Bois-Colombes

Bois-Colombes
Commune
Les Vallées station
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
Location of Bois-Colombes
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Coordinates: 48°55′03″N 2°16′06″E / 48.9175°N 2.2683°E / 48.9175; 2.2683
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement	Nanterre
Canton	Colombes-2
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	Pierre Crosnier Leconte
Area 1	1.92 km2 (0.74 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	28,909
• Density	15,100/km2 (39,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	92009 /92270
Elevation	30 m (98 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bois-Colombes (French pronunciation: [bwa kɔlɔ̃b] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9 km (5.6 mi) 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. The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1937.

• 
  The Hôtel de Ville
• 
  The Rue des Bourguignons c. 1910
• 
  Notre-Dame de Bon Secours

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1896 10,501 —     1901 12,726 +3.92% 1906 14,695 +2.92% 1911 17,241 +3.25% 1921 19,888 +1.44% 1926 21,924 +1.97% 1931 25,892 +3.38% 1936 26,562 +0.51% 1946 25,754 −0.31% 1954 27,899 +1.01%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1962 29,938 +0.89% 1968 28,934 −0.57% 1975 26,657 −1.16% 1982 23,780 −1.62% 1990 24,415 +0.33% 1999 23,885 −0.24% 2007 27,600 +1.82% 2012 28,709 +0.79% 2017 28,239 −0.33% 2023 28,909 +0.39%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2023)

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

Notable people

• 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

See also

• Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department
• The statue "jeune fille à la sandale" in Bois-Colombes's square de l'Hôtel de Ville is by the sculptor Pierre Charles Lenoir

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bois-Colombes.

• Bois-Colombes website (in French)