Bois-Colombes Explained

Bois-Colombes
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Bois-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine).svg
Map:	Bois-Colombes_map.svg
Map Caption:	Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates:	48.9175°N 2.2683°W
Arrondissement:	Nanterre
Canton:	Colombes-2
Insee:	92009
Postal Code:	92270
Mayor:	Yves Révillon^[1]
Party:	LR
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Grand Paris
Elevation M:	30
Area Km2:	1.92

Bois-Colombes (in French pronounced as /bwa kɔlɔ̃b/) is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9km (06miles) from the centre of Paris. International companies such as Colgate-Palmolive, IBM and Aviva have their French headquarters in Bois-Colombes.

History

The commune of Bois-Colombes (literally "Dove Woods") was created on 13 March 1896 by detaching its territory from the commune of Colombes.

Bois-Colombes is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris - Saint-Lazare suburban rail line: Bois-Colombes and Les Vallées.

The commune has:^[2]

Six combined preschools and primary schools: Françoise-Dolto, Gramme, La Cigogne, Pierre-Joigneaux, Jules-Ferry, Paul-Bert
One elementary-only school: Saint-Exupéry
Two junior high schools: Collège Jean-Mermoz and Collège Albert-Camus
Two senior high schools: Lycée Albert-Camus and Lycée professionnel régional

Henry Charles Litolff, pianist composer and music publisher (5 February 1818 – 5 or 6 August 1891)
Michel Descombey, ballet dancer and choreographer, born 1930
René Maillard, composer (8 April 1931 – 4 December 2012)
Patrick Noubissie, footballer
Catherine Millet, author and critic
Henri Betti, composer and pianist married in Bois-Colombes in 1949.
Bob Sinclar, record producer and DJ

Bois-Colombes is twinned with:

Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023. fr.
"Pour les parents." Bois-Colombes. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.