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Franconville is a commune in France, located within the Île-de-France region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Franconville and has at various times been part of the administrative entities of Seine-et-Oise, Val-d'Oise, the arrondissement of Pontoise, and the arrondissement of Argenteuil. The town shares borders with Le Plessis-Bouchard, Beauchamp, Cormeilles-en-Parisis, and Ermont. Its official names are Franconville and Franconville-la-Libre.
The commune has an area of 6.19 and an elevation of 167 above sea level. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 38,024 residents (17,738 male and 19,024 female) and another citing 34,284. Franconville is twinned with Viernheim, Potters Bar, and Mława.
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Place details
- Locality
- Franconville
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 34,284
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Department
- Val-d'Oise
- Arrondissement
- Argenteuil
- Canton
- Franconville
- Intercommunality
- CA Val Parisis
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Xavier Melki
- Area
- 6.19 km (2.39 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 37,754
- Density
- 6,100/km (15,800/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 95252 /
- Elevation
- 54–167 m (177–548 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Franconville-la-Libre
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Argenteuil
- Population
- 37754
- Area
- 6.19
- Elevation
- 76
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Taverny
- Official website
- www.ville-franconville.fr
- Image
- Franconville - Ancienne mairie - Facade est.jpg
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- Commons category
- Franconville (Val-d'Oise)
- twinned administrative body
- Mława
- postal code
- 95130
- topic's main category
- Category:Franconville (Val-d'Oise)
- different from
- Franconville
- associated electoral district
- canton of Franconville
- male population
- 17738
- female population
- 19024
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- contact page URL
- www.ville-franconville.fr/nous-contacter
- phone number
- +33-1-39-32-66-00
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Franconville ( French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃kɔ̃vil] ) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is a northwestern suburb of Paris, located 17.1 km. (10.6 miles) from the center of Paris.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Franconville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.