Pierrefitte-sur-Seine

Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
The town hall of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring departments
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement	Saint-Denis
Canton	Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Intercommunality	Plaine Commune
Government
• Mayor (2001–2006)	Catherine Hanriot
Area1	3.41 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	28,277
• Density	8,300/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	93059 / 93200
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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.

Heraldry

The arms of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine are blazoned : Gules, 3 rocks argent, perched on the center one a finch Or, on a chief azur a nail argent between 2 fleurs de lis Or.

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.

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.

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official web portal of the town of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (French)