LE RAINCY

'Le Raincy' is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 13.2 km. (8.2 miles) from the center of Paris. Le Raincy is a ''sous-préfecture'' of the Seine-Saint-Denis ''département'', being the seat of the Arrondissement of Le Raincy.
Its population is small relative to surrounding communes - close to just 13,000 people. However its development as an administrative centre, along with the establishment over the years of a large number of schools, gives it more prominence than its population size would suggest.

Contents

History

Notre-Dame du Raincy

Transport

Miscellaneous

External links

History

In the 17th and 18th century, Raincy was known primarily as location of the Ch%C3%A2teau_du Raincy, now demolished. The commune of Le Raincy was created on May 20, 1869 by detaching a part of the territory of Livry-Gargan and merging it with a part of the territory of Clichy-sous-Bois and a small part of the territory of Gagny.

Notre-Dame du Raincy

The town today receives visitors - mainly to see the Notre-Dame du Raincy church. Designed by the brothers Auguste and Gustave Perret and built in 1922-1923, this was the first church to be built in reinforced concrete, and with no external ornamentation. The architecture is remarkable for the classicism of its columns, greatly enhanced by the stained glass windows of Maurice Denis and Marie-Alain Couturier. The church is listed as an historic monument. It was restored in the 1990s, and is in regular use. Many of the visitors to the church come from Japan, as a smaller replica of Notre Dame du Raincy was built in the Tokyo suburbs.

Transport

Le Raincy is served by Le Raincy – Villemomble – Montfermeil station on Paris RER line E.

Miscellaneous

Le Raincy is twinned with:

★ Finchley, United Kingdom

★ Clusone, Italy

★ Yavne, Israel

External links

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★ Notre-Dame du Raincy at greatbuildings.com

★ The Raincy blog