Joinville-le-Pont () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of

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. It is located from the center of Paris.

History

The commune was created in 1791 under the name La Branche-du-Pont-de-Saint-Maur (literally "The Branch of Saint-Maur's Bridge") by detaching its territory from the commune of

Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Saint-Maur-des-Fossés () is a commune in Val-de-Marne, the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. History The abbey Saint-Maur-des-Fossés owes its name to Saint-Maur Abbey founded in 638 by Queen Nant ...

. The commune was renamed Joinville-le-Pont (literally "Joinville the Bridge") on 29 August 1831. Under

Louis-Philippe of France Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France. As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary Wa ...

, the

Redoute de Gravelle The redoute de Gravelle (''Gravelle redoubt'') is a fort in Joinville-le-Pont, situated to the south-east of Vincennes in Paris. Built under Louis-Philippe, from 1968 it housed the École nationale de police de Paris (ENPP), before becoming an i ...

was built in the commune. In 1929, the commune of Joinville-le-Pont lost more than a third of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, a part of which belonged to Joinville-le-Pont.

Geography

Climate

Joinville-le-Pont has a

oceanic climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...

''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Joinville-le-Pont is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Joinville-le-Pont was on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 17 January 1985.

Transport

Joinville-le-Pont is served by Joinville-le-Pont station on Paris RER line A.

Population

Education

Public schools include: *Preschools/nurseries (''maternelles''): Centre, Jean de la Fontaine, Polangis, P’tit Gibus *Elementaries: Palissy, Parangon, Polangis, and Eugène Voisin *Junior high schools (''collèges''): Jean Charcot and Jules Ferry There is a private school, Groupe Scolaire A.P.E.P., which runs from preschool to senior high school/sixth-form college (''lycée).Établissements privés
" Joinville-le-Pont. Retrieved on September 10, 2016.

References

External links

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