Gagny

Gagny is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 14.2 km (8.8 mi) from the center of Paris.

Government
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Canton	Gagny
Mayor (2020–2026)	Rolin Cranoly
Area¹	6.83 km² (2.64 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)	39,358
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Location

Gagny is located 10 km to the east of Paris. Until the law of 10 July 1964, the commune was part of the department of Seine-et-Oise. The redivision of the old departments of Seine and Seine-et-Oise then made this commune a part of Seine-Saint-Denis.

History

Gagny was the fiefdom of Étienne de Gagny, husband of Béatrice de Montfermeil in the 13th century.

Gagny had several castles, of which the most important, demolished in 1765, belonged to Dominique de Ferrari, Maître d’hôtel ordinaire of the king in 1660. In this park can be found the Saint-Fiacre spring, which supplied water to the park of Raincy at the end of 18th century.

During the French Revolution, the church, after being shut down, was transformed into a Temple of Reason.

Gagny was occupied by Allied troops during 1814–1815, then by the Prussians during the siege of Paris of 1870.

On 20 May 1869, a small part of the territory of Gagny was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Livry-Gargan and a part of the territory of Clichy-sous-Bois to create the commune of Le Raincy.

Economy

On the border of Raincy, old quarries where gypsum was removed since the seventeenth century are still visible. The exploitation of fine plaster, known as “Paris,” was the main Gabonese industry until the 1950s. The old Mussat quarries closed down in 1965.

By the end of the nineteenth century, in certain abandoned quarries, mushrooms were already being grown in Paris.

The former gypsum quarries of Gagny were replaced by a large shopping center project, which itself was replaced by the wood of the star, a plantation of trees.

Transport

Gagny is served by two stations on Paris RER line E: Gagny and Le Chénay – Gagny.

The city is also serviced by several bus lines. Additionally, a municipal shuttle is available for travelers. It follows two routes : the first services the southern part of the community, and the second services the north.

Health

For a few years, Gagny has housed a La Cerisaie retirement home , a medico-social center, a municipal health center, a radiology center and a medical analysis laboratory . The city is attached to the intercommunal hospital of Montfermeil .

Education

Public primary schools in the commune include:

9 preschools/nurseries (maternelles)
9 elementary schools

Public secondary schools in the commune include:

Junior high schools (collèges): Madame de Sévigné, Pablo Neruda, Théodore Monod
Senior high schools/sixth form colleges: Lycée Gustave Eiffel, Lycée Jean-Baptiste Clément

Private schools in the commune include:

Ecole Sainte Jeanne d’Arc and Association Merkaz Hatorah (preschools and elementary schools).

Local Culture and Heritage

Places and monuments

The Town Hall: built in 1715 for François Normand, lawyer at the Parliament of Paris.
A taxi from the Marne: in 1984, the city acquired a G7 taxi from the time of 1914, presentation on Foch square opposite the town hall.
The old Baschet property (1887): Norman style property, built for the editor Rene Baschet at the end of the xix ^th century.
Castle Montguichet: in 1950, Armand Marquiset gave the castle to the Association of the Little Brothers of the Poor .
Castle White House style of Louis XVI , it became a hotel in 1929.
The Saint-Germain: built in 1839. Today, it houses a wooden altar created by Michel-Victor Cruchet in 1872, a mural by Maurice Denis.
The Sainte-Bernadette de la Dhuys church.
The Sainte-Thérèse du Chénay church.

Cultural facilities

The city makes four cultural spaces available to its inhabitants, which offer many shows throughout the year:

the Georges Perec municipal media library ;
the conservatory with communal influence François-Joseph Gossec ;
the André-Malraux municipal theater ;
the André-Malraux municipal cinema .

Natural heritage

Many parks and gardens can be visited:

the aqueduct of Dhuis ;
the lake of the White House;
the Chénay mall;
the park of the White House castle;
the park of Gustave-Courbet , rue Contant;
the ru Saint-Roch;
the squares of Place Foch;
the Square des Collines;
the Maison-Rouge ponds;
the park of the Hôtel-de-Ville;
the Bois de l’Étoile arboretum, Chemin du Bois de l’Étoile;
the Jardins des Dahlias (community gardens).

Sports

The city is home to a multi-sports improvement school, offering many sports activities: body expression, football , gymnastics , judo , rollerblading , tae kwon do , tennis , table tennis and mountain biking. The cycling section of the Municipal Sports Union organizes each year a bicycle sale and a bicycle fair. The town is also the seat of the French-speaking Cultural Sports Association of Gagny .