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Bois-Colombes

Field	Value
name	Bois-Colombes
commune status	Commune
image	Gare des Vallées.jpg
caption	Les Vallées station
image coat of arms	Blason ville fr Bois-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine).svg
map	Bois-Colombes_map.svg
map caption	Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
coordinates
arrondissement	Nanterre
canton	Colombes-2
INSEE	92009
postal code	92270
mayor	Yves Révillon
party	LR
term	2020–2026
intercommunality	Grand Paris
elevation m	30
area km2	1.92
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Bois-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine).svg

Bois-Colombes () is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9 km 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.

Mairie de Bois-Colombes.JPG|Bois-Colombes Townhall Asnieres - Bois-Colombes - Rue des Bourguignons.jpg|The Rue des Bourguignons BoisColombesEglise.jpg|Notre-Dame de Bon Secours

Population

| graph-pos = bottom |1896 |10501 |1901 |12726 |1906 |14695 |1911 |17241 |1921 |19888 |1926 |21924 |1931 |25892 |1936 |26562 |1946 |25754 |1954 |27899 |1962 |29938 |1968 |28934 |1975 |26657 |1982 |23780 |1990 |24415 |1999 |23885 |2009 |28153 |2014 |28514 |2020 |29555

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:

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

References

(6 June 2023). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
{{Cassini-Ehess. 4634. Bois-Colombes
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-92009#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
"[http://www.bois-colombes.com/pratique/parentsecole.php#ecoles Pour les parents]." Bois-Colombes. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.

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