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Saint-Denis (/ ˌ s æ̃ d ə ˈ n iː /, French: [sɛ̃d(ə)ni] ⓘ) is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.4 km (5.8 mi) from the centre of Paris. Saint-Denis is the second most populated suburb of Paris (after Boulogne-Billancourt), with a population of 113,116 at the 2020 census
The relics of St-Denis, which had been transferred to the parish church of the town in 1795, were brought back again to the abbey in 1819. [6] In the 12th century, the Abbot Suger rebuilt portions of the abbey church using innovative structural and decorative features. In doing so, he is said to have created the first truly Gothic building. [7]
Saint-Denis was founded in 1669 by Étienne Regnault, the first governor of Bourbon Island (as La Réunion was then called), on the northern side of the island, where a larger and more fertile plain was deemed more propitious for the development of settlements than the drier and more barren area of Saint-Paul on the western side of the island ...
Map of Paris and its inner ring départements, localization of Saint-Denis (Author: Metropolitan). Category:Locator maps for municipalities of Seine-Saint-Denis:
The arrondissement of Saint-Denis (French: arrondissement de Saint-Denis) is an arrondissement (district) of France in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France. It has 8 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 451,934 (2021), and its area is 47.4 km 2 (18.3 sq mi).
The ancient Roman route (Flanders road) leading to Saint-Denis, Pontoise and Rouen competed with the Route de Senlis (Rue Saint-Martin) but gained an advantage over it with the demolition of the Grand Pont (see Pont au Change) and the development of the royal Abbey of Saint-Denis, becoming the triumphal way for royal entries into the capital.
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ dəni syʁ ʁiʃ(ə)ljø], lit. ' Saint-Denis on Richelieu ') is a municipality in the southwestern part of Quebec, Canada on the Richelieu River in the Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,285.
Seine-Saint-Denis (French pronunciation: [sɛn sɛ̃ d(ə)ni] ⓘ) is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the Île-de-France region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as quatre-vingt treize or neuf trois ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93.