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Commune of Le Pré-Saint-Gervais |
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| Paris and inner ring départements | |
| Coordinates | 48°53′08″N 2°24′14″E / 48.88556°N 2.40389°E |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-Saint-Denis |
| Arrondissement | Bobigny |
| Intercommunality | none as of 2005 |
| Statistics | |
| Land area1 | 0.70 km2 (0.27 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 16,377 (1999 census) |
| - Density | 23,396 /km2 (60,600 /sq mi) |
| 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 Pré-Saint-Gervais (simply known by locals as Le Pré, i.e. "the meadow") is a commune in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.2 km (3.2 mi). (3.2 miles) from the center of Paris. With a density of 23,396 inhabitants per square kilometres at the last French census of 1999, Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is officially the most densely populated municipality in Europe.
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On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, a large part of the commune of Le Pré-Saint-Gervais was annexed to Paris, and forms now the neighborhood of Pré-Saint-Gervais, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, leaving Le Pré-Saint-Gervais as a rump commune.
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The arms of Le Pré-Saint-Gervais are blazoned : |
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is served by no station of the Paris Métro,
RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Le
Pré-Saint-Gervais is Hoche station on Métro
line 
. This station is located in the
neighboring commune of Pantin,
0.8 km (0.5 miles) from the town center of Le
Pré-Saint-Gervais.
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais is the birthplace of Louis Wagner, the first race car driver to win the United States Grand Prix.
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