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Saint-Denis (/ ˌsæ̃dəˈniː /, 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 Basilica of Saint-Denis (French: Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, now formally known as the Basilique-cathédrale de Saint-Denis[ 1 ]) is a large former medieval abbey church and present cathedral in the commune of Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris.
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 9 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 443,169 (2019), and its area is 47.4 km 2 (18.3 sq mi).
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.
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.
Rue Saint-Denis (Paris) The Rue Saint-Denis is one of the oldest streets in Paris. Its route was first laid out in the 1st century by the Romans, and then extended to the north in the Middle Ages. From the Middle Ages to the present day, the street has been notorious as a place of prostitution. Its name derives from it being the historic route ...
Paris; against frenzy, strife, headaches, hydrophobia, San Dionisio (Parañaque), possessed people. Denis of France was a 3rd-century Christian martyr and saint. According to his hagiographies, he was bishop of Paris (then Lutetia) in the third century and, together with his companions Rusticus and Eleutherius, was martyred for his faith by ...
The 3 arrondissements of the Seine-Saint-Denis department are: [1] Arrondissement of Bobigny, ( prefecture of the Seine-Saint-Denis département: Bobigny) with 9 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 415,958 in 2016. Arrondissement of Le Raincy, ( subprefecture: Le Raincy) with 22 communes.