Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (, ) is a former
commune in the
Seine-Saint-Denis
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department and
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region
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of
France
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, since 2025 a part of
Saint-Denis, following a vote of both municipal councils on 30 May 2024. It forms part of the northern suburbs of
Paris
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, and lies from the
centre of the French capital.
Heraldry
History
In December 2005, Pierrefitte became Europe's first "Mediation Town".
Population
Transport
The town is served by
Pierrefitte – Stains railway station on
line D of the
RER regional suburban rail network.
The south of the commune, where the
National Archives of France relocated in 2013, is also served by
Saint-Denis – Université station on
Paris Métro Line 13. This station lies on the border between the communes of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine and
Saint-Denis.
Education
Primary and secondary schools in the commune included:
* Nine preschools (''maternelles'')
* Eight elementary schools
* Two junior high schools: Collège Gustave-Courbet and Collège
Pablo-Neruda[Les collèges et le lycée]
Archive
. Pierrefitte-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
Collège intercommunal Lucie-Aubrac in
Villetaneuse also served Pierrefitte students, as did
Lycée Polyvalent Maurice-Utrillo, a senior high school/sixth-form college in
Stains.
[
Paris 8 University and ]Paris 13 University
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served area students.
In the arts
Pierrefitte was where comedian and filmmaker Kheiron was raised, and the setting for his award-winning film '' All Three of Us''.
Personalities
*The actor and playwright Frédérick Lemaître lived in Pierrefitte between 1830 and 1845.
*The naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny
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died in Pierrefitte in 1857 and is buried in the municipal cemetery.
Twin towns
Pierrefitte is twinned with
* Braintree in the United Kingdom
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* Rüdersdorf bei Berlin in Germany
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.
See also
* Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department
References
External links
Former official web portal of the town of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Former communes of Seine-Saint-Denis
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