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Colombes
	Commune of Colombes
	General view of Colombes
	Location
	Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates	48°55′23″N 2°15′18″E / 48.92306°N 2.255°E
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement	Nanterre
Canton	3 cantons
Intercommunality	none as of 2009
Mayor	Philippe Sarre; (2008–2014)
Statistics
Land area1	7.81 km2 (3.02 sq mi)
Population2	82,026 (1 January 2006 census)
- Density	10,503 /km2 (27,200 /sq mi)
	Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	92019/ 92700
	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.

For the commune in Isère department in south-eastern France, see Colombe.

This article is about the French commune named Colombes. For a definition of the word colombes, see the Wiktionary entry colombes.

Coordinates: 48°55′23″N 2°15′18″E / 48.92306°N 2.255°E / 48.92306; 2.255

Colombes is a commune in the north-western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.6 km (6.6 mi) from the center of Paris.

[edit] Name

The name Colombes comes from Latin columna (Old French colombe), meaning "column". This is interpreted as referring either to a megalithic column used in ancient times for druidic cult which stood in Colombes until its destruction during the French Revolution, or to the columns of an atrium in a ruined Gallo-Roman villa that also stood in Colombes.

[edit] History

On 13 March 1896, 17% of the territory of Colombes was detached and became the commune of Bois-Colombes (literally "Colombes Woods").

On 2 May 1910, 19% of the (reduced) territory of Colombes was detached and became the commune of La Garenne-Colombes.

Thus, the commune of Colombes is now only two-third the size of its territory before 1896.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Immigration

Place of birth of residents of Colombes in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France	Born outside Metropolitan France
78.9%	21.1%
	Born in Overseas France	Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹	EU-15 immigrants²	Non-EU-15 immigrants
	2.1%	2.6%	3.6%	12.8%

¹This group is made up largely of pieds-noirs from Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), and to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. Note that a foreign country is understood as a country not part of France as of 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.
² An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.

[edit] Administration

The city is divided into three cantons:

Colombes-Nord-Est (northeast): 24,425 (31.82% of the total population)
Colombes-Nord-Ouest (northwest): 24,606 (32.06% of the total population)
Colombes-Sud (south): 27,726 (36.12% of the total population)

[edit] Transport

Colombes is served by three stations on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line: Colombes, Le Stade, and La Garenne-Colombes.

[edit] Twin town

Frankenthal in Germany

[edit] Sport

The stadium was built in 1907. Officially named the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, the Olympic Stadium of Colombes was the site of the opening ceremony and several events of the 1924 Summer Olympics. The arena's capacity was increased to 60,000 for the 1938 World Cup. The stadium lost its importance after the restoration in 1972 of Paris' 49,000-seat Parc des Princes. In the 1990s, three of the four grandstands were torn down due to decay and the stadium's capacity is now down to 7,000.

It is home to Racing Metro rugby club which will be playing in France's Top 14 in 2009/10 amd to RCF Paris football club which play in the fourth division. both play in the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Colombes

Official website
(French) Colombes in postal card (Colombes philatelic society)
(French) History of the Olympic Stadium
Article: Chariots of Fire stadium reprieved

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