- Villiers-le-Bel
French commune
nomcommune=Villiers-le-Bel
caption=City hall
map_size=270px
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mapcaption=Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
latitude=49.0094
longitude=2.3911
région=Île-de-France
département=Val-d'Oise
arrondissement=Sarcelles
canton=Villiers-le-Bel (chief town)
intercomm=CA Val de France
maire=Didier Vaillant
mandat=2001-2008
alt moy=75m
alt mini=64
alt maxi=147 m
km²=7.3
sans=
26,900
26,145
date-sans=Jan. 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census
dens=3,658|date-dens=2005
insee=95680
cp=95400|Villiers-le-Bel is a commune in the French department of
Val-d'Oise , in the northern suburbs ofParis . It is located 17.4 km (10.8 miles) from the center of Paris.Transport
Villiers-le-Bel is served by no station of the
Paris Métro ,RER , or suburban rail network. The closest station to Villiers-le-Bel is Villiers-le-Bel – Gonesse – Arnouville station on Paris RER line D. This station is located in the neighboring commune ofArnouville-lès-Gonesse , 2.5 km (1.6 miles) from the town center of Villiers-le-Bel.Demography
DemogFR | 1793=1 633 | 1800=1 350 | 1806=1 325 | 1821=1 178 | 1831=1 209 | 1836=1 322 | 1841=1 883 | 1846=1 979 | 1851=1 934 | 1856=1 951 | 1861=2 132 | 1866=2 107 | 1872=1 735 | 1876=1 968 | 1881=2 016 | 1886=1 968 | 1891=1 649 | 1896=1 644 | 1901=1 723 | 1906=1 718 | 1911=1 845 | 1921=2 377 | 1926=3 324 | 1931=4 389 | 1936=4 351 | 1946=4 209 | 1954=4 852 | 1962=12 797 | 1968=19 119 | 1975=21 876 | 1982=24 808 | 1990=26 110 | 1999=26 145
sansdoublescomptes=1962The estimate for 2005 was formatnum:26900.
Neighboring communes
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Arnouville-lès-Gonesse
*Bouqueval
*Écouen
*Le Plessis-Gassot
*Gonesse
*Sarcelles 2007 unrest
On the night of
25 November 2007 , youths attacked a police station in Villiers-le-Bel, torched cars, and vandalized stores. The violence was prompted by the deaths of two adolescents after a crash between their motorbike and a police patrol car at an intersection. The disturbances spread to neighbouring towns on the night of26 November . 82 police officers were injured, four of them seriously, by shotgun blasts.cite web| url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/26/europe/france.php| title="Second night of violence in Paris suburb"| author=Ariane Bernard, International Herald Tribune| accessdate=2007-11-26]Miscellaneous
Villiers-le-Bel was the birthplace of
Alexandre Beljame (1842-1906), writer. Villiers le Bel is also home to many of France's top rappers such as Armaguedon, kazkami, Arsenik, K.ommando Toxik, Sboko, Makiavelik, and CH3.ee also
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Communes of the Val-d'Oise department Notes and references
* [http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualites/2007/11/27/01001-20071127ARTFIG00243-villiers-le-bel-nouvelle-nuit-de-violences.php/ Report of disturbances in the French daily Le Figaro] (in French)
* [http://www.uniondesmairesduvaldoise.fr Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise] fr icon
* [http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE] en icon
* [http://www.ign.fr/rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1&lng_id=EN IGN] en iconExternal links
* [http://www.ville-villiers-le-bel.fr Official website] fr icon
* [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=INSEE&VALUE_98=95680 Mérimée database - Cultural heritage] fr icon
* [http://www.iaurif.org/en/gis/fichescom/mos99/ficmos/mos95680.html Land use (IAURIF)] en icon
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