Raincy

Raincy is a common French, located in the department Seine-Saint-Denis (in the past Seine-et-Oise) and the area Île-de-France.

Its inhabitants is called the Raincéen (born) .

Geography

The urban structure of the city is characterized by the four boulevards which border it: boulevard of the West, North, the East and the South. It is crossed right through by the avenue of very commercial Resistance (which occurred in the past of Way-of-Iron) and the Thiers avenue which cross with right angle. The names of the ways often refer to the old configuration of the park. It is it should be noted that no street exists in Raincy: the ways are alleys, boulevards, avenues…

Situation

Raincy is surrounded of the five following communes:

in the North-West: Livry-Gargan
in the North-East: Clichy-sous-Bois
in south-east: Gagny
in the south: Villemomble
in the west: the Pavillons-sous-Bois

Transportation routes

Raincy is served by:

the highway A3 (direction Gagny/Villemomble/Raincy).

public transport following:

: Raincy - Villemomble - Montfermeil
: the Pavillons-sous-Bois and Gone of the Tower - Go
Bus the RATP:
Drunk TRA:

no cycle Track

Heraldic

History

Raincy is in the middle of the Pays of Aulnoye.

Its current name is a transformation of the name: Rincis, meaning coppice, clearing or careers. As of 1130, this clearing (with the edge of the Forest of Bondy) was the property of monk of the Abbaye of Tyron (diocese of Chartres).

In 1639, “the ground of Rincis” was bought by Jacques Bordier, intendant of finances of the King, who made build in 1640, a castle carrying the signature of Vau. It then attached this ground to that of Bondy of which he was also the lord.

Many personalities remained there: Louis XV, the Large Cop, the palatine princess Anne de Gonzague, the Tsar Pierre Large the, the family of Orleans, Madam de Montesson, the Scottish courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliott. Molière played there for the first time the Tartuffe in five acts.

In 1694, Blood Louis, then first Master of hotel of the King and captain of huntings, joins together the grounds of Livry and those of Raincy, and the castle became that of Livry.

In 1769, the field passed between the hands of Louis-Philippe of Orleans: modifications were made to the castle and a park was drawn by Piètre (one of the first parks drawn with English.)

The field is confiscated with the Révolution; it will be returned to Orleans only in 1819. The castle almost is then entirely destroyed and the hosts live in the “Russian houses” which were built towards 1780 and were devastated in 1848.

The park is declared property national in 1848 and its Lotissement involves the development of Raincy (then in Seine-et-Oise), which is set up in commune in 1869.

The law of July 10th, 1964 defines the administrative reorganization of the Paris region… and Raincy became Sous-Préfecture of the new Department of the Seine-Saint-Denis.

Demography and population

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According to the census of 1999, the city counts 5.552 main homes, including 3372 occupied by their owner. The city counts 268 residences HLM.

The city, whose population is very appreciably easier than the remainder of the Seine-Saint-Denis, is thus far from respecting the provisions of the Loi SRU, which make him obligation to have 20% of social housing.

Administration

The commune of Raincy was created in 1869, starting from dismemberments of the territories of Gagny, Livry-Gargan and Clichy-sous-Bois.

The Municipal council

The Municipal council is composed of trente-un city council men (of which nine are associated with the mayor), proportionally with the number of inhabitants.

Economy

August 1st

Famous characters

Mrs Récamier, French woman of letters.
Mrs Scudéry, French woman of letters
Gabriel-Julien Ouvrard, financial French
Trenitz, French dancer.

Jacques Tréfouël (1897 - 1977), French chemist
Alexandre Chatrian, French writer and mayor of Raincy (1870 - 1890)
Pierre Mac Orlan lived there in the Twenties.
Eric Raoult, French politician, former minister, former vice-president of the National Assembly.
Marc Treiber, French-speaking world champion of scrabble.
Nicole Bouteau, political, old woman Minister for the Territory of French Polynesia.

Heritage architectural and monuments

The notoriety of this commune is in particular due to the Église Notre-Dame of Raincy, work of Auguste Perret and first church built in Béton. This building of 1923 is protected under the Historic buildings as of 1966.

Raincy has two Catholic churches, a protesting temple and a synagog.

Villa Helvetia.

Teaching

Side of the schooling, one can find three school complexes: Ferns, Thiers and the Fountain, the college Jean-Baptiste Corot, the college Albert Schweitzer (which comprises also many preparatory classes at the schools of engineers and trade) as well as the vocational school Rene Cassin.

Several denominational schools are also established on the commune: catholic schools (Saint-Louis School - Holy-Clotilde), Jewish (School Merkaz Hatorah) and Armenian (Tébrotzassère School).

These schools are managed by the General inspection of the departmental inspection of the State education, located at the Thiers school and by the vice-chancellorship of Creteil.

Culture

National school of Music: thirty-three professors propose courses of instruments (on a quizaine of different instruments) as well as collective practices (song, orchestra, chamber music,…) ;
Media library: places at the disposal of the works, but also of the cédéroms and an access to Internet;
Arts center: propose animations;
School of Visual arts: three professors propose courses in day and evening.

Sport

a General sports Center: located which occurred Thiers;
a swimming pool;
a general sports room;
a room of musculation;
a skating rink;
a plate of evolution, located boulevard of the South;
Two stages, boulevard of the South and alley of the Thickets.

In addition, Raincy shelters various sports associations: the Aikido/Kempo, Aqua-Gym, the Aqua-Sport, Physical Culture, the Fencing, the Football, the Football of Table, the Golf, the Voluntary Gymnastics, the Handball, the Judo/Ju Jitsu, the Karate, the Musculation, the Fitness, the Diving under navy, the Swimming, the Self-service Defense, Taekwondo, the Tennis, the Table tennis, the Volley ball.

Twinnings

- cf also or

To deepen

Forest of Bondy
Common Countries of Aulnoye
of the Seine-Saint-Denis

External bonds

the town hall of Raincy
the nonofficial site of Raincy
Postcard old of Raincy

Sources, notes and references

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