Villeneuve-le-Roi

Villeneuve-le-Roi
Commune
The church of Villeneuve-le-Roi
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring departments
Location of Villeneuve-le-Roi
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Coordinates: 48°44′00″N 2°25′00″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	L'Haÿ-les-Roses
Canton	Orly
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Gonzales[1]
Area ^1	8.40 km^2 (3.24 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	21,129
• Density	2,500/km^2 (6,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	94077 /94290
Elevation	30–91 m (98–299 ft)
Website	www.villeneuve-le-roi.fr
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villeneuve-le-Roi (French pronunciation: [vilnœv lə ʁwa] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 13.7 km (8.5 mi) from the centre of Paris. The early 19th-century French orientalist Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1780–1831) was born in Villeneuve-le-Roi on the boat that arrived from Auxerre.

Orly Airport is partially located in the commune.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 480 —     1800 480 +0.00% 1806 445 −1.25% 1821 423 −0.34% 1831 438 +0.35% 1836 407 −1.46% 1841 406 −0.05% 1846 471 +3.01% 1851 417 −2.41% 1856 474 +2.60% 1861 508 +1.40% 1866 485 −0.92% 1872 478 −0.24% 1876 516 +1.93% 1881 549 +1.25% 1886 626 +2.66% 1891 687 +1.88% 1896 782 +2.62%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,243 +9.71% 1906 1,871 +8.52% 1911 2,780 +8.24% 1921 4,558 +5.07% 1926 8,388 +12.97% 1931 13,747 +10.38% 1936 14,400 +0.93% 1946 14,794 +0.27% 1954 16,715 +1.54% 1962 22,300 +3.67% 1968 23,074 +0.57% 1975 21,096 −1.27% 1982 20,512 −0.40% 1990 20,325 −0.11% 1999 18,292 −1.16% 2007 18,503 +0.14% 2012 19,782 +1.35% 2017 21,384 +1.57%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Transport

Villeneuve-le-Roi is served by Villeneuve-le-Roi station on Paris RER line C.

Education

Communal schools include:^[6]

• Preschools (écoles maternelles): Cites-Unies, Paul-Painlevé, Paul-Bert, Paul-Eluard, Pauline-Kergomard, and Annie-Fratellini
• Elementary schools: Paul-Bert, Paul-Painlevé, Jules-Ferry, and Jean-Moulin

There are two junior high schools:

• Collège Jean Macé Villeneuve Le Roi^[7]
• Collège Jules Ferry^[8]

There is one senior high school: Lycée Georges Brassens.^[9]

The commune has a public library, Bibliothèque municipale Anatole-France.^[10]

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Villeneuve-le-Roi is twinned with:^[11]

• Arpino, Italy
• São Pedro do Sul, Portugal
• Stourport-on-Severn, England, United Kingdom
• Vratsa, Bulgaria

See also

• Communes of the Val-de-Marne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "Plan de la ville Archived 2009-06-29 at the Wayback Machine." Villeneuve-le-Roi. Retrieved on 6 October 2009.
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Villeneuve-le-Roi, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
6. "Ecoles maternelles et élémentaires." Villeneuve-le-Roi. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
7. Home. Collège Jean Macé Villeneuve Le Roi. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
8. Home. Collège Jules Ferry. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
9. Home Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine. Lycée Georges Brassens (Villeneuve-le-Roi). Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
10. "Bibliothèque." Villeneuve-le-Roi. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
11. "Jumelages". villeneuve-le-roi.fr (in French). Villeneuve-le-Roi. Retrieved 2021-04-12.

External links

• Official website (in French)