Coordinates: 48°56′00″N 2°27′00″E / 48.9333°N 2.4500°E
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Commune of Le Blanc-Mesnil |
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  Le Blanc-Mesnil
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-Saint-Denis |
| Arrondissement | Le Raincy |
| Canton | Le Blanc-Mesnil |
| Mayor | Didier Mignot |
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| Elevation | 37–47 m (121–154 ft) |
| Land area1 | 8.05 km2 (3.11 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 51,220 (2006) |
| - Density | 6,363 /km2 (16,480 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 93007/ 93150 |
| 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. | |
Le Blanc-Mesnil is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 12.6 km (7.8 mi). (7.8 miles) from the center of Paris, between Charles de Gaulle International Airport and le Bourget Airport.
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The name Le Blanc-Mesnil was recorded for the first time in the 11th century as Mansionile Blaun. This name is a compound of Medieval Latin Mansionile, meaning "little houses", from Latin mansio (accusative mansionem), and of Germanic (Old Frankish) blanch, blaun, meaning "glossy, shining, white", which gave French blanc ("white") and English blank.
The name is interpreted by some as a reference to the houses of Le Blanc-Mesnil which were whitened due to the flour dust coming from the windmills located there in ancient times. One researcher, however, thinks that blanc had also the meaning of "free" in Old French, and so the name would mean "free mesnil, free village", perhaps because the villagers had been freed from serfdom. None of these interpretations is certain.
On 2 December 1792, a third of the territory of Aulnay was detached and became the commune of Le Blanc-Mesnil.
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The arms of Le Blanc-Mesnil are blazoned : |
Several French companies have their world headquarters in Blanc-Mesnil, such as Forclum and Sicli.
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The following political parties have a permanent base in Blanc-Mesnil:
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Le Blanc-Mesnil is served by Le Blanc-Mesnil station on Paris RER line B.
Le Blanc-Mesnil is also served by Drancy station on Paris RER line B. This station (formerly called Blanc-Mesnil-Drancy), although administratively located on the territory of the neighboring commune of Drancy, is the closest from the town center of Le Blanc-Mesnil and is thus used by people in Le Blanc-Mesnil.
The bus company provides 17 lines of buses to travel within the city.
Ideally placed at the junction between the A1 and the A3.
2.5 km (1.6 mi) from Le Bourget airport, 7 km (4.3 mi) from Charles-de-Gaulle airport and 4.5 km (2.8 mi) from Parc des Expositions de Villepinte, you will be ideally place to get to Parc Astérix and Disneyland as well as the centre of Paris and the Stade de France.
Catholic churches: Église Notre-Dame, Église Saint-Charles, Église Sainte-Thérèse.
Blanc-Mesnil Sports (BMS), founded in 2005, is the city's sport club.
As of 1 January 2007, 16 pharmacies, about 31 general practitioners, and a half dozen ophthalmologists and dermatologists constitute the general medical staff of the city.
Le Blanc-Mesnil is twinned with
For fifteen years, twinning between le Blanc-Mesnil and Debre Berhan has been based on the development: water sanitation, education, construction of roads. In a rare spirit, that of a collaboration of equal to equal.
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