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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Saint-Denis

Intercommunality
  
Plaine Commune

Area
  
3.41 km²

Local time
  
Friday 6:05 PM

Region
  
Île-de-France

Canton
  
Pierrefitte-sur-Seine

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
28,338 (1999)

Pierrefitte-sur-Seine

Weather
  
18°C, Wind SW at 21 km/h, 46% Humidity

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis

Pierrefitte-sur-Seine is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and Île-de-France region of France. Today forming part of the northern suburbs of Paris, Pierrefitte lies 12.4 km (7.7 mi) from the centre of the French capital.

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Map of 93380 Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, France

Transport

The town is served by Pierrefitte – Stains railway station on line D of the RER regional suburban rail network.

The south of the commune, where the National Archives of France relocated in 2013, is also served by Saint-Denis – Université station on Paris Métro Line 13. This station lies on the border between the communes of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine and Saint-Denis.

Education

Primary and secondary schools in the commune include:

  • Nine preschools (maternelles)
  • Eight elementary schools
  • Two junior high schools: Collège Gustave-Courbet and Collège Pablo-Neruda
  • Collège intercommunal Lucie-Aubrac in Villetaneuse also serves Pierrefitte students, as does Lycée Polyvalent Maurice-Utrillo, a senior high school/sixth-form college in Stains.

    Paris 8 University and Paris 13 University serve area students.

    Personalities

  • The actor and playwright Frédérick Lemaître lived in Pierrefitte between 1830 and 1845.
  • The naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny died in Pierrefitte in 1857 and is buried in the municipal cemetery.
  • Twin towns

    Pierrefitte is twinned with

  • Braintree in the United Kingdom
  • Rüdersdorf bei Berlin in Germany.
  • References

    Pierrefitte-sur-Seine Wikipedia