Charles-Louis Pinson de Ménerville [SEP] place of birth
Charles-Louis Pinson de Ménerville
Charles-Louis Pinson de Ménerville (1808–1876), the first president of the court of appeals in Algiers, was born in Paris on April 8, 1808.
In 1831, just after the French conquest of Algeria, Ménerville was appointed secretary of the health department of the port of Algiers. In 1834, he became a defence lawyer before the tribunal of Algiers. In 1842, he became a judge at Philippeville. In 1844, when the tribunal at Bône was established, he
. South and east is the valley of the Isser River, whose sides rise to around 600 metres and are deeply incised by streams; in many places the slopes are covered with vineyards and olive-groves.
History.
During the French occupation, the town was renamed Ménerville, after Charles-Louis Pinson de Ménerville (1808–76), the first president of the court of appeals in Algiers. It resumed the name of Thénia a few years after independence in 1962. 
In 1944, the town had 2,656 inhabitants