Le Blanc-Mesnil

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Template:Lang (Template:IPA) is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located Template:Convert from the center of Paris, between Charles de Gaulle Airport and Le Bourget Airport.

Name

The name Le Blanc-Mesnil was recorded for the first time in the 11th century as Template:Lang. This name is a compound of Medieval Latin Template:Lang, meaning 'little houses', from Latin Template:Lang (accusative Template:Lang), and of Germanic (Old Frankish) Template:Lang, Template:Lang, meaning 'glossy, shining, white', which gave French Template:Lang ('white') and English blank.

The name is interpreted by some as a reference to the houses of Le Blanc-Mesnil which were whitened due to the flour dust coming from the windmills located there in ancient times. One researcher, however, thinks that Template:Lang had also the meaning of 'free' in Old French, and so the name would mean 'free mesnil, free village', perhaps because the villagers had been freed from serfdom. None of these interpretations is certain.

Geography

Nearest municipalities

History

Prehistory and Antiquity

A discovery in 1984 concerning archeological excavation found three polished axes and modified flint attests a human presence in Le Blanc-Mesnil in the Neolithic period and the Gallo-Roman era.<ref>http://www.atlas-patrimoine93.fr/pg-html/bases_doc/inventaire/fiche.php?idfic=007s012 retrieved July 21, 2023.</ref> Shards of gallic ceramic were found.<ref>https://www.blancmesnil.fr/sites/default/files/histoire_du_blancmesnil.pdf retrieved July 21, 2023.</ref>

The Morée and Molette rivers nearby and the existence of an ancient Roman road support this theory.<ref>https://www.blancmesnil.fr/sites/default/files/histoire_du_blancmesnil.pdf retrieved July 21, 2023.</ref>

French Revolution

On 2 December 1792, a third of the territory of Aulnay was detached and became the commune of Template:Lang. The current Hôtel de Ville (town hall) was completed in 1967.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Heraldry

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Economy

French and international companies

Several French companies have their world headquarters in Blanc-Mesnil, such as Forclum and Sicli.

Population

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Immigration

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Administration

Political life

The following political parties have a permanent base in Blanc-Mesnil:

Politics

Mayors

Since Libération

  • Jean-Philippe Ranquet, LR, since 2021.
  • Thierry Meignen, LR, 2014-2021.
  • Didier Mignot, PC, 2008-2014.
  • Daniel Feurtet, PC, 1989-2008.
  • Robert Fregossy, PC, 1965-1989.
  • Eugène le Moign, PC, 1945-1965.

Between 1860 and 1945

  • Maurice Lambot, 1943–1945
  • Alfred Dubuissez, 1941–1943
  • Bernard Legrand, 1939–1941
  • Henri Duquenne, PC, 1935–1939
  • Marcel Gerdil, SFIO, 1929–1935
  • André Neufinck, 1908–1929
  • Pierre-Hippolyte Jouslain, 1905–1908
  • Marcel-Edouard Renault, 1892–1905
  • Michel Renault, 1860-1892<ref>Archives municipales</ref>

Transport

Le Blanc-Mesnil is served by Le Blanc-Mesnil station on Paris RER line B.

Le Blanc-Mesnil is also served by Drancy station on Paris RER line B. This station (formerly called Template:Lang), although administratively located on the territory of the neighboring commune of Drancy, is the closest from the town center of Le Blanc-Mesnil and is thus used by people in Le Blanc-Mesnil.

The bus company provides 17 lines of buses to travel within the city.

Ideally placed at the junction between the A1 and the A3.

Template:Convert from Le Bourget airport, Template:Convert from Charles de Gaulle Airport and Template:Convert from Template:Lang, one can easily get to Template:Lang and Disneyland as well as the centre of Paris and the Template:Lang.

Religion

Catholic churches: Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Template:Lang. Evangelic churches: Template:Lang

Education

The commune has the following schools: four preschools in the south, seven preschools in the centre of town, and six preschools in the north. It has four elementary schools in the south, six elementary schools in the centre, and six elementary schools in the north.<ref>"Les écoles." Le Blanc-Mesnil. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.</ref>

Junior high schools:

Senior high schools:

The Template:Lang Jacques Prévert serves as the municipal library.<ref>"Médiathèque Edouard Glissant/Bibliothèque Jacques Prévert Template:Webarchive." Le Blanc-Mesnil. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.</ref>

Environment

Parks and gardens

Sports

Blanc-Mesnil Sports (BMS), founded in 2005, is the city's sport club.

International relations

Le Blanc-Mesnil is twinned with:<ref>Le Blanc-Mesnil official site Template:Webarchive, Les jumelages</ref>

For fifteen years, twinning between le Blanc-Mesnil and Debre Berhan has been based on the development: water sanitation, education, construction of roads. In a rare spirit, that of a collaboration of equal to equal.

Personalities

See also

References

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Bibliography

  • Le Blanc-Mesnil et son passé, Ernest Soitel, 1969.
  • Histoire anecdotique de Blanc-Mesnil, Albert Galicier, 1973.
  • Le Blanc-Mesnil des temps modernes : 1935-1985, 1986.
  • Le Blanc-Mesnil, Pierre Bourgeade, Gilles Smadja, Jean-Pierre Vallorani, Françoise Vasseur, 1992.
  • Le Blanc-Mesnil : citoyens de demain, Patrick Laigre et Jocelyne Héquet, 1993.
  • Le Blanc-Mesnil : 2000 regards, Photographies de Luc Choquer, François Crignon, Erwan Guillard, 1999.
  • Le Blanc-Mesnil, Christian Massart, 2005.
  • Twinning between Le Blanc-Mesnil and Debré-Berhan (in English and French).

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