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Le Kremlin-Bicêtre is a commune in France, situated within the Val-de-Marne department and the Grand Paris area. It serves as the capital of the canton of Le Kremlin-Bicêtre and is located in the Île-de-France region. The municipality shares borders with Paris, Ivry-sur-Seine, Arcueil, and Gentilly. It was established on December 18, 1896, replacing Gentilly.
The commune has an area of 1.54 square kilometers and an elevation of 115 meters above sea level. Its population is 25,863, comprising 12,207 males and 13,127 females. Jean-Luc Laurent is the head of government. The postal code for the area is 94270.
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Place details
- Locality
- Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 20,062
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Department
- Val-de-Marne
- Arrondissement
- L'Haÿ-les-Roses
- Canton
- Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
- Intercommunality
- Grand Paris
- Mayor 2024 2026
- Jean-François Delage
- Area
- 1.54 km (0.59 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 24,110
- Density
- 15,700/km (40,500/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 94043 /94270
- Elevation
- 45–115 m (148–377 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Grand Paris
- Population
- 24110
- Area
- 1.54
- Elevation
- 80
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Villejuif
- Official website
- actesweb.kremlinbicetre.fr
- Image
- Mairie Kremlin Bicêtre 20.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
- Commons category
- Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
- inception
- 1896-12-18
- replaces
- Gentilly
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
- postal code
- 94270
- associated electoral district
- canton of Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
- male population
- 12207
- female population
- 13127
- P8168
- John Fryer
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- contact page URL
- www.kremlinbicetre.fr/contactez-nous
- phone number
- +33-1-45-15-55-55
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Encyclopedic overview
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre ( French pronunciation: [lə kʁɛmlɛ̃ bisɛtʁ] ) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is 4.5 km (2.8 mi) from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.
Le Kremlin-Bicêtre is most famous as the location of the Bicêtre Hospital, where Superintendent Philippe Pinel is credited as being the first to introduce humane methods into the treatment of the mentally ill, in 1793. Its most notorious guest was the Marquis de Sade.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Le Kremlin-Bicêtre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.