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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Montreuil (French pronunciation: , sometimes unofficially called Montreuil-sous-Bois) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 6.6 km (4.1 mi) from the center of Paris. It is the third most populous suburb of Paris (after Boulogne-Billancourt and Argenteuil). Montreuil is located near the Bois de Vincennes park.
The name Montreuil was recorded for the first time in a royal edict of 722 as Monasteriolum, meaning "little monastery" in Medieval Latin. The settlement of Montreuil started as a group of houses built around a small monastery.
Under the reigns of George Méliès whose workshops were located in lower Montreuil.
On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, the commune of Charonne was disbanded and divided between the city of Paris, Montreuil, and Bagnolet. Montreuil received a small part of the territory of Charonne.
Today Montreuil is divided into several districts:
Azur-coloured base, one gold-coloured chevron between three golden peach branches , and in center top a golden Fleur-de-lis .
Montreuil's inhabitants often exaggeratedly nickname the town the "second Malian town after Bamako", or sometimes "Mali-sous-Bois"[1] or "Bamako-sur-Seine" even if the Seine doesn't cross the town. Montreuil has indeed a very important Malian population : more than 2,000 inhabitants according to the INSEE in 1999, between 6,000 and 10,000 people according to the mairie,[2] which estimates that Montreuil has the largest Malian community in France.[1] 10% of the population is Malian or has Malian origins.[3]
The mayor of Montreuil is the former Senator and member of Europe Écologie–The Greens Dominique Voynet, who was elected on the second round of 2008 municipal elections, defeating the former ex-Communist mayor Jean-Pierre Brard.
Between 1984 and 2008, the mayor of Montreuil was Jean-Pierre Brard, a colourful ex-Communist who left few indifferent. His supporters point to the large amounts of good quality social housing and an active cultural policy. His critics point to harsh treatment of travellers and Roms, and a tendency to control all kinds of voluntary organizations around the city.
He caused particular controversy in 2004 and 2005 by his wishing to go further than the law banning ostentatious religious symbols in schools. He tried, with some success, to ban mothers wearing headscarves from accompanying school outings for example.
He has always been interested in fighting against what he terms "sects", but has also surrounded himself with some supporters who are very extreme in their opposition to the influence of religions.
The city is divided into two cantons: canton of Montreuil-1 and canton of Montreuil-2.
Video game company Ubisoft has its corporate head office in Montreuil.[4] The Air France Paris office (of Air France-KLM) is in Montreuil.[5][6][7]
The commune's educational services are operated out of the Opale B Administrative Building.[8] Montreuil has eight collèges, three lycées, two lycées techniques, and the IUT of the University of Paris 8.[9]
The Montreuil Library (Bibliothèque de Montreuil) consists of the Robert-Desnos Central Library, the Daniel-Renoult Library, the Colonel-Fabien Library, and the Paul-Eluard Library.[10] Robert-Desnos, in a park near the commune's town hall, is the largest library in the commune. It houses a disco and internet access points.[11] Daniel-Renoult, near Montreau Park, serves the Montreau-Ruffins Théophile Sueur community.[12] Colonel-Fabien, in the Ramenas-Fabien-Léo Lagrange community, is near the Intercommunal Hospital.[13] Paul-Eluard is near the La Grande Porte shopping centre and is within 50 metres (160 ft) of the Robespierre Paris Métro station and Rue de Paris.[14]
Montreuil is served by three stations on Paris Métro Line 9: Robespierre, Croix de Chavaux, and Mairie de Montreuil.
Montreuil is twinned with:
United Kingdom, European Union, Italy, Canada, Spain
Paris, Departments of France, France, Regions of France, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis
France, Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, French Communist Party, Mayor (France)
France, Assassin's Creed, Prince of Persia, Paris, Just Dance (video game series)
Paris, Lyon, A3 autoroute, La Défense, Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis