Deuil-la-Barre

Deuil-la-Barre
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement	Sarcelles
Canton	Enghien-les-Bains
Intercommunality	Vallée de Montmorency
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Claude Noyer
Area1	3.76 km2 (1.45 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	21,711
• Density	5,800/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	95197 / 95170
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.

Deuil-la-Barre is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 13.7 km (8.5 mi) from the centre of Paris.

Name

Originally called simply Deuil, the name of the commune became officially Deuil-la-Barre on 7 December 1952.

History

On 7 August 1850, a part of the territory of Deuil-la-Barre (then called simply Deuil) was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Saint-Gratien, a part of the territory of Soisy-sous-Montmorency, and a part of the territory of Épinay-sur-Seine to create the commune of Enghien-les-Bains.

Transport

Deuil-la-Barre is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail network: Gare de Deuil-Montmagny and Gare de La Barre-Ormesson.

International relations

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

Twin towns — Sister cities

Deuil-la-Barre is twinned with:

• Frankfurt, Germany (1967)
• Vác, Hungary (1991)
• Winsford, United Kingdom (1992)
• Lourinhã, Portugal (2009)

See also

• Communes of the Val-d'Oise department

References

• INSEE
• Association of Mayors of the Val d’Oise (French)

External links

• Official website (French)
• Mérimée database - Cultural heritage (French)
• Land use (IAURIF) (English)