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Saint-Leu-la-Forêt

Field	Value
name	Saint-Leu-la-Forêt
commune status	Commune
image	Saint-Leu-la-Foret - Mairie 01.jpg
caption	Town hall
image coat of arms	Blason ville fr Saint-Leu-la-Forêt (Val-d'Oise).svg
map size	270px
adjustable map	Saint-Leu-la-Foret_map.png
map caption	Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
coordinates
arrondissement	Argenteuil
canton	Domont
intercommunality	CA Val Parisis
demonym	Saint-Loupiens
mayor	Sandra Billet
term	2020–2026
elevation min m	57
elevation max m	191
area km2	5.24
population
population date
population footnotes
INSEE	95563
postal code	95320
website

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Saint-Leu-la-Forêt (Val-d'Oise).svg

Saint-Leu-la-Forêt () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northwestern outer suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 19.9 km from the centre of Paris.

History

In 1806, the commune of Saint-Leu-la-Forêt merged with the neighboring commune of Taverny, resulting in the creation of the commune of Saint-Leu-Taverny.

In 1821, the commune of Saint-Leu-Taverny was demerged. Thus, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt and Taverny were both restored as separate communes.

Population

|graph-pos = right |1968 |10004 |1975 |9664 |1982 |11627 |1990 |14489 |1999 |15127 |2007 |14667 |2012 |14748 |2017 |15798 |2023 |16138

Transport

Saint-Leu-la-Forêt is served by Saint-Leu-la-Forêt station on the Transilien Paris-Nord suburban rail line.

Cultural connections

Louis Henri Joseph de Bourbon (1756-1830), the last Prince of Condé, was found dead, probably by suicide, at the Château de Saint-Leu on 27 August 1830.
Louis Bonaparte brother to Napoleon I and father to Napoleon III, is buried at Saint-Leu-la-Forêt.
Wanda Landowska's villa in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt became a center for the performance and study of early music, particularly of the Baroque era.
Eyvind Johnson lived rue de Boissy, from 1926 to 1930.
Sylvie Oussenko (born in 1945), singer mezzo-soprano and writer was born in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt.
In Patrick Modiano's book, So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood, the narrator spends part of his childhood in the care of a teenage girl living in a mysterious house in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt.

International relations

Twin towns – sister cities

Germany Wendlingen am Neckar, Germany
United Kingdom Culcheth, United Kingdom

Partner cities

Serbia Novi Sad, Serbia

References

(13 September 2022). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-95563#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE
(25 May 2022). "The Ambassador of France Visits Novi Sad". novisadinvest.rs.

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