Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (; simply known by locals as Le Pré, i.e. "the meadow") is a
commune in the northeastern suburbs of
Paris
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,
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. It is located from the
center of Paris. With a density of 25,643 inhabitants per square kilometres as of 2017,
[ Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is one of the most densely populated municipalities in ]Europe
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.
History
In 1767, Johann Schobert, a German composer at the Palace of Versailles
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went mushroom picking with his family in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, and died after insisting on eating them in a soup after two chefs told him that they were poisonous.
On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, a large part of the commune of Le Pré-Saint-Gervais was annexed to Paris, and forms now the neighborhood of Pré-Saint-Gervais, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, leaving Le Pré-Saint-Gervais as a rump commune.
Heraldry
Population
Transport
No station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network is in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais. The closest Métro stations are Hoche on Line to the north, and Pré-Saint-Gervais on Line to the southwest, each a few hundred metres outside the commune.
Education
Schools in the commune:Les adresses des écoles
" Le Pré-Saint-Gervais. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.
* Public preschools (''maternelles''): École Baudin, École Rosa-Parks, École Suzanne-Lacore, École Nelson-Mandela
* Public elementaries: École Anatole-France, École Jean-Jaurès, École Pierre-Brossolette
* Public junior high school: Collège Jean-Jacques-Rousseau
* Private preschool through junior high school: École et collège Saint-Joseph
* Private preschool: École maternelle Montessori
Personalities
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is the birthplace of
Louis Wagner, winner of the
1906 Vanderbilt Cup and the
1908 American Grand Prize.
See also
*
Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department
The following is a list of the 39 Communes of France, communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis Departments of France, department of France.
Since January 2016, all communes of Seine-Saint-Denis are part of the intercommunality Métropole du Grand Par ...
References
External links
Official website
Communes of Seine-Saint-Denis
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