Saint-Leu-la-Forêt
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Saint-Leu-la-Forêt (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northwestern outer suburbs of Paris, France. It is located Script error: No such module "convert". from the centre of Paris. In 2021, it had a population of 15,979.
History
In 1806, the commune of Saint-Leu-la-Forêt merged with the neighboring commune of Taverny, resulting in the creation of the commune of Saint-Leu-Taverny.
In 1821, the commune of Saint-Leu-Taverny was demerged. Thus, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt and Taverny were both restored as separate communes.
Population
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Transport
Saint-Leu-la-Forêt is served by Saint-Leu-la-Forêt station on the Transilien Paris-Nord suburban rail line.
Cultural connections
- Louis Henri Joseph de Bourbon (1756-1830), the last Prince of Condé, was found dead, probably by suicide, at the Château de Saint-Leu on 27 August 1830.
- Louis Bonaparte brother to Napoleon I and father to Napoleon III, is buried at Saint-Leu-la-Forêt.
- Wanda Landowska's villa in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt became a center for the performance and study of early music, particularly of the Baroque era.
- Eyvind Johnson lived rue de Boissy, from 1926 to 1930.
- Sylvie Oussenko (born in 1945), singer mezzo-soprano and writer was born in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt.
- In Patrick Modiano's book, So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood, the narrator spends part of his childhood in the care of a teenage girl living in a mysterious house in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt.
International relations
Twin towns – sister cities
Partner cities
See also
References
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