Bois-Colombes

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Paris and inner ring départements

(2020–2026) Yves Révillon^[1] (LR)Area1.92 km² (0.74 sq mi)Population29,765 • Density16,000/km² (40,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bois-Colombes (French pronunciation: [bwa kɔlɔ̃b] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9 km (5.6 mi) from the centre of Paris. International companies such as Colgate-Palmolive, IBM and Aviva have their French headquarters in Bois-Colombes.

History

The commune of Bois-Colombes (literally "Dove Woods") was created on 13 March 1896 by detaching its territory from the commune of Colombes.

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  Bois-Colombes Townhall
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  The Rue des Bourguignons c. 1910
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  Notre-Dame de Bon Secours

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1896 10,501 —     1901 12,726 +3.92% 1906 14,695 +2.92% 1911 17,241 +3.25% 1921 19,888 +1.44% 1926 21,924 +1.97% 1931 25,892 +3.38% 1936 26,562 +0.51% 1946 25,754 −0.31% 1954 27,899 +1.01%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1962 29,938 +0.89% 1968 28,934 −0.57% 1975 26,657 −1.16% 1982 23,780 −1.62% 1990 24,415 +0.33% 1999 23,885 −0.24% 2009 28,153 +1.66% 2014 28,514 +0.26% 2020 29,555 +0.60%
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2020)[4]

Transport

Bois-Colombes is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line: Bois-Colombes and Les Vallées.

Education

The commune has:^[5]

• Six combined preschools and primary schools: Françoise-Dolto, Gramme, La Cigogne, Pierre-Joigneaux, Jules-Ferry, Paul-Bert
• One elementary-only school: Saint-Exupéry
• Two junior high schools: Collège Jean-Mermoz and Collège Albert-Camus
• Two senior high schools: Lycée Albert-Camus and Lycée professionnel régional

Personalities

• Henry Charles Litolff, pianist composer and music publisher (5 February 1818 – 5 or 6 August 1891)
• Michel Descombey, ballet dancer and choreographer, born 1930
• René Maillard, composer (8 April 1931 – 4 December 2012)
• Patrick Noubissie, footballer
• Catherine Millet, author and critic
• Henri Betti, composer and pianist married in Bois-Colombes in 1949.
• Bob Sinclar, record producer and DJ

International relations

Bois-Colombes is twinned with:

• Neu-Ulm, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department
• The statue "jeune fille à la sandale" in Bois-Colombes's square de l'Hôtel de Ville is by the sculptor Pierre Charles Lenoir

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