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Franconville
Franconville
Commune
	Maison Suger (Municipal Music school
	Coat of arms
	Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
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	Coordinates: 48°59′20″N 2°13′53″E / 48.9889°N 2.2314°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement	Argenteuil
Canton	Franconville
Intercommunality	CA Val Parisis
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Xavier Melki
Area 1	6.19 km2 (2.39 sq mi)
Population (2021)	37,520
• Density	6,100/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	95252 /
Elevation	54–167 m (177–548 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Franconville (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃kɔ̃vil] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is a northwestern suburb of Paris, located 17.1 km. (10.6 miles) from the center of Paris.

Population edit

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,082	—
1800	1,016	−0.90%
1806	1,005	−0.18%
1821	1,124	+0.75%
1831	1,193	+0.60%
1836	1,152	−0.70%
1841	1,248	+1.61%
1846	1,222	−0.42%
1851	1,154	−1.14%
1856	1,092	−1.10%
1861	1,147	+0.99%
1866	1,207	+1.02%
1872	1,300	+1.24%
1876	1,352	+0.99%
1881	1,431	+1.14%
1886	1,525	+1.28%
1891	1,518	−0.09%
1896	1,640	+1.56%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,779	+1.64%
1906	2,188	+4.23%
1911	2,869	+5.57%
1921	3,498	+2.00%
1926	4,934	+7.12%
1931	6,278	+4.94%
1936	6,151	−0.41%
1946	6,130	−0.03%
1954	7,697	+2.89%
1962	11,185	+4.78%
1968	16,205	+6.37%
1975	24,231	+5.92%
1982	32,948	+4.49%
1990	33,802	+0.32%
1999	33,497	−0.10%
2007	32,932	−0.21%
2012	33,196	+0.16%
2017	36,762	+2.06%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Transport edit

Franconville is served by Franconville – Le Plessis-Bouchard station on Paris RER line C and on the Transilien Paris-Nord suburban rail line.

Twin towns edit

Viernheim, Hesse, Germany (since 1966)
Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (since 1973)

Personalities edit

Culture edit

Jean Daudin, French canon, translator of humanist and Italian poet Petrarch, was born in Franconville.
Marcel L'Enfant^[5](1884-1963), post-impressionist painter has lived and worked Chaussée Jules-César in Franconville for 40 years (1923-1963).
André Vaquier (1886-1976), librarian and historian, has lived in Franconville for many years.
Jean Daurand (1913-1989), actor, had a Café named Les Cinq Dernières Minutes in Franconville.
Hassan Koubba (born 1973), actor.
Lorie, singer and actress.
Massacra (1987-1997], Death Metal band.

Sports edit

Stéphane Diagana (born 1969) was a member of an athelic club in Franconville.
Éric Rabésandratana (born 1972]), football-player (Paris-Saint-Germain), was a player in the FC Franconville Plessis Bouchard team.
Bouchra Ghezielle (born 1979]), athlete
Mickaël Hanany (born 1983]), high-jumper
David Alerte (born 1984]), sprinter
David N'Gog (born 1989]), football player in Liverpool FC

Science edit

Antoine-Alexis Cadet de Vaux ( 1743-1828]), chemist, philanthropist.
Jean-François Clervoy (born 1958]), astronaut.
Gustave-Joseph Witkowski (1844-1922), doctor.

Religion edit

Jacques Baudoin (1630-1715), priest.^[6]

References edit

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Franconville, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Website dedicated to Marcel l'Enfant
^ Il est amusant de noter que la durée du « règne » du curé Baudoin, 54 ans, est la même que celle de... Louis XIV (!) et que les deux hommes sont morts la même année à trois mois d'intervalle (1715).