Bois-Colombes () is a commune in the

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a department in the Île-de-France region of France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west and ...

department, in the northwestern suburbs of

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. It is located from the centre of Paris. International companies such as

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and

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have their French headquarters in Bois-Colombes.

History

The commune of Bois-Colombes (literally "Dove Woods") was created on 13 March 1896 by detaching its territory from the commune of

Colombes Colombes () is a Communes of France, commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France, from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris. In 2019, Colombes was the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 53rd largest city in France. ...

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Population

Transport

Bois-Colombes is served by two stations on the

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suburban rail line:

Bois-Colombes Bois-Colombes () is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. International companies such as Colgate-Palmolive, IBM and Aviva have their French headquart ...

and Les Vallées.

Education

The commune has:Pour les parents
" Bois-Colombes. Retrieved on September 7, 2016. * Six combined preschools and primary schools: Françoise-Dolto, Gramme, La Cigogne, Pierre-Joigneaux, Jules-Ferry, Paul-Bert * One elementary-only school: Saint-Exupéry * Two junior high schools: Collège Jean-Mermoz and Collège Albert-Camus * Two senior high schools: Lycée Albert-Camus and Lycée professionnel régional

Personalities

Henry Charles Litolff Henry Charles Litolff (6 February 1818 – 5 August 1891) was a French and British virtuoso pianist, composer of Romantic music, and music publisher born in London. A prolific composer, he is today known mainly for a single brief work – the s ...

, pianist composer and music publisher (5 February 1818 – 5 or 6 August 1891) *

Michel Descombey Michel Descombey (28 October 1930 – 5 December 2011) was a French ballet dancer, choreographer and director. Descombay studied dancing in Paris, and debuted as a professional dancer of the Ballet de l'Opéra National in 1947. In 1959 he be ...

, ballet dancer and choreographer, born 1930 *

René Maillard René Maillard (8 April 1931 – 4 December 2012) was a French composer. Life Born in Bois-Colombes, Maillard had his first violin lessons during the Second World War with Charles Maillier, who was a violin teacher in Limoges. He was then a stu ...

, composer (8 April 1931 – 4 December 2012) * Patrick Noubissie, footballer *

Catherine Millet Catherine Millet (; born 1 April 1948) is a French writer, art critic, curator, and founder and editor of the magazine ''Art Press'', which focuses on modern art and contemporary art. Biography Born in Bois-Colombes, France, she is best known ...

, author and critic *

Henri Betti Henri Betti, born Ange Betti (24 July 1917 – 7 July 2005), was a French composer and a pianist. Pianist and composer of Maurice Chevalier from 1940 to 1945, Henri Betti is best known for composing the music of the songs '' C'est si bon'' (lyr ...

, composer and pianist married in Bois-Colombes in 1949. *

Bob Sinclar Christophe Le Friant (; born 10 May 1969), better known by his stage name Bob Sinclar (), is a French record producer, DJ, and remixer. He is the owner of the record label Yellow Productions. Musical career A native of Paris, Le Friant began D ...

, record producer and DJ

International relations

Bois-Colombes is twinned with: *

Neu-Ulm Neu-Ulm (, ; Swabian: ''Nej-Ulm'') is the seat of the Neu-Ulm district and a town in Swabia, Bavaria. Neighbouring towns include Ulm, Senden, Pfaffenhofen an der Roth, Holzheim, Nersingen and Elchingen. The population is 58,978 (31 Decembe ...

, Germany

References

External links

Bois-Colombes website
(in French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Boiscolombes Communes of Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia