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Bourg-la-Reine
Commune
The town hall of Bourg-la-Reine
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring départements
Location of Bourg-la-Reine
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Coordinates: 48°46′47″N 2°18′54″E / 48.7796°N 2.3151°E / 48.7796; 2.3151Coordinates: 48°46′47″N 2°18′54″E / 48.7796°N 2.3151°E / 48.7796; 2.3151
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement	Antony
Canton	Bagneux
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} (2014–2020)	Patrick Donath
Area 1	1.86 km2 (0.72 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	19,906
• Density	11,000/km2 (28,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	92014 /92340
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bourg-la-Reine (French: [buʁ la ʁɛn]) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.1 km (5.7 mi) from the center of Paris. The inhabitants are called Réginaburgiens.

History

In 1792, during the French Revolution, Bourg-la-Reine (meaning "Town of the Queen") was renamed Bourg-l'Égalité (meaning "Equality borough"). The name Bourg-la-Reine was restored in 1812.

Transport

Bourg-la-Reine is served by Bourg-la-Reine station on Paris RER line B.

Education

Public schools in the commune include:

• Preschools: École de la Fontaine-Grelot, École Etienne-Thieulin-la-Faïencerie, École des Bas-Coquarts^[1]
  


• Elementary schools: École République, École Etienne-Thieulin-la-Faïencerie, École Pierre-Loti^[2]
  


• Collège Évariste Galois^[3]
  

Nearby public senior high schools:^[4]

• In Cachan: Lycée Maximilien Sorre
  


• In Châtenay-Malabry: Lycée Jean-Jaurès
  


• In Sceaux: Lycée Lakanal, Lycée Marie Curie, Lycée d’enseignement professionnel Florian
  

Private schools in the commune:

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  Institut Notre Dame - preschool through senior high school^[2]
  

There are nearby institutes of higher education in Paris, Châtenay-Malabry, and Sceaux.^[5]

Twinning

The town is twinned with:

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  Kenilworth, UK (since 1982)


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  Yanqing, China (1998)


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  Reghin, Romania (1999)


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  Monheim am Rhein, Germany (2000)

Personalities

Bourg-la-Reine was the birthplace of:

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  Évariste Galois (1811 – 1832), mathematician
  


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  Henri Couillaud (1878–1955), French classical trombonist


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  Louis Joxe (1901–1991), statesman


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  Modibo Diakité, footballer
  


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  Yannick N'Gog rugby player


• 
  Claire Nebout, actress

Marquis de Condorcet died in the prison of the city during the French Revolution, and is buried in the cemetery of the city.

Gallery

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  Extase de Saint Benoît, 1746 by Jean II Restout. Painting inside of church Église Saint-Gilles in Bourg-la-Reine.
  

  
  

  
  


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  The three kings at the parish church
  

  
  

  
  

See also

• Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bourg-la-Reine.

• Official website

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