Fresnes, Val-de-Marne

Fresnes (French pronunciation: [fʁɛn] ) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.2 km (7.0 mi) from the center of Paris, next to Antony, Sceaux and Rungis. It is drained by the River Bièvre.

Fresnes
Commune
The church of Saint-Éloi, in Fresnes
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring departments
Location of Fresnes
Fresnes Fresnes
Coordinates: 48°45′18″N 2°19′20″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	L'Haÿ-les-Roses
Canton	L'Haÿ-les-Roses
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie Chavanon
Area 1	3.58 km2 (1.38 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	28,780
• Density	8,000/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	94034 /94260
Elevation	45–89 m (148–292 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The Fresnes Prison, where Jean Genet was held for a time, is located there.

Name

The name Fresnes was recorded for the first time in a papal bull of 1152 as Fraxinum. This name comes from Medieval Latin fraxinus (modern French: frêne), meaning "ash tree", after the ash trees covering the territory of Fresnes in ancient times.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 361 —     1800 327 −1.40% 1806 330 0.15% 1821 336 0.12% 1831 346 0.29% 1836 415 3.70% 1841 386 −1.44% 1846 453 3.25% 1851 427 −1.18% 1856 433 0.28% 1861 451 0.82% 1866 555 4.24% 1872 471 −2.70% 1876 542 3.57% 1881 510 −1.21% 1886 863 3.10% 1891 611 0.57% 1896 853 6.90%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,400 22.99% 1906 2,814 3.23% 1911 3,037 1.54% 1921 3,869 2.45% 1926 3,722 −0.77% 1931 5,239 7.08% 1936 6,023 2.83% 1946 8,734 3.79% 1954 7,750 −1.48% 1962 21,527 13.62% 1968 26,847 3.75% 1975 28,539 0.88% 1982 25,902 −1.38% 1990 26,959 0.50% 1999 25,213 −0.74% 2007 25,115 −0.05% 2012 26,419 1.02% 2017 27,802 1.03%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Transport

Fresnes is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Fresnes are Antony or La Croix de Berny station on Paris RER line B and Chemin d'Antony station on RER line C. These stations are located in the neighboring commune of Antony, 1.6 km (0.99 mi) from the town center of Fresnes.

Mayor

The town hall is situated in front of the Church in the street Pierre and Marie Curie, the Mayor Jean Jacques Bridey was elected in 2012.

Culture

In the MJC Louise Michel you can find a cinema, a theatre and a concert hall.

Education

In Fresnes there are a lot of schools, four kindergartens, five elementary schools. There are three junior high schools and one senior high school/sixth-form college.

• Preschools: Barbara, Les Blancs Bouleaux, Les Capucines, Les Coquelicots, Les Marguerites, Les Tulipes
• Elementary schools: Barbara, des Frères Lumière, Robert Doisneau, Théodore Monod, Jean Monnet, Louis Pasteur, Emilie Roux
• Junior high schools: Collège Jean Charcot, Collège Francine Fromond, Collège Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• Senior high/sixth-form: Lycée intercommunal Frédéric Mistral

The commune is also home to a municipal library, Bibliothèque municipale de Fresnes.

Sports

The AAS Fresnes is the football club of the city, they play at Parc des Sports.

Shopping Centre

In Fresnes there is a mall called la Cerisaie.

See also

• Communes of the Val-de-Marne department

External links

• Official website Archived 2004-07-01 at the Wayback Machine (in French)