La Garenne-Colombes
La Garenne- Colombes is a commune with 28 297 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011), capital of the canton of the same name, in the département of Hauts -de- Seine, Île -de -France. Its inhabitants are called Garennois or cooking Noises. Mayor Philippe Juvin.
- 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 5.2 personalities with links to the city
Geography
La Garenne- Colombes is often called La Garenne and is nicknamed petit Neuilly.
List of mayors
Economy and infrastructure
Business
In La Garenne -Colombes there are about 1,200 companies that are most important
- The Research of Peugeot
- Boston Scientific International
- La Centrale
- Fox Kids France
Traffic
The town has two railway stations: Les Vallées La Garenne -Colombes on the line L of Transilien.
La Garenne- Colombes is approached by the RATP bus lines 73, 161, 163, 164, 176, 178, 262, 272, 278, 358, 378 and by the night bus N24 and N152.
Since 2012, La Garenne -Colombes of Line 2 of the Paris tramway (T2 ) is approached at the stations Les Fauvelles and Charlebourg.
Education
- Preschools and primary schools: Ecole René Guest, Ecole André Marsault, Ecole Ernest Renan, Ecole Sainte Geneviève (private), Ecole Sagot Voltaire
- Collège Les Vallées
- The vocational school Tournelle
Housing stock
La Garenne- Colombes has more than 13,000 apartments, of which 9.8% social housing.
Twinning
- Germany Wangen im Allgäu
- Portugal Valpaços
- Israel Yoqneam
- United States Clarksville
- Lebanon Daroun - Harissa, Lebanon
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Fernand Oury (1920-1997), educator
- Daniel Billon, painter
- Patrick Chesnais (* 1947), actor
- Catherine Picard (* 1952), politician (PS )
- Pascal Jules, cyclist
- Émilie Le Pennec, gymnast
Personalities with links to the city
- Claude Gensac, Actress
- William Klein, painter and photographer
- Bernard Menez, French singer and comedian
- Pierre Probst, draftsman