Joinville-le-Pont

French commune
nomcommune=Joinville-le-Pont

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mapcaption=Paris and inner ring départements
lat_long=coord|48|49|19|N|2|28|26|E
région=Île-de-France
département=Val-de-Marne
arrondissement=Nogent-sur-Marne
canton=Joinville-le-Pont
insee=94042
cp=94340
maire=Pierre Aubry
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm="none as of 2005"
alt moy=380 m
alt mini=
alt maxi=
hectares=230
km²=2.3
sans=17,117
date-sans=1999 census
dens=7,442
date-dens=1999

Joinville-le-Pont is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.4 km. (5.8 miles) from the center of Paris.

History

The commune was created in 1791 under the name La Branche-du-Pont-de-Saint-Maur (literally "The Branch of Saint-Maur's Bridge") by detaching its territory from the commune of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. The commune was renamed Joinville-le-Pont (literally "Joinville the Bridge") on August 29, 1831. Under Louis-Philippe of France, the Redoute de Gravelle was built in the commune.

In 1929, the commune of Joinville-le-Pont lost more than a third of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, a part of which belonged to Joinville-le-Pont.

Transport

Joinville-le-Pont is served by Joinville-le-Pont station on Paris RER line A.