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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Sevran
|commune status     = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image              = Hôtel Ville Sevran 3.jpg
|caption            = The [[Hôtel de Ville, Sevran|Hôtel de Ville]] in 2019
|image coat of arms = Blason Sevran.svg
|map                = Sevran_map.svg
|map caption        = Location (in red) within Paris [[petite couronne|inner suburbs]]
|coordinates        = {{coord|48.9333|2.5333|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|arrondissement     = Le Raincy
|canton             = Sevran
|INSEE              = 93071
|postal code        = 93270
|mayor              = Stéphane Blanchet<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality   = [[Grand Paris]]
|elevation m        = 55
|elevation min m    =
|elevation max m    =
|area km2           = 7.28
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Sevran''' ({{IPA|fr|səvʁɑ̃|-|Fr-Paris--Sevran.ogg}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Departments of France|French department]] of [[Seine-Saint-Denis]], northeastern suburbs of [[Paris]], [[Île-de-France]]. It is located {{convert|16.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the [[Kilometre Zero|center of Paris]].

==History==
The current [[Hôtel de Ville, Sevran|Hôtel de Ville]] was completed in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ville-sevran.fr/actualites/les-trois-vies-de-la-ferme-de-la-fossee|title=Les trois vies de la ferme de la Fossée|publisher=Town of Sevran|access-date=9 May 2025}}</ref>

==Geography==
Sevran is located northeast of the [[Boulevard Périphérique]].<ref name=Forgotten>"[https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21572248-young-diverse-and-unemployed-forgotten-banlieues France’s troubled suburbs: Forgotten in the banlieues]." ''[[The Economist]]''. 23 February 2013. Retrieved on 3 March 2014.</ref>

==Demographics==

{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|36261|Sevran}}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-93071#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |326
|1800 |301
|1806 |328
|1821 |243
|1831 |299
|1836 |318
|1841 |311
|1846 |316
|1851 |309
|1856 |318
|1861 |361
|1866 |360
|1872 |365
|1876 |518
|1881 |689
|1886 |848
|1891 |873
|1896 |1028
|1901 |1073
|1906 |1378
|1911 |1923
|1921 |2691
|1926 |6058
|1931 |10071
|1936 |10147
|1946 |8889
|1954 |12956
|1962 |17969
|1968 |20253
|1975 |34221
|1982 |41809
|1990 |48478
|1999 |47063
|2007 |51110
|2012 |49442
|2017 |51016
}}

===Immigration===
{{France immigration
|collectivity_name=Sevran
|census_year=1999
|metropolitan_France=71.3
|outside_metropolitan_France=28.7
|overseas_France=4.5
|foreign_French=2.5
|EU-15=3.0
|non-EU-15=18.7
}}

As of 2013 the origins of over half of its resident are from outside France. The largest ethnic backgrounds within the foreign origins are from sub-Saharan Africa, Algeria, and Morocco.<ref name=Forgotten/>

In 2013 ''[[The Economist]]'' stated that Sevran was one of the poorest areas of the [[Paris Metropolitan Area]]. As of 2013 36% of the residents are considered to be below the poverty line. The national average is 12%. About 75% of Sevran's residents live in [[subsidized housing]]. The article also cites research that says "somebody called Mohamed, Ali or Kamel is four times more likely to be unemployed than somebody named Philippe or Alain."<ref name=Forgotten/>

==Culture==
Sevran is home to an important music and dance school, the Espace François Mauriac, also known as the conservatoire de Sevran.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} Many important French and international musicians have taught there, including [[Claude Ballif]], [[Allain Gaussin]] and [[Vincent Decleire]].{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} The famous French rapper [[Kaaris]] is also from Sevran, born to parents from [[Ivory Coast]].{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

Allegations surfaced in 2016 accusing some cafés and bars of [[Gender segregation|refusing to service women]], when 3 activists participated in a television report by journalist Caroline Sinz of France 2.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Qui est Nadia Remadna, pasionaria de la laïcité qui dénonce la non-mixité dans les banlieues {{!}} Les Inrocks |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/actu/nadia-remadna-pasionaria-de-laicite-denonce-non-mixite-banlieues-53899-19-12-2016/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website= |language=fr-FR}}</ref> In the report, the following sentence could be heard about a local café: "In this café, there is no diversity. We are in Sevran, we are not in Paris. You are in the 93 here! It's different mentalities, it's like back home."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-08 |title=VIDÉO - Un reportage montre des femmes "indésirables" dans les lieux publics |url=https://www.rtl.fr/actu/debats-societe/video-un-reportage-de-france-2-montre-des-femmes-indesirables-dans-les-lieux-publics-7786186895 |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.rtl.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref> According to one of the activists, authorities turn a blind eye as the men support the mayor.<ref name="bfmtv8dec2016">{{cite news|url=http://rmc.bfmtv.com/emission/femmes-indesirables-dans-des-lieux-publics-les-maires-ont-accepte-ca-parce-que-ces-gens-la-votent-pour-eux-1068339.html|title=Femmes indésirables dans des lieux publics: "Les maires ont accepté ça parce que ces gens-là votent pour eux"|date=8 December 2016|accessdate=17 December 2016|publisher=[[BFMTV]]}}</ref><ref name="sofr12122016">{{cite news|url=http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/12/13/un-reportage-dans-un-bar-ou-les-femmes-sont-interdites-provoque-de-vives-reactions-3023628-4693.php|title=Un reportage dans un bar où les femmes sont interdites provoque de vives réactions|website=Sud Ouest.fr|date=13 December 2016 |accessdate=26 December 2016 |last1=Jandau |first1=Cécile }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/17/french-bar-tells-women-isnt-paris-men/|title='This isn't Paris. It's only men here' - Inside the French Muslim no-go zones where women aren't welcome|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2017-07-01|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2017/02/03/a-sevran-les-femmes-sont-elles-vraiment-indesirables-dans-les-cafes_5074244_3224.html|title=A Sevran, les femmes sont-elles vraiment indésirables dans les cafés ?|last=Alouti|first=Feriel|date=2017-02-03|work=Le Monde.fr|access-date=2017-08-17|language=fr|issn=1950-6244}}</ref>

However, the Bondy Blog, an online media outlet focusing on working-class districts, published an article in March 2017 questioning the France 2 report, claiming to have noted the presence of women in this café on several occasions.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-03-11 |title=Bar PMU de Sevran: la contre-enquête du Bondy Blog |url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/110317/bar-pmu-de-sevran-la-contre-enquete-du-bondy-blog |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Mediapart |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-10 |title=Bar PMU de Sevran : la contre-enquête du Bondy Blog |url=https://www.bondyblog.fr/societe/bar-pmu-de-sevran-la-contre-enquete-du-bondy-blog/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=Bondy Blog |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Arrêt sur images |url=https://www.arretsurimages.net/ |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=www.arretsurimages.net}}</ref> A journalist from France 2 working for the  investigative newsmagazine [[Complément d'enquête]], who subsequently visited this café, also noted the presence of women and later abandoned the idea of filming a report there.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-13 |title=Contre-enquêtes et bal de journalistes dans les bars perdus de la République |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/rue89/sur-le-radar/20170313.OBS6486/contre-enquetes-et-bal-de-journalistes-dans-les-bars-perdus-de-la-republique.html |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=L'Obs |language=fr}}</ref> The owner of the café later sued France 2 journalists [[David Pujadas]] and Caroline Sinz for racially motivated libel.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-06-23 |title=Sevran : le patron du bar prétendument interdit aux femmes "détruit par un reportage mensonger" |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/sevran-le-patron-du-bar-pretendument-interdit-aux-femmes-detruit-par-un-reportage-mensonger-23-06-2020-8340612.php |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-16 |title=Bar "interdit" aux femmes à Sevran : la plainte contre Delphine Ernotte et David Pujadas jugée irrecevable - France Bleu |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/bar-interdit-aux-femmes-a-sevran-la-plainte-contre-delphine-ernotte-et-david-pujadas-jugee-1615920500 |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3 |language=fr}}</ref>

==Heraldry==
{{Blazon-arms
|img1=Blason_Sevran.svg
|legend1=
|text= The arms of Sevran are blazoned :<br />''Azure, a bend argent between 3 acorns and 2 eagle talons Or, on a chief azure, 3 fleurs de lys Or surmounted by a label argent.''

}}

==Transport==
[[Image:Sevran - Canal de l Ourcq.jpg|thumb|left|560px|[[Canal de l'Ourcq]]]]
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Sevran is served by two stations on Paris [[RER B|RER line B]]: [[Sevran – Livry (Paris RER)|Sevran – Livry]] and [[Sevran – Beaudottes (Paris RER)|Sevran – Beaudottes]].

==Education==
Schools:
*15 public preschools (''maternelles''):<ref name=preschools>"[https://www.ville-sevran.fr/ecoles-maternelles Ecoles maternelles]." Sevran. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.</ref>
*16 public primary schools:<ref name=elementaries>"[https://www.ville-sevran.fr/ecoles-elementaires Ecoles élémentaires]." Sevran. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.</ref>
*1 private preschool: École maternelle Sainte-Agnès/École élémentaire Sainte-Agnès<ref name=preschools/><ref name=elementaries/>
*Junior high schools: Collège Evariste Galois, Collège Georges Brassens, Collège Paul Painlevé, and Collège La Pléïade<ref>"[https://www.ville-sevran.fr/enseignement-secondaire Enseignement secondaire]." Sevran. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.</ref>
*Senior high school/sixth-form college: Lycée Blaise Cendrars

==See also==
*[[Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Sevran}}
* [http://www.ville-sevran.fr/ Official website]

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