Rosny-sous-Bois

Rosny-sous-Bois
Commune
Former town hall.
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring departments
Location of Rosny-sous-Bois
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Coordinates: 48°52′00″N 2°29′00″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement	Le Raincy
Canton	Montreuil-1
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Paul Fauconnet
Area 1	5.91 km2 (2.28 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	45,655
• Density	7,700/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	93064 /93110
Elevation	45–116 m (148–381 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rosny-sous-Bois (French: [ʁoni su bwɑ] ) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.1 km (6.3 mi) from the centre of Paris.

It is the seat of the national centre of road information of the national gendarmerie.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 693 —     1800 936 +4.39% 1806 780 −2.99% 1821 822 +0.35% 1831 895 +0.85% 1836 948 +1.16% 1841 1,075 +2.55% 1846 1,004 −1.36% 1851 1,014 +0.20% 1856 1,018 +0.08% 1861 2,156 +16.19% 1866 1,605 −5.73% 1872 1,684 +0.80% 1876 1,924 +3.39% 1881 1,745 −1.93% 1886 2,400 +6.58% 1891 2,603 +1.64% 1896 3,245 +4.51%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 4,329 +5.93% 1906 5,837 +6.16% 1911 6,933 +3.50% 1921 8,061 +1.52% 1926 10,856 +6.13% 1931 14,477 +5.93% 1936 14,691 +0.29% 1946 14,270 −0.29% 1954 16,491 +1.82% 1962 21,001 +3.07% 1968 30,705 +6.54% 1975 35,784 +2.21% 1982 36,970 +0.47% 1990 37,489 +0.17% 1999 39,105 +0.47% 2007 41,283 +0.68% 2012 42,080 +0.38% 2017 46,207 +1.89%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Heraldry

arms of Rosny-sous-Bois

The arms of Rosny-sous-Bois are blazoned : Azure, an eagle rampant argent, holding in his right talon an olive branch palewise Or.

Transport

Rosny-sous-Bois is served by two stations on Paris RER E: Rosny–Bois-Perrier and Rosny-sous-Bois.

Education

The commune has seven public primary school groups, with each having a preschool (maternelle) and an elementary school. There is also a private Montessori French-English bilingual primary school, Ecole maternelle privée «Les merveilles».

Secondary schools:

• Junior high schools: Albert Camus, Langevin-Wallon, Saint Exupery
• Senior high schools/sixth-form colleges: Lycée Charles de Gaulle and Lycée Professionnel Jean Moulin

Personalities

• Selim Bouadla—footballer
• Mamadou Diakité—footballer
• Nicolas Douchez—footballer
• Philippe Carlos—senior category manager
• Soufiane Guerrab—actor
• Loïc Lapoussin-footballer

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Rosny-Rail: Railroad Museum of Rosny-sous-Bois (in English)