Villiers-le-Bel

Villiers -le- Bel is a municipality and a northern suburb of Paris with 27,428 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the department of Val- d'Oise of the Ile- de -France region. The distance to the city center of Paris is 17.4 km.

Demographics

Attractions

  • Parish Church of Saint- Didier, 13 - 16th Century ( Monument historique )
  • Gallo -Roman fountain, 2nd century AD ( Monument historique )

Personalities

Sons and daughters:

  • Marie -Laure Delie (* 1988), football national player
  • Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884), pioneer of photography

People with relationship to the city:

  • Robert Müller (1920-2003), Swiss sculptor, co-founder of the art of modern iron sculpture, lived and died in Villiers- le -Bel

Special Events

The place came in November 2007 in the headlines, as the accidental death of two youths on 25 November 2007, in a collision with a police vehicle to significant riots and street fighting.

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Sarcelles Cantons of France Postal codes in France
805362
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