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Saint Leu la Forêt

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Val-d'Oise

Intercommunality
  
Val Parisis

Area
  
5.26 km²

Arrondissement
  
Pontoise

Region
  
Île-de-France

Canton
  
Domont

Population (2013)
  
15,082

Local time
  
Tuesday 10:39 PM

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Weather
  
12°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 71% Humidity

Saint-Leu-la-Forêt is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 19.9 km (12.4 mi) from the centre of Paris.

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Twin towns

  • Wendlingen am Neckar, Germany
  • Culcheth, United Kingdom

    • History

    In 1806 the commune of Saint-Leu-la-Forêt merged with the neighboring commune of Taverny, resulting in the creation of the commune of Saint-Leu-Taverny.

    In 1821 the commune of Saint-Leu-Taverny was demerged. Thus, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt and Taverny were both restored as separate communes.

    Transport

    Saint-Leu-la-Forêt is served by Saint-Leu-la-Forêt station on the Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail line.

    Cultural connections

  • Louis Bonaparte brother to Napoleon I and father to Napoleon III, is buried at Saint-Leu-la-Forêt.
  • Wanda Landowska her home in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt became a center for the performance and study of early music, particularly of the Renaissance and Baroque eras.
  • Eyvind Johnson lived rue de Boissy, from 1926 to 1930.
  • In Patrick Modiano's book, So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood, the narrator spends part of his childhood in the care of a teenage girl living in a mysterious house in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt.

    • References

    Saint-Leu-la-Forêt Wikipedia
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