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Bois-Colombes
Sign in to saveBois-Colombes () is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. International companies such as Colgate-Palmolive, IBM and Aviva have their French headquarters in Bois-Colombes.
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Bois-Colombes is a commune in France, located within the Hauts-de-Seine department and the arrondissement of Nanterre. It is part of the Grand Paris region and the Île-de-France administrative area. The commune was established on March 17, 1896, replacing the former entity of Colombes. It serves as the capital of the canton of Bois-Colombes and is associated with the electoral district of canton of Colombes-2.
The area covers 1.92 square kilometers and has a population of 29,765, comprising 13,320 males and 14,919 females. Bois-Colombes shares borders with La Garenne-Colombes, Colombes, Asnières-sur-Seine, and Courbevoie. It is twinned with Neu-Ulm. The postal code for the commune is 92270.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bois-Colombes
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 24,300
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Bois-Colombes
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Gare des Vallées.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Les Vallées station
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Bois-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine).svg
- French commune.map
- Bois-Colombes_map.svg
- French commune.map caption
- Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
- French commune.arrondissement
- Nanterre
- French commune.canton
- Colombes-2
- French commune.INSEE
- 92009
- French commune.postal code
- 92270
- French commune.mayor
- Yves Révillon
- French commune.party
- LR
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Grand Paris
- French commune.elevation m
- 30
- French commune.area km2
- 1.92
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Bois-Colombes
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Grand Paris
- Population
- 28909
- Area
- 1.92
- Elevation
- 36
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Bois-Colombes
- Shares border with
- Courbevoie
- Official website
- www.bois-colombes.fr
- Image
- Mairie de Bois-Colombes.JPG
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- twinned administrative body
- Neu-Ulm
- Commons category
- Bois-Colombes
- inception
- 1896-03-17
- replaces
- Colombes
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Bois-Colombes
- postal code
- 92270
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Bois-Colombes
- associated electoral district
- canton of Colombes-2
- male population
- 13320
- female population
- 14919
- P8168
- Q107048
- native label
- Bois-Colombes
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-1-41-19-83-00
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- Transport
- Education
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- International relations
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- External links
Bois-Colombes () is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bois-Colombes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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