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Rosny-sous-Bois

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Rosny-sous-Bois
Commune
The old Hôtel de Ville
The old Hôtel de Ville
Coat of arms of Rosny-sous-Bois
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
Map
Location of Rosny-sous-Bois
Rosny-sous-Bois is located in France
Rosny-sous-Bois
Rosny-sous-Bois
Location within France
Rosny-sous-Bois is located in Île-de-France (region)
Rosny-sous-Bois
Rosny-sous-Bois
Location within Île-de-France (region)
Coordinates: 48°52′00″N 2°29′00″E / 48.8667°N 2.4833°E / 48.8667; 2.4833
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-Saint-Denis
ArrondissementLe Raincy
CantonMontreuil-1
IntercommunalityGrand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2026–32) Magalie Thibault[1]
Area
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5.91 km2 (2.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
47,180
 • Density7,980/km2 (20,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
93064 /93110
Elevation45–116 m (148–381 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rosny-sous-Bois (French: [ʁoni su bwɑ] ⓘ) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.1 km (6.3 mi) from the centre of Paris.

It is the seat of the national centre of road information of the national gendarmerie.

Toponymy

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The name Rosny derives from the Latin Rodoniacum, probably meaning the 'estate of Rosinius', a Gallo-Roman landowner. Sous-Bois literally means 'under the woods'.[3][4]

History

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The current Hôtel de Ville

The current Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1964.[5]

Population

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Coat of arms

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arms of Rosny-sous-Bois
arms of Rosny-sous-Bois
 The arms of Rosny-sous-Bois are blazoned:

Azure, an eagle rampant argent, holding in his right talon an olive branch palewise Or.



Transport

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Rosny-sous-Bois is served by two stations on Paris RER E: Rosny–Bois-Perrier and Rosny-sous-Bois.

Education

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The commune has seven public primary school groups, with each having a preschool (maternelle) and an elementary school. There is also a private Montessori French-English bilingual primary school, Ecole maternelle privée «Les merveilles».[8]

Secondary schools:[9]

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 5 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Rosny-sous-Bois : l'histoire de la ville - Rosny-sous-Bois". www.rosnysousbois.fr. Retrieved 2026-07-27.
  4. ↑ "Rosny-sous-Bois (definition and history)". www.wisdomlib.org. November 3, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Rosny-sous-Bois: l'histoire de la ville". Town of Rosny-sous-Bois. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  6. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rosny-sous-Bois, EHESS (in French).
  7. ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
  8. ↑ "Groupes scolaires." Rosny-sous-Bois. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Collèges et Lycées." Rosny-sous-Bois. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
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