| Le Blanc-Mesnil | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Blanc-Ménil 93.svg |
| Map: | Le_Blanc-Mesnil_map.svg |
| Map Caption: | Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs |
| Arrondissement: | Le Raincy |
| Canton: | Le Blanc-Mesnil |
| Insee: | 93007 |
| Postal Code: | 93150 |
| Mayor: | Jean-Philippe Ranquet[1] |
| Term: | 2021 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Grand Paris |
| Coordinates: | 48.9387°N 2.4614°W |
| Elevation Min M: | 37 |
| Elevation Max M: | 47 |
| Area Km2: | 8.05 |
French: Le Blanc-Mesnil|italic=unset (in French pronounced as /lə blɑ̃ menil/) is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 12.6km (07.8miles) from the center of Paris, between Charles de Gaulle Airport and Le Bourget Airport.
The name Le Blanc-Mesnil was recorded for the first time in the 11th century as French: Mansionile Blaun. This name is a compound of Medieval Latin Latin: Mansionile, meaning 'little houses', from Latin Latin: [[mansio]] (accusative Latin: mansionem), and of Germanic (Old Frankish) blanch, blaun, meaning 'glossy, shining, white', which gave French French: blanc ('white') and English blank.
The name is interpreted by some as a reference to the houses of Le Blanc-Mesnil which were whitened due to the flour dust coming from the windmills located there in ancient times. One researcher, however, thinks that French: blanc had also the meaning of 'free' in Old French, and so the name would mean 'free mesnil, free village', perhaps because the villagers had been freed from serfdom. None of these interpretations is certain.
A discovery in 1984 concerning archeological excavation found three polished axes and modified flint attests a human presence in Le Blanc-Mesnil in the Neolithic period and the Gallo-Roman era.[2] Shards of gallic ceramic were found.[3]
The Morée and Molette rivers nearby and the existence of an ancient Roman road support this theory.[4]
On 2 December 1792, a third of the territory of Aulnay was detached and became the commune of French: Le Blanc-Mesnil|italic=unset.
Several French companies have their world headquarters in Blanc-Mesnil, such as Forclum and Sicli.
The following political parties have a permanent base in Blanc-Mesnil:
Since Libération
| Between 1860 and 1945
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Le Blanc-Mesnil is served by Le Blanc-Mesnil station on Paris RER line B.
Le Blanc-Mesnil is also served by Drancy station on Paris RER line B. This station (formerly called French: Blanc-Mesnil-Drancy), although administratively located on the territory of the neighboring commune of Drancy, is the closest from the town center of Le Blanc-Mesnil and is thus used by people in Le Blanc-Mesnil.
The bus company provides 17 lines of buses to travel within the city.
Ideally placed at the junction between the A1 and the A3.
2.5km (01.6miles) from Le Bourget airport, 7km (04miles) from Charles de Gaulle Airport and 4.5km (02.8miles) from French: Parc des Expositions de Villepinte, one can easily get to French: Parc Astérix|italic=unset and Disneyland as well as the centre of Paris and the French: Stade de France|italic=unset.
Catholic churches: French: Église Notre-Dame|italic=unset, French: Église Saint-Charles|italic=unset, French: Église Sainte-Thérèse|italic=unset.Evangelic churches: French: Charisma Église Chrétienne|italic=unset
The commune has the following schools: four preschools in the south, seven preschools in the centre of town, and six preschools in the north. It has four elementary schools in the south, six elementary schools in the centre, and six elementary schools in the north.[7]
Junior high schools:
Senior high schools:
The French: Médiathèque Edouard Glissant/Bibliothèque|italic=unset Jacques Prévert serves as the municipal library.[9]
Blanc-Mesnil Sports (BMS), founded in 2005, is the city's sport club.
Le Blanc-Mesnil is twinned with:[10]
For fifteen years, twinning between le Blanc-Mesnil and Debre Berhan has been based on the development: water sanitation, education, construction of roads. In a rare spirit, that of a collaboration of equal to equal.