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Taverny () is a commune in the northwestern
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s of
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,
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. It is located from the center of Paris. Inhabitants are called ''Tabernaciens''.


History

In 1806 the commune of Taverny merged with the neighboring commune of Saint-Leu, resulting in the creation of the commune of ''Saint-Leu-Taverny''. In 1821 the commune of ''Saint-Leu-Taverny'' was demerged. Thus, Taverny and Saint-Leu were both restored as separate communes. On 30 March 1922, a part of the territory of Taverny was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Montigny-lès-Cormeilles and a part of the territory of
Pierrelaye Pierrelaye () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Pierrelaye station has rail connections to Pontoise and Paris. Population See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a lis ...
to create the commune of Beauchamp.
Florence Portelli Florence Portelli (born 23 March 1978 in Argenteuil) is a French politician who has been serving as Mayor of Taverny since 2014. She has also been a regional councillor of Île-de-France since 2015. A longtime member of The Republicans, Portelli ...
was elected
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of Taverny in 2014, and re-elected in 2020.


Population


Transport

Taverny is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris-Nord suburban rail line: Vaucelles and Taverny.


Air force base 921

Air force base 921 which hosts the commanders of the French airborne nuclear dissuasion force is situated in former quarries under the Montmorency forest in the commune of Taverny.


See also

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Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The following is a list of the 184 communes of the Val-d'Oise department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Official website
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Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise
{{Authority control Communes of Val-d'Oise