Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Commune
The town hall of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring departments
Location of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
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Coordinates: 48°57′56″N 2°21′41″E / 48.9656°N 2.3614°E / 48.9656; 2.3614
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement	Saint-Denis
Canton	Épinay-sur-Seine
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Fourcade[1]
Area 1	3.41 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	32,379
• Density	9,500/km2 (25,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	93059 /93200
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: [pjɛfit syʁ sɛn] ^ⓘ, literally Pierrefitte on Seine) is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and Île-de-France region of France. Today forming part of the northern suburbs of Paris, Pierrefitte lies 12.4 km (7.7 mi) from the centre of the French capital.

Heraldry

The arms of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine are blazoned: Gules, 3 rocks argent, perched on the center one a finch Or, on a chief azur a nail argent between 2 fleurs de lis Or.

History

In December 2005, Pierrefitte became Europe's first "Mediation Town".^[3]

Population

Transport

The town is served by Pierrefitte – Stains railway station on line D of the RER regional suburban rail network.

The south of the commune, where the National Archives of France relocated in 2013, is also served by Saint-Denis – Université station on Paris Métro Line 13. This station lies on the border between the communes of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine and Saint-Denis.

Education

Primary and secondary schools in the commune include:

• Nine preschools (maternelles)^[6]
• Eight elementary schools^[7]
• Two junior high schools: Collège Gustave-Courbet and Collège Pablo-Neruda^[8]

Collège intercommunal Lucie-Aubrac in Villetaneuse also serves Pierrefitte students, as does Lycée Polyvalent Maurice-Utrillo, a senior high school/sixth-form college in Stains.^[8]

Paris 8 University and Paris 13 University serve area students.^[9]

In the arts

Pierrefitte was where comedian and filmmaker Kheiron was raised, and the setting for his award-winning film All Three of Us.^[10]

Personalities

• The actor and playwright Frédérick Lemaître lived in Pierrefitte between 1830 and 1845.
• The naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny died in Pierrefitte in 1857 and is buried in the municipal cemetery.

Twin towns

Pierrefitte is twinned with

• Braintree in the United Kingdom
• Rüdersdorf bei Berlin in Germany.