Aulnay-sous-Bois

Geography

Situation

Aulnay-sous-Bois, located in the Paris and its suburbs, is distant of 19 km of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, and of 5 km of the Aéroport Roissy-Charles-of-Gaulle. The commune is stretched over a 6,5 km length of north in the south and over a width varying from 1,4 to 4,3 km of is in west, for a surface of 1620 hectares.

Aulnay-sous-Bois east bordered by the 7 common following:

in the North-West: Gonesse (Val-d'Oise)
in the North-East: Villepinte
in the east: Sevran
in south-east: Livry-Gargan
in the south: the Pavillons-sous-Bois
in south-west: Bondy
in the west: the Blanc-Mesnil

The commune is girdled by the Highway in the west, the highways and Francilienne in north. The Canal of Ourcq passes in its south-eastern end, being next to Livry-Gargan.

The distribution in urban areas is the following one:

suburban zones: 44%
industrial parks: 30%
great units: 11%
natural spaces (parks): 15%

Transportation routes

Road axes

The commune is served by the highways, (the Francilienne ), like by the trunk roads RN 2 and RN 370.

SNCF railway station, tram

The city is served by the Gare of Aulnay-sous-Bois on line the RER and Transilien Paris-Crépy-in-Valois.

Since November 2006, old the line of the Egg cups connecting Aulnay-sous-Bois to Bondy is replaced by a Tram-train which takes again the same route and makes it possible to join the lines of the RER and the RER. Two disconnections are in projects: the first towards Clichy-sous-Bois and Montfermeil with the height of Gargan; the second towards Garonor via the Rose-of-Winds and with the height of Rougemont-Chanteloup.

The Gare of Aulnay-sous-Bois is also served by the lines of bus Bus the RATP, Noctilien, TRA and CIF 15.

Lines of bus

The city is served by the buses:

the RATP:
the RATP Noctilien
TRA:
CIF: 1,15,15A, 43,45

Taxi rank

There exists a taxi rank to the SNCF railway station of Aulnay-sous-Bois.

Air transports

Aulnay-sous-Bois is located at 5 km of the Aéroport Roissy-Charles-of-Gaulle. The airport can be joined by the RER (4 stations) or by the highway.

Division of the city

The North of Aulnay-sous-Bois is consisted great units (with in particular the City of the 3000), of the industrial parks (Citroen, Garonor and Parinor), and of the parks (Robert Ballanger, Parc of Sausset, Parc Dumont).

The center, district of the " Pays" old man; , is older, in particular with its Saint-Sulpice church built with the 12th century and its farm.

The south, separated by the railway line, is richer and residential. It consists of suburban districts and is bordered by the Canal of Ourcq.

Toponymy

The name “Aulnay” means Aulnaie, place planted of Aulne S (of the medieval Latin “ alnetum ”, trees which formerly covered the territory of the town of Aulnay).

Called Aulnay in the beginning, the commune at summer re-elected in 1787 Aulnay-lès- Bondy , then Aulnay-sous-Bois the January 5th 1903. Wood evoked are old the Forêt of Bondy which covered the majority of the North-East of Paris.

History

August 1st

Origin of settlement: 6000 before J. - C. (vestiges found in the valley of Sausset)
Between 4th and 2nd centuries before J. - C., of the farmers lived around a “villa”, agricultural domain of certain Sabinus: the farm of Savigny.

Two variations independent of the cure of St Sulpice: Savigny and Nonneville will be attached to the current village.

Until the 15th century, the lords will bear the name of Aulnay .

The lord of the place Coittier will succeed the family of Gourgues.

In 1814 and 1870, Prussian occupations of the village follow one another. For a long time, the houses will be destroyed and the fields will remain deserted.
In 1875, the Compagnie of the railroads of North opens the station on the new line Paris - Soissons. The rise of Aulnay is due mainly to this event.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Aulnay develops by the stressing of the rail traffic and the installation of industries.

Administration

Administrative status

Aulnay-sous-Bois is divided into two cantons:

the Canton of Aulnay-under-Wood-North account 55.298 inhabitants;
the Canton of Aulnay-under-Wood-South account 24.723 inhabitants.

The city belongs to the Intercommunity association of studies and installation of the Plain of France and Aulnoye (SEAPFA).

Administrative evolution

Until 1787, the parish of Aulnay forms part the province of Ile-de-France, Prévôté, Généralité, Élection of Paris, Subdélégation of Saint-Denis.
In 1787, during the formation of the department of Saint-Germain, the village of Aulnay is included/understood in the jurisdiction of Gonesse.
In 1790 Aulnay belongs to the department of the Seine-et-Oise, of the canton and district of Gonesse
In 1801 Aulnay becomes Aulnay-lès-Bondy and belonged to the district of Pontoise.
In 1903 Aulnay-lès-Bondy becomes Aulnay-sous-Bois
Créé in 1922, the first canton of Aulnay-sous-Bois also included/understood Blanc-Mesnil, Sevran, Villepinte and Tremblay-les-Gonesse.
From 1964, the town of Aulnay only formed a canton with it. Aulnay-sous-Bois, which depended before on the department of Seine-et-Oise and the district of Pontoise, is attached to the new department of the Seine-Saint-Denis, district of Raincy.
Since July 1967, Aulnay-sous-Bois is divided in two distinct electoral cantons, and counts two general advisers.

List successive mayors

Administrative manpower

The administrative manpower of the commune assembled at the end of 2003 to 2395 agents, representative of the personnel expenditure assembling itself to 57,04% of the total loads (either 885 €/habitant), the average of the communes having a population from 50000 to 100000 inhabitants being of 49,14% (or 714 €/habitant). The Regional court of the accounts of Ile-de-France explains the importance of the staff costs by " on the one hand, the great number of services developed by the commune near its population and, on the other hand, the fact that the commune delegates relatively few activities to people receiving benefits externes."

Safety

The rate of criminality of the district of police force of Aulnay-sous-Bois including Sevran (crimes and offenses, figures 2005) is of 89,16 per 1000 inhabitants (with a rate of resolution of the businesses by the police services of 22,43%) what is higher than the national average (83/1000), but lower at the average level of the department of the Seine-Saint-Denis: 95,67/1000.

Elections

For the electoral deadlines of 2007 Aulnay-sous-Bois belongs to the 82 communes of more than 3500 inhabitants having used the machines to vote. It used them for all the polling stations since the European elections of 2004.

Twinnings

No twinning nor co-operation.

Economy

The city has a good growth owing to the fact that companies such Oréal and PSA were established

there Data statistics

August 1st Aulnay-sous-Bois comprises nearly 3000 companies and 405 were create in 2004.

Large company present on the commune

the City shelters largest Entreprise of the department, Peugeot - Citroen Aulnay, which counts more than 5000 Employé S for a production of approximately 400.000 Véhicule S per annum.

the company L'Oreal is also located on the commune (a street and besides a passage of the city bears the name of its founder: Eugene Schueller), with a factory (in north) and a research center (in the south).
the logistic park of Garonor which comprises many companies of freight.
the regional shopping mall Parinor (see the section shopping malls, commercial life).
One should not either forget the town hall which employs almost 2400 agents and which for this reason constitutes one of the largest employer of the commune (see the section administrative Effectif).

Shopping malls, commercial life

August 1st The city has the regional shopping mall Parinor.

Demography

The City is the third city of the Seine-Saint-Denis, with its 80.021 inhabitants (Recensement of 1999).

Sources:

Graph of the evolution of the population 1794-2004

Demographic table of the XXe century

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In 1999, Aulnay-sous-Bois was the most populated common 47e France.

Age distribution

Sources:

From 0 to 19 years: 30,8%
From 20 to 39 years: 29,1%
From 40 to 59 years: 25,2%
From 60 to 74 years: 10,3%
75 years and more: 4,5%

Equipment

Sports

1 Olympic nautical stage of " Coursailles" (to 2700 entries per days)

8 gymnasia
Stages

1 stage-cycle-racing track
5 general-purpose stages
2 sports complexes

3 complexes of tennis

Culture and leisures

Space Jacques Prévert, street Anatole France - Theater, spectacles, cinema (2 rooms including one of 700 places)
the CAPE: Scene of current musics. Concert hall of 500 places, 3 studios of repetition and the courses of music
2 cinemas:

Space Jacques Prévert

1 commercial cinema with Parinor (4 rooms)

National school of music and dance (ENMD), street of Sevran
School of visual art Claude Monet, street Aristide Briand (7 material taught: drawing, painting, engraving, ceramics, history of art, photograph and multi-media.)
Center of dance of the Galleon, gallery Surcouf
5 libraries:

Dumont, boulevard of the general Galliéni
Guillaume Apollinaire, street Turgot
Alphonse Daudet, street of the Hamlet
Jules Verne, street of the Limousin
Elsa Triplet, street sound Saturn

1 library, street Roger Contensin

Education

6 cribs collective of reception full-time
25 nursery schools public (2 private establishments)
31 elementary schools public (2 private establishments)
6 colleges public (1 private establishment), a project of 7th college is in progress
2 public lycées (2 private establishments)

general-purpose Lycée regional Voillaume
traditional Lycée Jean Zay

Health

There are three health care institutions in Aulnay-sous-Bois:

Hospital Robert Ballanger: inter-commune hospital of Aulnay-sous-Bois, Villepinte and Sevran (1750 employees).
Hospital of gerontology Rene Low wall-Bigottini located at horse between Sevran and Aulnay-sous-Bois.
Clinical of Private Aulnay-Hospital of the Parisian East

Parks

Aulnay include/understand 153 hectares of green areas of which here the principal ones:

departmental Park of Sausset to horse on Aulnay-sous-Bois and Villepinte (200 ha, the second of the department)

communal Park Robert-Ballanger (29 ha), with a view-point where one sees the Eiffel Tower and the Sacred Heart

Park Dumont, which occurred Dumont
Gainville Park, park of the Swans, street of Sevran (7 600 m2), against the “Gainville residence”, plus hurdy-gurdy house of Aulnay (date of the 17th century).
Park Emile Zola, boulevard Emile Zola (4 400 m2)
Faure Park, circular alley (9 000 m2)
Bigottini Park, street of Cross-White the
Rosery Honore Daumier, avenue of the Marshal June (8 000 m2 and 2.500 rose trees)
Banks of the Channel of Ourcq
municipal Greenhouses, street Auguste Renoir

The City is classified with the Concours of the cities and flowered villages with four flowers () since 1995.

Personalities of the commune

Lived in the commune and marked it

Claude Louis Berthollet (inventive of the Bleach) lived in the commune of 1789 with 1799, in the “Gainville Residence”.
Paul Éluard, writer and poet, lived in the commune of 1903 with 1908. It went to school “of the Park”.
Jules Princet, man of the letters, creator of the Theater to the Fields (1906-1914) mixing actors and Aulnaysiens were mayor of 1919 with his death in 1924.
André Laude, French poet, lived in Aulnay-sous-Bois.
Harris Jack, French poet, were born there.
Christian Morel de Sarcus, writer and poet, was born there.

Also grew in the commune

Alou Diarra, finalist of World cup 2006 of football.
Jean-Louis Mandengue, Champion of France of cruiser-weight in boxing
Sefyu, rappor who left his album Which am I? on April 24th, 2006.
Saïd Taghmaoui, movie actor of international repute.
Olivier Dacourt, football player with the Inter Milan.
Boukary Drama football player with FC Sochaux.
Foamed Sissoko football player with the Toulouse FC.

To live in Aulnay-sous-Bois

Cultural life

space Jacques Prévert is a general-purpose arts center which offers programming diversified in live performances, as well for public adults as young. It can accommodate 100.000 spectators per annum, as proposers throughout the year: theater, dance, songs, opera…

It is also a cinema. The two rooms (of which largest accommodates 700 places) propose a score of films per month.

the CAPE is cultural equipment dedicated to the current musics and all the musics of the world. It is a place of diffusion with a room of more than 500 places and approximately four to five concerts per month. It offers also a teaching through ten seven workshops of instrumental practice all level: percussions, string instruments and wind, guitar… as well as courses of vocal technique and gospel. The support for the young talents forms also part of the objectives entrusted to this equipment. Three studios of repetitions and a resource center are at the disposal of the musicians amateurs to help them to carry out their projects, to obtain information on the contracts, the statute of contract worker, the addresses of the places to play…

the National school of Music proposes individual and collective courses with the children as of the 4 years age. He is proposed with the choice: Accordion, Viola, Bassoon, Clarinet, Harpsichord, Double bass, Horn, Flute, Guitar, Toothing-stone, Oboe, Piano, Percussion, Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, Violin, Violoncello.

the Center of Dance of the Galleon accommodates and accompanies the young people in their artistic activities.

With three studios of repetitions, regular training courses and courses, he is recognized like Resource center for the Practice Amateur in Dance in Ile-de-France. Wishing to support the dance in all its forms, it organizes meetings between various experiments, expressions, and accompanies creation by the young choreographers.

the School of Art Claude Monet is one of the more universities not diplômantes of France . It is opened to the children and to the adults within the framework of their spare time.

Twelve professors educate each year the glance of almost 800 apprentices artists and initiate them with the techniques of various artistic disciplines: drawing, painting, engraving, tapestry, photography, ceramics, modelling, cartoon, computer graphics or history of Article Its mission of teaching are supplemented by the design, the organization and the presentation of exposures supporting the meeting between the public and works of Article.

Events and festivities

Each winter an external skating rink (of 600 square meters in 2006-2007) is installed with the Farm of the Old Country.

Each Easter Monday is held the Fair of Spring which combines secondhand trade, annual stock sale and vacuum-attic. It brings together approximately 1500 exhibitors between the Old Country and the place of the Leclerc General.

Space Jacques Prévert shelters in May the festival the Panoramic ones, festival of the artistic practices amateurs. It joins together during one week various theatrical companies children, teenagers and adults who present on scene their creations.

At the beginning of June, takes place with the Park Gainville (Park of the Swans) the Festival of the flowered Cities and the bicycle.

the Military Festival of Music is programmed second Saturday of June. Trainings of several European countries are invited. The morning, a procession is organized in the city starting from the Dumont Park followed by a concert in the open air to the Dumont park. The afternoon, the procession leaves the Farm of the Old Country and the concert takes place with the gymnasium Pierre Scohy.

the Festival of the Channel of Ourcq is organized mid-June between the port of the Pavillons-sous-Bois and the footbridge of the Lost Gardens.

traditional Fête of the Tree is held during two days at the beginning of November with the Dumont park. Exposures and workshops for children around the tree are organized, of nature and fauna. Courses venture tree out of tree are accessible to small free, children and with the adults.

the festival of hip-hop, H2O (Hip Hop Organization), is organized by the Center of Dance of the Galleon, in partnership with Space Jacques Prévert and the scene of current music the Cape in December. It has joined together for more than 10 years the avant-garde of the French scene hip-hop.

Worships

catholic Worship :

Saint-Sulpice Church, street of Sevran
Church Saint-Pierre de Nonneville, street of Rheims
Church Saint-Paul d' Ambourget, street of May 8th, 1945
Midsummer's Day Church, gallery Surcouf
Notre-Dame Vault of Coudray, street Francis Créno
Church Saint-Joseph (which proposes, in particular in Christmas, of the Polish masses), avenue of the White Cross.

Worship protesting : Temple of the reformed church of France, boulevard of Gourgues.

Muslim cult :

religious Organization of the Moslems of the Compass card, street Auguste Renoir
religious Organization of the Moslems of Aulnay, street of the Spirit
religious Organization of the Moslems of Mitry, alley of the Cypresses

Worship Jew :

Synagog, alley of the Clermont-Thunder
Synagog, street Dupuis

See too

Internal bonds

Cantons of the Common Seine-Saint-Denis
of the Seine-Saint-Denis

External bonds

Plane Web site of the town of Aulnay-sous-Bois
of the city in pdf
MonAulnay.com
Frank Cannarozzo, assistant of the mayor in charge of Safety and the Environment
Music Hitz FM Webradio diffusing on the network of Aulnay under Wood and its neighborhoods.

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