Drancy

Drancy
Paris and inner ring departments
Location within Île-de-France region  Drancy
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement	Bobigny
Canton	Drancy
Intercommunality	Aéroport du Bourget
Mayor	Jean-Christophe Lagarde (NC) (2008 - 2014)
Statistics
Land area1	7.76 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Population2	66,454  (2006)
- Density	8,564 /km2 (22,180 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	93029/ 93700
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 48°56′N 2°27′E / 48.93°N 2.45°E / 48.93; 2.45

Drancy (French pronunciation: [dʁɑ̃.si]) is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.8 km (6.7 mi) from the center of Paris.

History

Toponomy

The name Drancy comes from Medieval Latin Derenciacum, and before that Terentiacum, meaning "estate of Terentius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.

Origins to 20th century

In the 17th century, Drancy was divided into two distinct villages: Drancy le Grand and le Petit Drancy. The village is built on the old location of the hamlet of Groslay which was surrounded by the forest of Bondy — hence the name of rue des Bois de Groslay.

The end of nineteenth century was marked by the industrialisation and by the development of rail transports. During the Franco-Prussian war, Le Bourget was the site of an important battle and the castle of Ladoucette in Drancy was destroyed.

20th and 21st centuries

Main article: Drancy deportation camp

During the second world war, Drancy was the site of the Drancy deportation camp where Jews, Gypsies, and others were held before being shipped to the German concentration camps.

In 1976, the Memorial to the Deportation at Drancy was created by sculptor Shlomo Selinger to commemorate the French Jews imprisoned in the camp.

Heraldry

The arms of Drancy are blazoned : Azure, on a chevron Or a gothic letter 'D' sable at its summit, between two mullets and a sheep passant argent.

Geography and cityscape

Climate

  Data climate for Le Bourget (Seine-Saint-Denis) 1971-2000^[1][2]

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Déc	Year
Average low °C	0,9	1,3	2,9	5	8,3	11,2	12,9	12,7	10,6	7,7	3,8	1,7	6,6
Average °C	4	4,5	7,3	9,7	13,7	16,5	18,9	18,8	15,5	11,5	7	5	11,9
Average high °C	6	7,6	10,8	14,4	18,2	21,5	24	23,8	20,9	16	10,1	6,8	15
Precipitation mm	54.3	46.1	53.5	46.5	63.3	57.8	53.6	51.6	53.8	55.5	55.8	55.6	647.3
Sunshine hours	55.6	87.5	129.4	172.8	201.4	218.8	239.1	221.1	173.3	125.8	75.2	50.6	1749.5

Architecture

Drancy's buildings are too diverse to be characterised by any particular architectural style. We can see traditional houses from different periods. Some of them with a style Art Nouveau are typical of the 19th and 20th centuries. We can see housing estates and a garden city. Most recently, full of small buildings were built.

Park and Castle of Ladoucette

The parc de Ladoucette.

The parc de Ladoucette^[3] is the only park of Drancy. It contains a pond, a small educational farm and the castle of Ladoucette. The castle was built in 1533 by Pierre Séguier. In 19th century, the castle was the property of the senator Charles-Loetitia de Ladoucette, in 1874 his wife, la baronne de Ladoucette dies and her body was placed in the Mausoleum de la baronne de Ladoucette, today she is buling in the parisian cimetery.

Demographics

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of Drancy in 1999 Born in Metropolitan France Born outside Metropolitan France 75.0% 25.0% Born in Overseas France Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ EU-15 immigrants² Non-EU-15 immigrants 2.1% 2.2% 6.1% 14.6% ¹This group is made up largely of pieds-noirs from Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), and to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. Note that a foreign country is understood as a country not part of France as of 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics. ²An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.

Administration

Part of the commune form the canton of Drancy. The other part belongs to the canton of Le Bourget.

Transport

Railway station of Drancy

Railways and buses

Drancy is in Zone 3 of the Carte orange. The city is served by Le Bourget station and by Drancy station on Paris RER line B. Le Bourget station is situated near Drancy.^[4] The RER B is one of the five lines in the RER Rapid transit system serving Paris and its suburbs.

Drancy is also served by the Paris Tramway Line 1 with five stops^[5] and by twelve buses.

By the RER B, Drancy is near the parisians railway stations, Gare du Nord is now just 10 minutes away, gare Saint-Lazare and gare de Lyon can be reached in 30 minutes. The Charles de Gaulle Airport can be reached in 30 minutes too.

Roads

Drancy is served by the A3 motorway and the A86 motorway.

Twin towns

Willenhall

Eisenhüttenstadt

Gorée

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ (French)"Site de météorologie et de climatologie". http://www.lameteo.org/. http://www.lameteo.org/LEBOURGETtmoy.html. 
2. ^ (French)"Site de climatologie et de météorologie". http://www.infoclimat.fr/accueil/. http://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie/index.php?s=07150&d=2009-08-20. 
3. ^ Nicolas Grenier, french poet, has written a poem about this parc de Ladoucette
4. ^ (French) "Site de la RATP - Drancy-Le Bourget". http://www.ratp.info/orienter/f_plan.php?fm=gif&loc=reseaux&nompdf=rer_b&lang=. 
5. ^ (French) "Site de la RATP - Le tramway 1". http://www.ratp.info/orienter/f_plan.php?fm=gif&loc=reseaux&nompdf=t1&lang=. 

External links

• Official website