You won't be able to find Pierrefitte-sur-Seine on a map any more, and for good reason: the Seine-Saint-Denis town isdue to disappear from the radar on January 1, 2025! But why should this charming town of 31,000 inhabitants be erased from the radar? Well, it's simply being swallowed up by the neighboring town of Saint-Denis, to form one huge commune, becoming the second largest in the Paris region after Paris!
It will, however, keep the name of Saint-Denis and will bring together 150,000 inhabitants, as decided on May 30, 2024 by the municipal council. An atypical merger, since the two towns are large, unlike small villages where this happens more often, which pleases the two Socialist mayors, Michel Fourcade and Mathieu Hanotin, who told AFP that "union does not necessarily make wealth but strength".
From now on, they will be mayor and first deputy mayor until the 2026 municipal elections, annoying the opposition, who deplore, among other things, the lack of public consultation. According to BFMTV, Communist deputy Stéphane Peu is"not convinced","one would have thought that such a far-reaching project would have merited informed debate, a referendum".
Technically, the name Pierrefitte-sur-Seine will not disappear entirely from the landscape, since the signs will remain, as will the zip code, but as a commune delegated to Saint-Denis.
What to visit in Seine-Saint-Denis: museums, monuments, exhibitions, the treasures of the 93 region's heritage
Want to discover the heritage treasures of the Paris region? We're off to Seine-Saint-Denis to discover the rich heritage of the 93 region. Museums, monuments and current exhibitions are just some of the cultural highlights you won't want to miss. [Read more]
What to visit in Seine-Saint-Denis: museums, monuments, exhibitions, the treasures of the 93 region's heritage
