Arrondissement of Le Raincy explained

Type:arr
Le Raincy
Insee:932
Nbcomm:22
Prefecture:n
Seat:Le Raincy
Area:149.6

The arrondissement of Le Raincy is an arrondissement of France in the Seine-Saint-Denis department in the Île-de-France region. It has 22 communes. Its population is 770,290 (2019), and its area is 149.6km2.[1]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Le Raincy, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]

  1. Aulnay-sous-Bois (93005)
  2. Le Blanc-Mesnil (93007)
  3. Le Bourget (93013)
  4. Clichy-sous-Bois (93014)
  5. Coubron (93015)
  6. Drancy (93029)
  7. Dugny (93030)
  8. Gagny (93032)
  9. Gournay-sur-Marne (93033)
  10. Livry-Gargan (93046)
  11. Montfermeil (93047)
  12. Neuilly-Plaisance (93049)
  13. Neuilly-sur-Marne (93050)
  14. Noisy-le-Grand (93051)
  15. Les Pavillons-sous-Bois (93057)
  16. Le Raincy (93062)
  17. Rosny-sous-Bois (93064)
  18. Sevran (93071)
  19. Tremblay-en-France (93073)
  20. Vaujours (93074)
  21. Villemomble (93077)
  22. Villepinte (93078)

History

The arrondissement of Le Raincy was created in 1962 as part of the department Seine-et-Oise.[3] In 1968 it became part of the new department Seine-Saint-Denis.[4] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Seine-Saint-Denis, it received six communes from the arrondissement of Bobigny.[5]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Le Raincy were, as of January 2015:[6]

  1. Aulnay-sous-Bois-Nord
  2. Aulnay-sous-Bois-Sud
  3. Le Blanc-Mesnil
  4. Gagny
  5. Livry-Gargan
  6. Montfermeil
  7. Neuilly-Plaisance
  8. Neuilly-sur-Marne
  9. Noisy-le-Grand
  10. Le Raincy
  11. Sevran
  12. Tremblay-en-France
  13. Villepinte

References

48.8978°N 2.5197°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2022. 11 January 2023. INSEE.
  2. Web site: Arrondissement du Raincy (932). 2019-10-05. INSEE.
  3. http://splaf.free.fr/78o.html Ancien département : la Seine-et-Oise
  4. http://splaf.free.fr/93his.html Historique de la Seine-Saint-Denis
  5. Web site: Arrêté préfectoral, 30 December 2016. 25–27. 2019-10-28.
  6. Web site: Populations légales 2012: 93 Seine-Saint-Denis. December 2014. INSEE.