Les Lilas

History

The commune of Les Lilas ( 'the lilacs') was created under the Second Empire on 24 July 1867 amid Haussmann's renovation of Paris by detaching a part of the territory of Romainville and merging it with a part of the territory of Pantin and a part of the territory of Bagnolet. Les Lilas owes its name to the flower gardens that covered the hill on which the commune was established.

Heraldry

Or fretty vert, semy (in the spaces) of lilacs proper.

Motto: J'étais fleur, je suis cité (Once a flower, now a city)

Population

| graph-pos = bottom |1872 |3699 |1876 |4411 |1881 |5690 |1886 |5887 |1891 |6417 |1896 |7438 |1901 |8925 |1906 |10470 |1911 |11654 |1921 |14599 |1926 |18109 |1931 |19500 |1936 |19467 |1946 |17685 |1954 |18590 |1962 |17721 |1968 |15817 |1975 |20054 |1982 |20354 |1990 |20118 |1999 |20226 |2007 |22324 |2012 |22920 |2017 |23045

Transport

Les Lilas is served by Mairie des Lilas and Serge Gainsbourg stations on Line 11 of the Paris Métro.

Notable residents

• It is the home of the exiled royal family of Montenegro.
• It is the birthplace of French actress Maïwenn Le Besco, French actor Marc Ruchmann and violinist Guillaume Latour, French comic book author Aude Massot.

In popular culture

Les Lilas is known for the 1958 hit song by Serge Gainsbourg, "Le Poinçonneur des Lilas", about a ticket puncher at the Porte des Lilas Métro station. This Métro station is actually in Paris, one stop away from the Mairie des Lilas Métro station which is in Les Lilas.

Education

Primary schools:

• Three public preschool-elementary schools (Calmette, des Bruyères, and Julie-Daubié)
• Three public preschools (Courcoux, Victor-Hugo and Romain-Rolland)
• Four public elementary only schools (Paul-Langevin, Romain-Rolland, École Waldeck-Rousseau, École Victor-Hugo)
• One private elementary school (École Notre-Dame)

Public secondary schools:

• Collège Marie Curie
• Lycée polyvalent Paul-Robert

There is also a public library, Bibliothèque André-Malraux.

References

References

1. (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
2. (21 November 2017). "France Bleu – Au nom des lieux – Les Lilas doivent leur nom aux fleurs qui recouvraient naguère cette colline".
3. {{Cassini-Ehess. 19576. Les Lilas
4. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-93045#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE.
5. "[http://www.ville-leslilas.fr/annu Annuaire]." Les Lilas. Retrieved on 9 September 2016.
6. "[http://www.ville-leslilas.fr/annu/1-25-16/enfance-education/college-marie-curie Collège Marie-Curie]." Les Lilas. Retrieved on 9 September 2016.
7. "[http://www.ville-leslilas.fr/annu/1-25-17/lycee-polyvalent-paul-robert Lycée polyvalent Paul-Robert]." Les Lilas. Retrieved on 9 September 2016.
8. "[http://www.ville-leslilas.fr/annu/3-31-29/culture-loisirs/bibliotheque-andre-malraux Bibliothèque André-Malraux]." Les Lilas. Retrieved on 9 September 2016.