Bois-Colombes

Bois-Colombes
Commune
Les Vallées station
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
Location of Bois-Colombes
Bois-Colombes Location within France Bois-Colombes Location within Île-de-France (region)
Coordinates: 48°55′03″N 2°16′06″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement	Nanterre
Canton	Colombes-2
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2026–32)	Pierre Crosnier Leconte
Area 1	1.92 km2 (0.74 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	28,909
• Density	15,100/km2 (39,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	92009 /92270
Elevation	30 m (98 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bois-Colombes (French pronunciation: [bwa kɔlɔ̃b] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9 km (5.6 mi) from the centre of Paris. International companies such as Colgate-Palmolive, IBM and Aviva have their French headquarters in Bois-Colombes.

History

The commune of Bois-Colombes (literally "Dove Woods") was created on 13 March 1896 by detaching its territory from the commune of Colombes. The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1937.

• 
  The Hôtel de Ville
• 
  The Rue des Bourguignons c. 1910
• 
  Notre-Dame de Bon Secours

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1896	10,501	—
1901	12,726	+3.92%
1906	14,695	+2.92%
1911	17,241	+3.25%
1921	19,888	+1.44%
1926	21,924	+1.97%
1931	25,892	+3.38%
1936	26,562	+0.51%
1946	25,754	−0.31%
1954	27,899	+1.01%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1962	29,938	+0.89%
1968	28,934	−0.57%
1975	26,657	−1.16%
1982	23,780	−1.62%
1990	24,415	+0.33%
1999	23,885	−0.24%
2007	27,600	+1.82%
2012	28,709	+0.79%
2017	28,239	−0.33%
2023	28,909	+0.39%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2023)

Transport

Bois-Colombes is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line: Bois-Colombes and Les Vallées.

Education

The commune has:

• Six combined preschools and primary schools: Françoise-Dolto, Gramme, La Cigogne, Pierre-Joigneaux, Jules-Ferry, Paul-Bert
• One elementary-only school: Saint-Exupéry
• Two junior high schools: Collège Jean-Mermoz and Collège Albert-Camus
• Two senior high schools: Lycée Albert-Camus and Lycée professionnel régional

Notable people

• Henry Charles Litolff, pianist composer and music publisher (5 February 1818 – 5 or 6 August 1891)
• Michel Descombey, ballet dancer and choreographer, born 1930
• René Maillard, composer (8 April 1931 – 4 December 2012)
• Patrick Noubissie, footballer
• Catherine Millet, author and critic
• Henri Betti, composer and pianist married in Bois-Colombes in 1949.
• Bob Sinclar, record producer and DJ

International relations

Bois-Colombes is twinned with:

• Neu-Ulm, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department
• The statue "jeune fille à la sandale" in Bois-Colombes's square de l'Hôtel de Ville is by the sculptor Pierre Charles Lenoir

External links

• Bois-Colombes website (in French)