Drancy
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| Commune of Drancy | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-Saint-Denis |
| Arrondissement | Bobigny |
| Intercommunality | none as of 2005 |
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| Land area¹ | 7.76 km² |
| Population² (January 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
64,600 62,263 |
| - Density (2005) | 8,325/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 93029/ 93700 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Drancy is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.8 km. (6.7 miles) from the center of Paris.
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[edit] Name
The name Drancy comes from Medieval Latin Derenciacum, and before that Terentiacum, meaning "estate of Terentius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
[edit] Twin Town
[edit] 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) 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 Shelomo Selinger to commemorate the French Jews imprisoned in the camp.
[edit] Administration
Part of the commune form the canton of Drancy. The other part belongs to the canton of Le Bourget.
[edit] Transport
Drancy is served by Drancy station on Paris RER line B.
[edit] Miscellaneous
[edit] English Speaking Expatriates
Banlieue towns of the Île de France tend to depend a lot on Paris for administration purposes and other facilities. The centre of Paris is also a haven for several English speaking nationalities and EU expatriates, however in outlying towns such as this one there isn't the network that caters for these groups.
Generally, via the internet, a look on services such as Yahoo Groups can yield a few useful resources with expat groups such as Live in France, English Speakers in France, Paris Sud or Webvivant. All of these can provide much needed advice and friendship to English speaking residents of the Île de France.
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