L'Haÿ-les-Roses
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L'Haÿ-les-Roses | |
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 The Norman Pavillon at the Roseraie du Val-de-Marne | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Paris and inner ring departments | |
Location of L'Haÿ-les-Roses  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-de-Marne |
| Arrondissement | L'Haÿ-les-Roses |
| Canton | L'Haÿ-les-Roses |
| Intercommunality | Val de Bièvre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Vincent Jeanbrun |
| Area 1 | 3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2015[1]) | 31,498 |
| • Density | 8,300/km2 (21,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 94038 /94240 |
| Elevation | 45–110 m (148–361 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
L'Haÿ-les-Roses (pronounced [lai le ʁoz]) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 8.5 km (5.3 mi) from the centre of Paris. L'Haÿ-les-Roses is a sous-préfecture of the Val-de-Marne département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of L'Haÿ-les-Roses.
L'Haÿ-les-Roses owes the second part of its name to a famous rose garden located there.
Name
The commune of L'Haÿ-les-Roses was originally called simply L'Haÿ. The name was recorded for the first time in a charter of Charlemagne in 798 as Laiacum, sometimes also spelt Lagiacum, meaning "estate of Lagius", a Gallo-Roman landowner. The name was later corrupted into Lay, Lahy, and eventually L'Haÿ.
In May 1914 the name of the commune became officially L'Haÿ-les-Roses (meaning "L'Haÿ the roses") in honour of Roseraie du Val-de-Marne, the renowned rose garden created in 1899 by Jules Gravereaux, one of the founders of the Bon Marché department store in Paris.
Education
Primary schools in the commune:[2]
- Seven preschools: Blondeaux, La Roseraie, Garennes, Hardin Parisien, Lallier I, Lallier II, Vallée-aux-Renards
- Seven elementary schools: Blondeaux, Centre, Jardin Parisien A, Jardin Parisien B, Lallier A, Lallier B, Vallée-aux-Renards
Junior high schools: Collège Pierre de Ronsard and Collège Chevreul.[3]
Senior high schools/sixth-form colleges are in surrounding municipalities:[3]
- Lycée Frédéric Mistral - Fresnes
- Lycée d’enseignement général et technologique Gustave Eiffel - Cachan
- Lycée polyvalent Maximilien Sorre - Cachan
- Lycée polyvalent Pauline Roland Chevilly-Larue - Chevilly-Larue
Notable people
- Arthur Bernède (1871–1937), playwright and novelist
- Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786–1889), chemist
- Marcelle Géniat (1881–1959), actress
- Pierre Gandon (1889–1990), illustrator and engraver of postage stamps.
- Jean-Marc Rouvière (1958), essayist
- Franck Lagorce (1968), automobile race driver
- Cecile Cinelu (1970), athlete
- Clémence Poésy (1982), actress
- Alaixys Romao (1984), footballer
International relations
L'Haÿ-les-Roses is twinned with:
Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Bad Hersfeld, Hesse, Germany
See also
References
- ^ L'Haÿ-les-Roses town council website (in french) http://www.lhaylesroses.fr/article/archive/491/. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Liste des établissements scolaires de la ville." L'Haÿ-les-Roses. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
- ^ a b "Liste des collèges et lycées de la commune." L'Haÿ-les-Roses. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
External links
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