911 died in Sannois.