Villiers-le-Bel
Villiers-le-Bel () is a commune in the French department of Val-d'Oise, in the northern suburbs of Paris. It is located from the center of Paris.
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Villiers-le-Bel is a town in the Val-d'Oise department in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is a residential commune located in the greater Paris metropolitan area.
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- Locality
- Villiers-le-Bel
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 27,028
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Villiers-le-Bel () is a commune in the French department of Val-d'Oise, in the northern suburbs of Paris. It is located from the center of Paris.
==History== A tragedy occurred in the town in the early evening of March 25, 1818, when a cracked 6,000 pound (2721 kg) bell being removed from a belfry came crashing down, killing approximately 25 onlookers. Workers who remained hanging from the collapsed steeple were able to be rescued.
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