Fresnes, Val-de-Marne
Fresnes | |
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 The church of Saint-Éloi, in Fresnes | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs | |
Location of Fresnes | |
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| Coordinates: 48°45′18″N 2°19′20″E / 48.755°N 2.3221°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-de-Marne |
| Arrondissement | L'Haÿ-les-Roses |
| Canton | L'Haÿ-les-Roses |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marie Chavanon[1] |
Area 1 | 3.58 km2 (1.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 29,528 |
| • Density | 8,250/km2 (21,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 94034 /94260 |
| Elevation | 45–89 m (148–292 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Fresnes (French pronunciation: [fʁɛn] ⓘ) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.2 km (7.0 mi) from the center of Paris, next to Antony, Sceaux and Rungis. It is drained by the River Bièvre.
The Fresnes Prison, where Jean Genet was held for a time, is located there. It was, between 1978 and 1981, the only place for executions in France, although no sentence of death was executed in that period. The guillotine maintained for the purpose remains in storage at the prison.[3][4]
Name
The name Fresnes was recorded for the first time in a papal bull of 1152 as Fraxinum. This name comes from Medieval Latin fraxinus (modern French: frêne), meaning "ash tree", after the ash trees covering the territory of Fresnes in ancient times.
Population
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Transport
Fresnes is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Fresnes are Antony or La Croix de Berny station on Paris RER line B and Chemin d'Antony station on RER line C. These stations are located in the neighboring commune of Antony, 1.6 km (0.99 mi) from the town center of Fresnes.
History
The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1887.[7]
Mayor
The Mayor Jean Jacques Bridey was elected in 2012.
Culture
In the MJC Louise Michel you can find a cinema, a theatre and a concert hall.
Education
In Fresnes there are a lot of schools, four kindergartens, five elementary schools. There are three junior high schools and one senior high school/sixth-form college.
- Preschools: Barbara, Les Blancs Bouleaux, Les Capucines, Les Coquelicots, Les Marguerites, Les Tulipes[8]
- Elementary schools: Barbara, des Frères Lumière, Robert Doisneau, Théodore Monod, Jean Monnet, Louis Pasteur, Emilie Roux[8]
- Junior high schools: Collège Jean Charcot, Collège Francine Fromond, Collège Antoine de Saint-Exupéry[9]
- Senior high/sixth-form: Lycée intercommunal Frédéric Mistral[10]
The commune is also home to a municipal library, Bibliothèque municipale de Fresnes.[11]
Sports
The AAS Fresnes is the football club of the city, they play at Parc des Sports.
Shopping Centre
In Fresnes there is a mall called la Cerisaie.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ "A guillotine sits in storage in Fresnes Prison, the largest prison in". 4 December 2016.
- ^ "La guillotine à Fresnes (1981)". YouTube. 16 May 2024.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Fresnes, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Base Mérimée: IA94000081, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ a b "Les écoles." Fresnes. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
- ^ "Collèges." Fresnes. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
- ^ "Lycée." Fresnes. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
- ^ Home. Bibliothèque municipale de Fresnes. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
External links
- Official website Archived 2004-07-01 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
