Joinville-le-Pont | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Joinville-le-Pont 94.svg |
Map: | Joinville-le-Pont_map.svg |
Map Caption: | Paris and inner ring departments |
Coordinates: | 48.8214°N 2.4728°W |
Arrondissement: | Nogent-sur-Marne |
Canton: | Charenton-le-Pont |
Insee: | 94042 |
Postal Code: | 94340 |
Mayor: | Olivier Dosne[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Grand Paris |
Elevation Min M: | 33 |
Elevation Max M: | 61 |
Area Km2: | 2.42 |
Joinville-le-Pont (in French pronounced as /ʒwɛ̃vil lə pɔ̃/) is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.4km (05.8miles) from the center of Paris.
The commune was created in 1791 under the name La Branche-du-Pont-de-Saint-Maur (literally "The Branch of Saint-Maur's Bridge") by detaching its territory from the commune of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. The commune was renamed Joinville-le-Pont (literally "Joinville the Bridge") on 29 August 1831. Under Louis-Philippe of France, the Redoute de Gravelle was built in the commune.
In 1929, the commune of Joinville-le-Pont lost more than a third of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, a part of which belonged to Joinville-le-Pont.
Joinville-le-Pont has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Joinville-le-Pont is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around, and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Joinville-le-Pont was on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 17 January 1985.
Joinville-le-Pont is served by Joinville-le-Pont station on Paris RER line A.
Public schools include:
There is a private school, Groupe Scolaire A.P.E.P., which runs from preschool to senior high school/sixth-form college (lycée).[5]