Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
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Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (Template:IPA, Template:Lit) is a former commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and Île-de-France region of France, since 2025 a part of Saint-Denis, following a vote of both municipal councils on 30 May 2024.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It forms part of the northern suburbs of Paris, and lies Template:Convert from the centre of the French capital.
Heraldry
History
In December 2005, Pierrefitte became Europe's first "Mediation Town".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Population
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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.
Education
Primary and secondary schools in the commune included:
- Nine preschools (maternelles)<ref>"Les écoles maternelles" (Archive) Pierrefitte-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.</ref>
- Eight elementary schools<ref>"Les écoles élémentaires" (Archive). Pierrefitte-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.</ref>
- Two junior high schools: Collège Gustave-Courbet and Collège Pablo-Neruda<ref name=Secschool>"Les collèges et le lycée" (Archive). Pierrefitte-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.</ref>
Collège intercommunal Lucie-Aubrac in Villetaneuse also served Pierrefitte students, as did Lycée Polyvalent Maurice-Utrillo, a senior high school/sixth-form college in Stains.<ref name=Secschool/>
Paris 8 University and Paris 13 University served area students.<ref>"L'enseignement supérieur" (Archive). Pierrefitte-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.</ref>
In the arts
Pierrefitte was where comedian and filmmaker Kheiron was raised, and the setting for his award-winning film All Three of Us.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.