Villiers-le-Bel

Villiers-le-Bel
City hall
City hall
Coat of arms of Villiers-le-Bel
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Villiers-le-Bel
Map
Villiers-le-Bel is located in France
Villiers-le-Bel
Villiers-le-Bel
Villiers-le-Bel is located in Île-de-France (region)
Villiers-le-Bel
Villiers-le-Bel
Coordinates: 49°00′34″N 2°23′28″E / 49.0094°N 2.3911°E / 49.0094; 2.3911
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentVal-d'Oise
ArrondissementSarcelles
CantonVilliers-le-Bel
IntercommunalityCA Roissy Pays de France
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Louis Marsac
Area
1
7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi)
Population
(2021)
28,836
 • Density4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
95680 /95400
Elevation64–147 m (210–482 ft)
(avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villiers-le-Bel is a commune in the French department of Val-d'Oise, in the northern suburbs of Paris. It is located 17.4 km (10.8 mi) from the center of Paris.

History

A tragedy occurred in the town in the early evening of March 25, 1818, when a cracked 6,000 pound (2721 kg) bell being removed from a belfry came crashing down, killing approximately 25 onlookers. Workers who remained hanging from collapsed steeple were able to be rescued.

In the 1950s the commune had about 5,000 residents but it urbanized from 1950 to 1974. As of 2007 the commune had 26,000 people.

In 2007 the mayor at the time, François Pupponi, stated that the city became a "social ghetto" suffered from planning errors made in the 1950s, as the community did not gain the businesses necessary to support the population. Jean-Louis Marsac, the first deputy mayor, stated that the commune grew without gaining the proper infrastructure.

2007 riots

On the night of 25 November 2007, gangs attacked a police station in Villiers-le-Bel, torched cars, and vandalized stores. The violence was prompted by the deaths of two adolescents after a crash between their motorbike and a police patrol car at an intersection. The disturbances spread to neighbouring towns on the night of 26 November. 82 police officers were injured, four of them seriously, by shotgun blasts.

Transport

The Paris Métro, RER, serves through the Villiers-le-Bel - Gonesse - Arnouville station on Paris RER line D. However, this station is located in the neighboring commune of Arnouville-lès-Gonesse, 2.5 km (1.6 mi) from the town center of Villiers-le-Bel.

Population

As of 2017 47% of the commune's population was under the age of 30.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,633—    
1800 1,350−2.68%
1806 1,325−0.31%
1821 1,178−0.78%
1831 1,209+0.26%
1836 1,322+1.80%
1841 1,883+7.33%
1846 1,979+1.00%
1851 1,934−0.46%
1856 1,951+0.18%
1861 2,132+1.79%
1866 2,107−0.24%
1872 1,735−3.19%
1876 1,968+3.20%
1881 2,016+0.48%
1886 1,968−0.48%
1891 1,649−3.48%
1896 1,644−0.06%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,723+0.94%
1906 1,718−0.06%
1911 1,845+1.44%
1921 2,377+2.57%
1926 3,324+6.94%
1931 4,389+5.72%
1936 4,351−0.17%
1946 4,209−0.33%
1954 4,852+1.79%
1962 12,797+12.89%
1968 19,119+6.92%
1975 21,876+1.94%
1982 24,808+1.81%
1990 26,110+0.64%
1999 26,145+0.01%
2007 27,091+0.45%
2012 27,496+0.30%
2017 27,676+0.13%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Economy

As of 2007 Charles de Gaulle International Airport is the primary employer of the area. Within Villiers-le-Bel itself the largest employers were the Charles-Richet Hospital, the Flopak conditioning company, Gilson medical material company, and public services.

Education

The commune has 30 educational institutions, including 11 preschools and 11 elementary schools along with four junior high schools and a vocational high school. As of 2007 the commune does not have its own general high school/sixth-form college.

Two nearby senior high schools are in Sarcelles, Lycée la tourelle and Lycée Jean Jacques Rousseau. Students attending general high school studies go to J. J. Rousseau.

Area universities:

Neighboring communes

Personalities

See also


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