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Commune of Joinville-le-Pont |
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| Location | |
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| Paris and inner ring départements | |
| Coordinates | 48°49′19″N 2°28′26″E / 48.82194°N 2.47389°E |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-de-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Nogent-sur-Marne |
| Canton | Joinville-le-Pont |
| Intercommunality | none as of 2005 |
| Mayor | Olivier Dosne (Union for a Popular Movement) (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 380 m (1,200 ft) avg. |
| Land area1 | 2.3 km2 (0.89 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 17,177 (2006 census) |
| - Density | 7,468 /km2 (19,340 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 94042/ 94340 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Joinville-le-Pont is a commune in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.4 km (5.8 mi). (5.8 miles) from the center of Paris.
History
The commune was created in 1791 under the name La Branche-du-Pont-de-Saint-Maur (literally "The Branch of Saint-Maur's Bridge") by detaching its territory from the commune of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. The commune was renamed Joinville-le-Pont (literally "Joinville the Bridge") on 29 August 1831. Under Louis-Philippe of France, the Redoute de Gravelle was built in the commune.
In 1929, the commune of Joinville-le-Pont lost more than a third of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, a part of which belonged to Joinville-le-Pont.
Transport
Joinville-le-Pont is served by Joinville-le-Pont station on Paris RER line A.
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