Saint-Leu-la-Forêt

Town hall

Coat of arms

Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs

Coordinates: 49°01′03″N 2°14′50″E / 49.0175°N 2.2472°ECoordinates: 49°01′03″N 2°14′50″E / 49.0175°N 2.2472°E

Country

Domont

Val Parisis

Government

• Mayor (2008–2020)

Sébastien Meurant

Area¹

5.24 km² (2.02 sq mi)

Population (2013)²

15,082

• Density

2,900/km² (7,500/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

95563 / 95320

Elevation

57–191 m (187–627 ft)

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.

Saint-Leu-la-Forêt is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 19.9 km (12.4 mi) from the centre of Paris.

Twin towns

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.

Transport

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

Cultural connections

Louis Bonaparte brother to Napoleon I and father to Napoleon III, is buried at Saint-Leu-la-Forêt.
Wanda Landowska her home in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt became a center for the performance and study of early music, particularly of the Renaissance and Baroque eras.
Eyvind Johnson lived rue de Boissy, from 1926 to 1930.
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.

References

INSEE
Association of Mayors of the Val d’Oise (French)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Leu-la-Forêt.

Official website (French)
Land use (IAURIF) (English)

Communes of the Val-d'Oise department

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