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Coordinates: 48°56′N 2°27′E / 48.93°N 2.45°E / 48.93; 2.45

Commune of Drancy

Location
Drancy map.svg
Paris and inner ring departments
Administration
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement Bobigny
Canton Drancy
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Drancy - Le Bourget
Statistics
Land area1 7.76 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Population2 66,454  (2006)
 - Density 8,564 /km2 (22,180 /sq mi)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 93029/ 93700
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Drancy is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.8 km (6.7 mi). (6.7 miles) from the center of Paris.

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Name

The name Drancy comes from Medieval Latin Derenciacum, and before that Terentiacum, meaning "estate of Terentius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.

History

In the 17th century, Drancy was divided into two distinct villages: Drancy le Grand and le Petit Drancy. The district of the Village Parisien is built on the old location of the hamlet of Groslay which was surrounded by the forest of Bondy — hence the name of the rue des bois de Groslay.

WW II concentration camp

During the second world war, Drancy was the site of the Drancy deportation camp where Jews, Gypsies, and others were held before being shipped to the German concentration camps.

In 1976, the Memorial to the Deportation at Drancy was created by sculptor Shlomo Selinger to commemorate the French Jews imprisoned in the camp.

Heraldry

arms of Drancy

The arms of Drancy are blazoned :
Azure, on a chevron Or a gothic letter 'D' sable at its summit, between two mullets and a sheep passant argent.

Demographics

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of Drancy in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France Born outside Metropolitan France
75.0% 25.0%
Born in
Overseas France
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ EU-15 immigrants² Non-EU-15 immigrants
2.1% 2.2% 6.1% 14.6%
¹This group is made up largely of pieds-noirs from Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), and to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. Note that a foreign country is understood as a country not part of France as of 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.
² An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.

Administration

Part of the commune form the canton of Drancy. The other part belongs to the canton of Le Bourget.

Transport

Drancy is served by Drancy station on Paris RER line B.

Twin towns

United Kingdom Willenhall
Germany Eisenhüttenstadt
Senegal Gorée

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See also

References

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