Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
# Pierrefitte-sur-Seine

Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: (listen), literally Pierrefitte on Seine) is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and Île-de-France region of France. Today forming part of the northern suburbs of Paris, Pierrefitte lies 12.4 km (7.7 mi) from the centre of the French capital.

## Heraldry

| Arms of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine | The arms of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine are blazoned: Gules, 3 rocks argent, perched on the center one a finch Or, on a chief azur a nail argent between 2 fleurs de lis Or. |
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## History

In December 2005, Pierrefitte became Europe's first "Mediation Town".

## Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| - | - | - |
| 1793 | 750 | — |
| 1800 | 706 | −0.86% |
| 1806 | 734 | +0.65% |
| 1821 | 705 | −0.27% |
| 1831 | 812 | +1.42% |
| 1836 | 789 | −0.57% |
| 1841 | 827 | +0.95% |
| 1846 | 813 | −0.34% |
| 1851 | 808 | −0.12% |
| 1856 | 829 | +0.51% |
| 1861 | 915 | +1.99% |
| 1866 | 1,075 | +3.28% |
| 1872 | 1,157 | +1.23% |
| 1876 | 1,151 | −0.13% |
| 1881 | 1,346 | +3.18% |
| 1886 | 1,609 | +3.63% |
| 1891 | 1,824 | +2.54% |
| 1896 | 2,468 | +6.23% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 2,863 | +3.01% |
| 1906 | 3,349 | +3.19% |
| 1911 | 4,268 | +4.97% |
| 1921 | 5,987 | +3.44% |
| 1926 | 8,609 | +7.53% |
| 1931 | 11,645 | +6.23% |
| 1936 | 12,575 | +1.55% |
| 1946 | 12,100 | −0.38% |
| 1954 | 12,867 | +0.77% |
| 1962 | 14,770 | +1.74% |
| 1968 | 19,017 | +4.30% |
| 1975 | 20,819 | +1.30% |
| 1982 | 22,366 | +1.03% |
| 1990 | 23,822 | +0.79% |
| 1999 | 25,816 | +0.90% |
| 2007 | 28,338 | +1.17% |
| 2012 | 27,925 | −0.29% |
| 2017 | 30,306 | +1.65% |

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Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) :

## 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 include:

* Nine preschools (maternelles)
* Eight elementary schools
* Two junior high schools: Collège Gustave-Courbet and Collège Pablo-Neruda

Collège intercommunal Lucie-Aubrac in Villetaneuse also serves Pierrefitte students, as does Lycée Polyvalent Maurice-Utrillo, a senior high school/sixth-form college in Stains.

Paris 8 University and Paris 13 University serve area students.

## In the arts

Pierrefitte was where comedian and filmmaker Kheiron was raised, and the setting for his award-winning film All Three of Us.

## 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.
