Montfermeil

Montfermeil
Montfermeil
Commune
	Montfermeil town hall
	Coat of arms
	Paris and inner ring departments
	Location of Montfermeil
	Montfermeil Montfermeil
	Coordinates: 48°54′00″N 2°34′00″E / 48.9000°N 2.5667°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement	Le Raincy
Canton	Tremblay-en-France
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Xavier Lemoine
Area 1	5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Population (2022)	28,257
• Density	5,200/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	93047 /93370
Elevation	116 m (381 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montfermeil (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃fɛʁmɛj] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 17.2 km (10.7 mi) from the center of Paris.

Montfermeil is famous as the location of Thénardiers' inn in Les Misérables. It has made the headlines due to troubles in its social estate called "les Bosquets".

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	721	—
1800	836	+2.14%
1806	857	+0.41%
1821	768	−0.73%
1831	1,064	+3.31%
1836	905	−3.19%
1841	952	+1.02%
1846	1,025	+1.49%
1851	982	−0.85%
1856	950	−0.66%
1861	1,124	+3.42%
1866	1,140	+0.28%
1872	1,003	−2.11%
1876	997	−0.15%
1881	1,010	+0.26%
1886	1,229	+4.00%
1891	1,241	+0.19%
1896	1,188	−0.87%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,606	+6.21%
1906	2,009	+4.58%
1911	2,069	+0.59%
1921	2,619	+2.39%
1926	4,059	+9.16%
1931	5,536	+6.40%
1936	6,196	+2.28%
1946	5,660	−0.90%
1954	8,271	+4.86%
1962	12,019	+4.78%
1968	21,063	+9.80%
1975	23,237	+1.41%
1982	22,926	−0.19%
1990	25,556	+1.37%
1999	24,121	−0.64%
2007	25,824	+0.86%
2012	26,051	+0.18%
2017	26,783	+0.56%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

Heraldry

arms of Montfermeil	The arms of Montfermeil are blazoned : Gules, 3 roses argent.

Points of interest

Economy

Montfermeil at one time had the head office of Titus Software.^[5]

Transport

Montfermeil is served by two stations of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest stations are Le Raincy–Villemomble–Montfermeil station and Le Chénay-Gagny.

Education

Schools in Montfermeil:

Seven combined preschools and elementary schools: L'Arc en Ciel, Paul Eluard, Jules Ferry, Danielle Casanova, Victor Hugo, Jean-Baptiste Clement, and Joliot Curie^[6]
Junior high schools: Jean Jaures and Pablo Picasso^[7]