Villeneuve-la-Garenne

• Name — Villeneuve-la-Garenne • Commune Status — Commune • Map — Villeneuve-la-Garenne_map.svg • Map Caption — Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs • Arrondissement — Nanterre • Canton — Gennevilliers • Insee — 92078 • Postal Code — 92390 • Mayor — Pascal Pelain • Term — 2026–32 • Intercommunality — Grand Paris • Elevation M — 29 • Area Km2 — 3.2 • Population — population_total • Population Date — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes • Image Coat Of Arms — Blason ville fr Villeneuve-la-Garenne (Hauts-de-Seine).svg Villeneuve-la-Garenne is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.2 km from the center of Paris in the Hauts-de-Seine department in the Île-de-France region.

• Illustration — The Hôtel de Ville The commune of Villeneuve-la-Garenne was created on 9 April 1929 by detaching its territory from the commune of Gennevilliers. During the repression of January and February 1894, the police conducted raids targeting the anarchists living there, without much success. The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1965.

Villeneuve-la-Garenne is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Villeneuve-la-Garenne is Saint-Denis station, which is an interchange station on Paris RER line D and on the Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail line. This station is located in the commune of Saint-Denis, 0.9 km from the town center of Villeneuve-la-Garenne. The town is well-served by the Paris metropolitan bus system: several lines run through its territory. (RATP bus lines 137, 177, 178, 261 and 378). Since 15 November 2012, the city is served by a tram (Line 1).

As of 2016 almost 37% of the residents were under 25 years of age.

As of the 2015–2016 school year the commune had 1,280 preschool students, 1,973 elementary students, and 1,978 secondary students. Junior high schools include: • Collège Édouard Manet • Collège Georges Pompidou Senior high schools: • Lycée polyvalent Charles Petiet • Lycée Michel Ange The public library is the Bibliothèque Aimé-Césaire.

Villeneuve-la-Garenne is twinned with: • Hof, Germany

• Éric Marester, footballer • Romain Habran, footballer

Villeneuve-la-Garenne is home to shipyards: • Chantier de la Société Française de Construction navale • Vanpraet Chantiers Navals du Nord