Saint-Denis | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
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 Paris and inner ring departments | |
Location of Saint-Denis  | |
  Saint-Denis  Saint-Denis | |
| Coordinates: 48°56′08″N 2°21′14″E / 48.9356°N 2.3539°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-Saint-Denis |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Denis |
| Canton | Saint-Denis-1 and 2 |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Mathieu Hanotin[1] |
Area 1 | 12.36 km2 (4.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 113,942 |
| • Density | 9,200/km2 (24,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Dionysien |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 93066 /93200, 93210 (La Plaine) |
| Elevation | 23–46 m (75–151 ft) |
| Website | ville-saint-denis.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Denis (/ˌsæ̃dəˈniː/, French: [sɛ̃d(ə)ni] ) is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.4 km (5.8 mi) from the centre of Paris. Saint-Denis is the second most populated suburb of Paris (after Boulogne-Billancourt), with a population of 113,116 at the 2020 census. It is a subprefecture (French: sous-préfecture) of the department of Seine-Saint-Denis, being the seat of the arrondissement of Saint-Denis. It is also part of the Métropole du Grand Paris.
Saint-Denis is home to the royal necropolis of the Basilica of Saint-Denis and was also the location of the associated abbey.
The commune is also home to France's national football and rugby stadium, the Stade de France, which was built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The stadium also hosted the rugby and athletics events, along with the closing ceremony, for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The athletics events & closing ceremony for the 2024 Summer Paralympics were also held at the stadium.
Saint-Denis is a formerly industrial suburb currently changing its economic base. It is set to become the second most populated commune in Île-de-France after Paris on 1 January 2025 upon the absorption of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine to its north, following a vote of both municipal councils on 30 May 2024.[3]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Haus, Hélène; Debarre, Mathilde (30 May 2024). "" Un moment solennel, historique " : Saint-Denis et Pierrefitte-sur-Seine se sont dit " oui " et fusionnent". Le Parisien (in French). Paris. ISSN 0767-3558.