Patrimoine de la ville - Mairie de Neuilly-sur-Marne

Monuments and buildings in the town

A village hall in the centre of town

The village hall was located at the corner of rue Gambetta and place du Chanoine Héroux. The original idea was to construct a building to house the Patronage Laïque, the forerunner of the leisure centres, and various social services provided by the local authority. The Town Hall at the time was too small to house the various welfare, solidarity and educational societies, let alone the library project envisaged by the local council at the time. The Patronage and all the after-school charities, such as the Amicale des écoles and the société de préparation militaire, had to rely on the hospitality of local residents or use the courtyard of the Amiard school. A solution had to be found.

On 26 July 1912, the Town Council voted unanimously to create a meeting room, with the addition of a library and annexes. The site chosen was in the heart of the town, very close to the church, on the grounds of the presbytery. Breasson, the local architect, drew up the plans for the building and, in February 1914, the local authority began selecting the companies to take part in the construction of the "meeting and conference room for after-school activities".

Construction was disrupted and delayed by the First World War. It lasted until 1922. On 21 September of that year, the Town Council decided to apply for a grant to finance the completion of the work begun in 1914, "Considering the usefulness of the project .... which will help to develop in young people not only their physical faculties but also their moral faculties, which is of undeniable importance for the future of the country".

The building included a garden designed by Abel Tuffier, founder of the Neuilly Horticultural Society and deputy mayor from 1925 to 1935.

The hall was first used at the beginning of 1923 by the L'Espérance society, which organised a masked and transvestite ball. Over the years, the village hall was used for schoolchildren's shows, inter-school games, Mother's Day celebrations, meals for the elderly and balls organised by the many local associations. In 1950, the town celebrated the 75th birthday of Théophile Gaubert, mayor of Neuilly from 1935 to 1953 (a term interrupted by the Second World War). Around 1955, the hall was equipped with a projection booth for film screenings. It continued to play a vital role in local life until 1982, when it was demolished.

Since then, the area has been modernised, and the residence Les Balcons de la Fontaine and part of Place du Chanoine Héroux now stand on its site. The Marcel Pagnol complex, created in 1976 on avenue Léon Blum, has taken over from the hall in rue Gambetta.

Les Fleurs nursery school

The current Les Fleurs school is located in an area known as 11 novembre, Les Fleurs or Les 24 arpents. Until the early 1960s, this area to the north of the 24 arpents housing estate was occupied by a few detached houses and, above all, market garden land.

The neighbourhood grew with the construction of a number of residences, including Les Iris, Les Jonquilles, Les Tournesols, etc. The buildings were occupied from 1964 or the first half of 1967. The names of these residences, as well as those of the streets in the 24 arpents housing estate, are at the origin of the name "Fleurs" used to designate the school and the neighbourhood.

The arrival of new residents meant that new classrooms had to be built to accommodate the children. In 1965, the town council commissioned an architect, Mr Le Goas, to design a new complex comprising a nursery school and a multi-purpose centre. The project was referred to as Centre Nord or Les Fleurs, but no official name was given to it. It is to be built around 89 rue du 11 novembre.

While waiting for the land to be acquired and the school complex to be built, the town bought a group of 4 prefabricated classrooms and installed them on land it owned in the area. This plot of land, bordering the rue du 11 novembre, roughly corresponds to the present-day Square de la Libération. Three classes opened at the end of 1965, accommodating 148 pupils, or almost 50 pupils per class. As these classes were initially attached to the Fauvettes nursery school (Marcel Cachin school group), the school was managed by Mme Deminier, who worked in two schools at the same time. Mme Arbogast took over at école des Fleurs in 1966.

Until the 1970s, the new residences still coexisted with a few fields. The nursery school was still housed in prefabricated buildings, but they were more spacious. They were moved to accommodate the construction of Rue de la Libération. From the start of the 1968 school year, the school had 5 classes for 210 children (an average of 42 children per class).

A new school project was drawn up by architect Robert Lechauguette. On 13 December 1968, the Municipal Council gave the proposed school the name Charles Perrault, but Les Fleurs remained its customary name. On 9 March 1978, the Municipal Council decided to follow the advice of the teachers and parents by abandoning the name Charles Perrault. The school would henceforth be known as Les Fleurs nursery school.

Acquiring the land proved complicated. The 6-class nursery school was finally built by architect Barea and handed over on 2 February 1981. As part of the development of the Z.A.C. du 11 Novembre, the school was extended in 2005 with the creation of a new dormitory, a library and a playroom-garden.

Les Papillons nursery school

Population growth, development and urbanisation in the Paris region led to an increase in the population at the end of the 1950s. This logically led to an increase in demand for housing in the east of the Paris conurbation, and in Neuilly-sur-Marne in particular. To cope with this development, the local council decided in 1959 to organise the urban area and draw up a municipal development plan. This development plan included the construction of a new district called "Fauvettes". The project called for the construction of around 3,000 homes on market-garden land, with streets and amenities to serve the population.

The district was practically completed in 1974. The city then had to build several school complexes to accommodate the children, including the Les Papillons nursery school. The site chosen for the new school was at the corner of rue Paul Thomoux, now rue Paul et Camille Thomoux, and chemin de Meaux, now avenue Léon Blum. The site had been purchased by the town in 1924 to build the commune's third school complex, Marcel Cachin. The land was used to build social housing in 1953, and the Marcel Cachin school complex was eventually built on land next door. But in 1973, the social housing was demolished and the land reverted to its original purpose.

In 1974, the Marcel Cachin school complex had to be extended to accommodate the new housing in the neighbourhood. The extension project included 22 primary classes and 6 nursery classes, each able to accommodate 40 pupils aged 2 to 6. The extension was named Les Papillons nursery school by the Municipal Council on 23 January 1975. Work began in December 1975, with handover scheduled for August 1976. The school was due to open its doors to pupils on 13 September 1976.

The first headmistress of Les Papillons was Mme Deminier, who had previously been headmistress of the Marcel Cachin nursery school. In October 1976, the six classes at the nursery school had 212 pupils, an average of 35 children per class. This figure subsequently fell. By September 1985, 153 children were enrolled.

Jean Jaurès school group

Jean Jaurès School Group

Until the early 20th century, Neuilly-sur-Marne was essentially an agricultural village. In 1893, following the separation of the hamlet of Neuilly-Plaisance, the commune had a population of 1,613, living mainly in the heart of the village. By 1911, the number of inhabitants had risen to 2,990, then to 8,654 in 1926. This increase was due to the creation of housing estates. The first housing estates in Neuilly-sur-Marne appeared in the early 20th century.

These new neighbourhoods, made up of small and large detached houses, were to develop for a number of reasons. The opening of the Ville-Evrard and Maison-Blanche asylums brought in a new population. The First World War created a need for new housing. Many people dreamt of a small house with a garden. Finally, Neuilly-sur-Marne had large areas of farmland that could be freed up to build these new districts.

Built in the 1920s, well after the Les 24 arpents and l'Epi d'Or housing estates created in 1902, l'Avenir is one of the town's largest neighbourhoods. In 1920, the public limited company "Établissements Poliet et Chausson" bought the land making up the Domaine du Chesnay, located in the communes of Gagny, Neuilly-sur-Marne and Gournay-sur-Marne. Charles-Emmanuel Koch acquired almost 24 hectares of this estate, located in Neuilly at a place called La Justice, which he then sold off in parcels. This gave rise to the Avenir housing estate, which was approved by prefectoral decree on 30 June 1925.

In this new area, 6,000 square metres were set aside for the municipality to build community facilities, gardens and a market. The construction of a school was soon deemed necessary. At the time, Neuilly-sur-Marne had only one school, founded in 1895 and renamed Louis Amiard in 1935. Children living in l'Avenir therefore had to walk or take public transport to the school in the town centre.

In 1928, the City estimated that between 75 and 95 local children (aged 6-13) were eligible for schooling, with a further 30 or so under the age of 6. On 29 September 1928, the decision was taken to create a school with two mixed classes. To achieve this, the commune planned to purchase the land (5827.50 m²) for 44,122 francs (200 m² had been given free of charge by the housing association).

The project includes a single staff accommodation. The town was therefore looking for a couple of teachers. The architects Drouet and Disse drew up an estimate of 504,000 francs for the construction and equipping of the school. This sum is equivalent to around €31 million today. As early as 1932, the Municipal Council voted to extend the school.

Before the Second World War, l'Avenir was a mixed school where boys and girls worked together. In September 1940, the inspectorate decided to split it into two schools for boys and girls. After the war, in 1945, a petition from local mothers called for a return to co-education. The petitioners based their request on the results of the school leaving certificate, which had been better before the war. Their request was rejected.

In 1947 and 1953, various alterations and extensions were made, including the creation of a nursery class. It was inaugurated on 12 October 1947. In 1954, with 107 children enrolled in nursery school, the town obtained permission to create a second class.

In 1961, a new 2-storey building was constructed for the elementary classes. The original building was then refurbished to accommodate the nursery school more comfortably. Architects Georges Jouven and Claude Le Goas were commissioned to carry out the project. In a resolution passed on 8 July 1961, the Municipal Council named the school after Jean Jaurès. The "place de l'école de l'Avenir", with its now obsolete name, was enclosed in 1966.

La Fontaine school group

The project to build a school complex in the north of the town was launched in 1964. Initially called "Fauvettes-Nord", it was intended to accommodate children from the La Sablière, Logirep and Saint-Baudile housing estates currently being built.

On 14 February 1964, the Town Council decided to acquire a group of plots of land with a total surface area of 41,556 m². The land comprised agricultural plots, orchards, gardens, horticultural holdings and a number of dwellings.

The first project comprises a multi-purpose centre with a school, a crèche, a large meeting room, a small library and so on. Only the school complex will be built. The design was entrusted to architect Robert Léchauguette, who had to lay out the site taking into account the route of a motorway that was not to be built in the end.

The school complex was to comprise 4 buildings: a primary school building (with 10 girls' and 10 boys' classrooms, 2 advanced classes, 2 multi-purpose rooms and 2 refectories), a nursery school building (with 9 classrooms, a playroom and a refectory), a kitchen building and a building with 10 flats for teachers.

In 1965, co-education became compulsory in newly-created elementary schools. The project was therefore modified to open 20 mixed classes. Work began on 12 September 1967. The "Fauvettes-Nord" school complex was named Jean de La Fontaine by the Municipal Council on 26 April 1968, even though the work had not yet been completed.

The elementary classes were to begin welcoming pupils at the start of the new school year in September 1968. Four nursery classes were set up in prefabricated buildings near the Marcel Cachin school, pending their construction.

The completed school complex includes 20 elementary classes, 2 advanced classes and 2 groups of 4 nursery classes. It was inaugurated on 20 September 1969, at the same time as the Louis Pasteur school and the C.E.S. Honoré de Balzac.

From 1971, the name of the writer Florian (1755-1794) was added to that of La Fontaine, to clearly identify first the two nursery schools and then the two primary schools.

On 17 December 1975, the Municipal Council voted on the use of 26,300 francs, corresponding to 1% of the subsidy granted for the construction of the La Fontaine school complex. This sum had to be used to decorate the school complex. A design by Gagny resident François Cante, known as Pacos, was proposed by the school's architect.

The artist is proposing to install a plant-inspired flower sculpture on a lawn opposite the main building, designed to enliven the space and personalise the entrance to the school complex. Approximately 1.20 m high and made from solution-dyed polyester laminate, this orange-coloured, granular sculpture was approved by a prefectoral decree dated 30/09/1975. François Cante-Pacos is now a recognised artist. His work can still be seen in the La Fontaine school complex.

Marcel Cachin school group

The Marcel Cachin school was originally called the "Fauvettes school group", in reference to the area in which it was located. It should be pointed out, however, that the Fauvettes district did not yet resemble the area we know today.

Around 1956, plans were drawn up to build a third school in Neuilly-sur-Marne. The need was based on the growing population of the Fauvettes district, the distance from the Amiard school, which meant that children had to travel a long way, and the overcrowding of the Amiard school.

The school complex, built on 5,948 m² of land, originally comprised a two-storey main building. At the time, state education was not coeducational. The school comprised 5 girls' primary classes with a covered playground, 5 boys' primary classes with a covered playground, 1 handicraft room for the boys and 1 home economics room for the girls. The nursery school has 3 classrooms, 1 enclosed playground, 1 rest room, 1 clean room and toilet and 1 waiting room. The school has 3 separate playgrounds. Opposite the main building are the refectory and kitchen, as well as a doctor's surgery. The teachers' accommodation is located along rue Paul Thomoux.

On 14 August 1958, the City Council named the school after Marcel Cachin, who had died a few months earlier. This choice was motivated in particular by Marcel Cachin's university career and his work as a writer and journalist. It was inaugurated on Sunday 21 September 1958. At that time, the school year started on 1 October.

The school was extended in the late 1960s, initially with prefabricated classrooms. By 1968, the school had 20 elementary classes and 6 nursery classes, compared with 12 elementary classes and 3 nursery classes in 1965.

The canteen was extended around 1962 and again in the 1990s.

Claude Rouget de Lisle and André Chénier school groups

Between 1960 and 1970, Neuilly-sur-Marne underwent major changes. New neighbourhoods were built on land that had previously been given over to agriculture. The population of Neuilly-sur-Marne increased. In 1954, the town had 12,798 inhabitants, 15,144 in 1962, 22,543 in 1968 and 30,168 in 1975. The number of children attending nursery and primary schools was also growing.

The three school complexes, Louis Amiard (inaugurated in 1895), Jean Jaurès (1928) and Marcel Cachin (1958), have been extended and redeveloped several times. The city installed prefabricated buildings in school playgrounds or on available land. At the start of the school year in September 1962, 2,150 children were taught in 64 classes. By September 1971, the town's schools were catering for 5,348 children in 182 classes. Over these 9 years, the town will have built or fitted out 118 additional classrooms. The opening of new classrooms depends, of course, on the town's building capacity, but also on authorisations from the Ministry of Education.

In 1968, the local authority planned to build a school complex in the future Fauvettes district, comprising 20 primary classes, 2 advanced classes and 8 nursery classes. In the preparatory documents, this school complex was referred to as the "stadium school complex" because of its proximity to the Georges Foulon stadium. A resolution passed on 25 November 1968 named it Rouget de Lisle, in tribute to the famous French officer and composer. The project was authorised by the French Ministry of Education in 1970. The architect was Robert Lechauguette.

Work was due to start in 1971 with the construction of 10 elementary classes, 2 advanced classes and 4 nursery classes. The remaining 14 classrooms were to be built in 1972. From 1972, the school was divided into two groups with different names: Rouget de Lisle and André Chénier, in reference to the French revolutionary poet who paid with his life for his opposition to the excesses of the Terror.

The two school complexes were inaugurated on 27 October 1973. However, the premises of the André Chénier elementary school were occupied by the Georges Braque secondary school during the 1973-1974 school year. They were returned to primary education in September 1974.

The André Chénier nursery school was not built on the same site as the other three schools in the school group. It is located at the corner of rue d'Artois and rue du 8 mai 1945, at the foot of the esplanade de Rambouillet. Part of the playground, which has several levels, is located on this esplanade. A ramp links the school to the esplanade. The lower part of the playground adjoins the car parks under the esplanade. Pupils enter the school via a ramp.

In the early 2000s, this school, built in the 1970s, proved too small for modern educational needs (library, computer room, etc.). It was also becoming essential to reorganise the school canteen. On 14 November 2002, the Municipal Council therefore decided to extend the Chénier nursery school.

A 166 m² building will be constructed to the south of the existing building to house a refectory, a nursery and ancillary premises. This new building will be linked to the existing school by a gallery. The former refectory and pantry will be converted into a library and computer room. Insulation and compliance work was also carried out. The playground is also being reorganised. The project was designed by architects G. Gardaire and H. Bouzemi from the municipal design office.

Begun in September 2004, the worksite was declared completed on 1 September 2005. With the works zone demarcated and protected, the nursery school was able to continue receiving pupils during the works.

Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel and Paul Valéry school groups

In 1959, to meet the growing demand for housing, the local council decided to organise the urban area and draw up a municipal development plan. This development plan included the construction of a new district known as "Fauvettes". In May 1963, the municipality delegated the development of the district to a company, Semeaso. The project called for the construction of around 3,000 homes, with streets and amenities for the local population, including schools.

The Town Council decided to build the Thomoux-Cimetière school complex in 1968. The project, initially named after its location, was then given the name of Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel by a resolution passed on 26 April 1968. A man of science, philosopher and theologian, Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel (1624-1706) was also the parish priest of Neuilly-sur-Marne.

The school complex will comprise two schools, Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel 1 and Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel 2, with elementary and nursery classes. The architect Henry Pottier will be responsible for the project, which will be implemented by SAE (Société Auxiliaire d'Entreprises), a company specialising in industrialised school buildings. The school complex is to comprise 22 elementary classes, 8 nursery classes and 2 advanced classes, spread over 2 schools. There will also be refectories, kitchens, sports facilities, a doctor's surgery and accommodation for teachers. The school complex must be oriented east-west to get maximum sunlight.

The commune took delivery of the buildings in several stages. The elementary classes at Du Hamel 1 appear to have been completed on 11 September 1970 and the nursery classes only in September 1971. Pupils were therefore welcomed gradually, some of them in temporary classes in prefabricated buildings located at 33 rue du Général Schmitz for the elementary classes and 1 rue de Tourville for the nursery classes.

The school group housed children from the Marais Saint-Baudile residence, located around Place Jean Bart. These children therefore had to cross the construction site in the Fauvettes district. The town organised transport by coach and also proposed a walking route along less dangerous streets.

On 26 February 1971, the Municipal Council changed the name of the school to avoid confusion. Du Hamel 1 and Du Hamel 2 became Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel and Paul Valéry, in reference to the French writer. The classes in the Paul Valéry school group appear to have welcomed their first pupils at the start of the new school year in September 1971. The first heads of the Du Hamel school group were Mme Harousse for the nursery school and M. Lévy for the elementary school. At Paul Valéry, Mme André ran the nursery school and Mme Faure the elementary school.

In August 1976, a sculpture was installed on the strip of grass that separates the courtyard into two parts. This white concrete sculpture, measuring 2 metres high, 1.20 metres wide and 15 cm thick, symbolises a tree. It was created by Elzbieta Violet, a visual artist known by her first name Elzbieta for her children's books.

In 1979, the Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel primary schools became a training school. The school thus played a part in teacher training, while remaining a school like any other. In 1993, the Du Hamel nursery school was extended. The project to raise part of the building was carried out by the Tecnova architectural firm.

Albert Camus College

Until 1959, young Nocéens wishing to continue their education after primary school had to go to other communes. At the time, there were three elementary schools: Louis Amiard, Jean Jaurès and Marcel Cachin. Faced with this situation, at the start of the 1959 school year, two additional classes were created on the premises of the Amiard school: a 6th form class and a 5th form class.

From 1960 onwards, it became essential to further develop these additional classes. The local authority bought land next to the Amiard school. Prefabricated classrooms were initially installed, and then the local authority launched the construction of the Collège d'Enseignement Général (CEG) Louis Amiard, designed to accommodate 400 pupils. At the time, colleges were built and maintained by local authorities, with some state funding. It was inaugurated on 8 April 1967 by the mayor, Raymond Chassagne, in the presence of the prefect of Seine Saint-Denis, the education inspector and many other VIPs.

In 1969, the city decided to transform the school into a 900-seat Collège d'Enseignement Secondaire (CES). Work began on the building. It wasn't until 1970 that the college was given a name that would distinguish it from the Amiard school group. Initially, the local council wanted to call it CES Alphonse Daudet. However, the school's Board of Governors proposed Albert Camus, which was accepted by the Municipal Council on 30 January 1970.

The college was nationalised in 1976. Then Act 1 of decentralisation, organised by laws passed between 1982 and 1984, entrusted the management of Neuilly-sur-Marne's collèges to the Seine-Saint-Denis département. In the mid-1990s, the college was renovated and extended, giving it a new image. The new Collège Albert Camus was inaugurated on 7 October 1995.

Louis Pasteur school group

The current Pasteur district is largely made up of former housing estates created in the early 20th century. These are the Pré fleuri, Le Verdoyant and La Guette housing estates.

The neighbourhood continued to develop in the 1950s and 1960s. Children attended the Louis Amiard school. They therefore had to cross Route Nationale 34, which had been diverted and widened in 1961. This crossing could be dangerous and, what's more, the Louis Amiard school complex was overcrowded.

The plan to build a new school complex, called Centre Sud, dates back to July 1962. The decision to acquire the land was taken in June 1963. The school complex was to be built to accommodate pupils living south of the main road. The initial project included a nursery school and two elementary schools with 8 classrooms and annexes, as well as two staff residences for the teachers.

The location of the two buildings was justified by the creation of a girls' school and a boys' school, as well as by the layout of the available land. In 1965, co-education became compulsory in the newly created elementary schools. The two buildings in the project were built, but girls and boys attended the same classes.

On 17 October 1963, the Municipal Council selected the proposal by architects Sénevat and Solotareff from among the winners of the 1961 Seine-et-Oise school prototype competition. The SAE company had broken its commitment to build this project, so the town council had to choose another project from among the prototypes.

The school complex was finally designed by architects Paul Chemetov, Georges Loiseau, Jean Perrotet and Jean Tribel. The work was to be carried out by Vonrufs et Latard. Their project also included a gymnasium, which was never built. Georges Loiseau and Jean Tribel were responsible for supervising the work. The building was made of concrete with Vaugirard brick facings.

Work began on the nursery school on 30 May 1967 and on the elementary school on 21 December. The school group was given the name Louis Pasteur by a resolution of 22 March 1968. The nursery school, with 4 classes, opened at Easter 1968. The first 8 elementary classes opened at the start of the 1968-1969 school year. The second phase of the school complex was planned in 1968. Work began in 1969. The two school complexes were inaugurated on Saturday 20 September of the same year.

In 1989, the nursery school was extended.

City districts

Cow farms, places that have disappeared

Places that have disappeared

What could be simpler than buying milk in a shop? But it wasn't always that way. For a long time, milk could not be transported. In those days, there were cowherds in the towns where dairy cows were fed. Cow farms existed in Neuilly-sur-Marne until the 1980s, in what is now the town centre. We can trace them in the Municipal Archives thanks to the invoices for the milk that the municipality bought for its own needs or for those of needy Neuilly residents.

These establishments were monitored by the authorities for reasons of health, the health of the livestock and hygiene, and possible nuisance to local residents. In 1897, for example, Mr Forget, who ran a cow farm at 23 rue du Général Donzelot (now rue Pierre Brossolette), requested permission to add a pigsty. He was refused permission because the site was not far enough away from other dwellings. As Neuilly had fewer than 5,000 inhabitants at the time, controls were less stringent.

We also find traces of other milk suppliers that can be likened to cowherds. For example, the Tulpin company, "nourrisseur", in rue Rousselet. Two dairy farms were operated for many years at 22 rue de Gagny, now rue Paul et Camille Thomoux, and at 7 rue du Docteur Peneau, cour Saint-Nicolas. The rue de Gagny cow farm was opened in 1928 by Mr Domergue and did not close until 1969, when it was owned by Mr Rouaut. The cowshed housed 12 cows and could accommodate a maximum of 18.

For the rue Peneau cow farm, we find the first invoice in 1918 from Lambert, a farmer-feeder. The last farmer, René Peignard, left in 1981. Mr Peignard had around twenty cows as well as chickens and pigs. The farm sign read "hot milk morning and night". The milk was said to be hot because it was sold directly after the cows had been milked while it was still warm. You could buy faisselles called "petits cœurs" from him. The farmer had no land on which to graze the cows, so he had to buy the fodder. This type of farming could be a source of bad smells, as the cows were fed sugar beet pulp.

Between 1912 and 1918, we have traces of a cow farm at 75 rue de Paris, now rue Emile Cossonneau, run by Mr Lachasse.

The first bathing spots

The history of bathing facilities in Neuilly dates back to the end of the 19th century. Of course, it is likely that children and adults were bathing in the Marne before this period. At the time, bathing was as much for fun as for washing, as running water was not widely available. But this practice was not organised.

In the 1890s, the bathing master Durieux ran a boat wash for washing clothes and a river bath. This was a private enterprise on land belonging to the Seine department (the Haute-Île), for which the municipality could not charge any fees. In 1893, the Municipal Council considered the idea of creating a public bathing facility, but the project was too expensive for the commune.

Near the Durieux bathing area, the town had a drinking trough and bathing area built for horses. Many farmers had been calling for the installation of this facility since 1881. The choice of location had to be approved by the shipping authorities. It was finally built in 1897-1898. It was largely financed by the users, with the municipality paying the small balance.

This bathing trough was only used by horses, as postcards show. From the 1920s onwards, it became too expensive to maintain. All that remained of the trough were stakes. By 1932, it no longer appeared to be in use. The remaining stakes were cut down because they formed a dam when the Marne flooded.

The influx of bathing enthusiasts gradually led the local authority to intervene. First of all, some bathers were continuing to swim outside the designated bathing area. In some places, the Marne was dangerous. In 1898, a decree limited the authorised bathing area. Subsequently, as some bathers behaved in a manner deemed contrary to decency, the mayor had to regulate the area by means of a police decree in 1924. It was then forbidden to undress on the bank and to leave the bathing area without being fully clothed. When bathing, it was compulsory to wear pants or other clothing.

In 1935, Mr Durieux asked the Municipal Council to set up a lifeguard service at the baths. The request was not granted, however, as the town had more ambitious plans. The year 1935 was marked by major political changes in Neuilly! As in other towns, the municipal elections were won by the Communist Party. The new municipality, led by Théophile Gaubert, planned to create a sports park on Haute-Île. Unfortunately, this project never came to fruition.

The popular municipal beach

The Popular Municipal Beach (1937-1977)

In the 1930s, bathing facilities developed on the banks of the Marne. Near Neuilly, you could go swimming at Gournay-sur-Marne or Le Perreux. With the Front Populaire, workers won paid holidays and the 40-hour week. The Communist municipality of Neuilly-sur-Marne wanted to "provide what is needed to spend leisure time pleasantly, rest their bodies and invigorate lungs poisoned by factory dust ".

In 1937, the municipality abandoned its over-ambitious plan to create a sports and leisure park. Instead, it created a Plage Municipale Populaire at Haute-Île on a plot of land of around 39,000 m², which it leased from the Département de la Seine for 30 years, in exchange for a symbolic franc. The land had initially been requested by the asylums' staff club, but in April 1936, the club gave the City full powers to carry out its project. It should be noted that Louis Amiard, mayor until 1935, had supported the sports clubs' request for the land.

The manufacture of the installations was entrusted to the blacksmith Emile Bourgine, as shown in the contract below.

The beach was inaugurated on 1 August 1937 with a festival featuring Greco-Roman wrestling exhibitions, swimming events and a wrestling demonstration by European champion Gaston Navailles, who lived in Neuilly-sur-Marne. On 15 August, the beach welcomed its first customers. The entrance fee was 1.50 francs (equivalent to around 0.83 euros today) at weekends and public holidays and 1 franc during the week (including changing room and cabin). Children were admitted free on Thursdays. It was also possible to take out a season ticket for 15 francs (currently €8.25).

For the younger children, the municipal beach was an opportunity to learn to swim, as in addition to a lifeguard and a maintenance worker, the establishment had its own lifeguard. The beach also welcomed people from outside the municipality. For example, 300 children from Saint-Denis came every Wednesday afternoon from 19 July to 25 September 1948. Despite the attractive rates, many people, especially children, took their baths off the beach.

Work was carried out regularly, either to improve the facilities or to rebuild them after bad weather such as the floods of 1945. In 1954, the bathing area was redeveloped at the request of the shipping authorities. In order not to impede the flow of the Marne, the latter demanded that the fixed installations be removed and replaced by floating pontoons. The large pool measured 50 metres by 19 metres, while the school pool was smaller (12.50 x 6.15 metres).

The lease for the site was renewed in 1967 at a rent of 780 francs a year. On this occasion, the City was reminded that the site was not to be used for any political events. It should be pointed out that, in the post-war period, several festivals with political connotations had been held on Haute-Île (the Avant-Garde festival, for example).

In 1970, prices were increased: 3 francs for adults (around 3.10 euros today), 1.50 francs for children aged 6 to 14 and free for children under 6. A family card reserved for Nocé families enabled them to enjoy the entire season for 20 francs.

Beach activities had to coexist with other forms of leisure. Tensions regularly arose with fishermen. The bathing area remained in operation until 1977. That year, because of pollution in the Marne, the town put an end to beach games.

A water sports centre was created in the 1980s, and is still a popular place to take a stroll. In September 2007, the Haute-Ile site (including the campsite) was purchased from the Département of Seine Saint-Denis.

The Marne, a place to celebrate

The banks of the Marne and the canal have always been a lively and festive place. One of the reasons for this is the proximity of the Place du Jeu de Paume, also known as the Place des Fêtes. From the end of the 19th century, the people of Nocé would go there for angling competitions and fireworks displays.

With the creation of the Plage Municipale Populaire, the Haute-Île became a place of entertainment once and for all. During the season when it was open, generally from 15 May to 15 September, the beach was one of the town's liveliest spots. This was thanks to the dynamism of the Beach Committee. The 1965 Lily of the Valley Ball is a case in point. According to articles in the local press, the Lily of the Valley Queen elected on 1 May 1965 was called Mireille. She received the traditional queen's tiara, a sash in the town's colours and a brooch. Her runners-up were Rosita and Marie-Christine.

The many celebrations and commemorations that followed the Second World War were often held on the banks of the Marne. And let's not forget the sporting festivities. On 21 July 1946, for example, the beach hosted a major water sports day. The programme included the final of the Ile-de-France swimming championship and a water polo match. And, of course, to round things off, there was a grand night gala, with the beach lit up and ablaze.

The beach during the Second World War

The beach during the Second World War (1939-1944)

During the war years, the Plage Municipale Populaire remained open whenever possible. There were even sports facilities for young people, and in 1943, a shopkeeper was allowed to set up a refreshment stall during July and August in one of the buildings on the site.

The town council was trying to maintain leisure activities for children and families affected by the restrictions and difficulties caused by the war and the German occupation. School swimming also enabled many children to learn to swim during this period. In 1943, the municipality realised that some of the population did not have swimming costumes and could not go to the beach. It therefore tried to buy 200 swimming costumes and around fifty briefs despite the shortage of textiles.

German soldiers had access to the beach, as this undated document attests.

The maintenance and development of the beach facilities suffered from the restrictions of the war, but the facilities were not destroyed. However, two successive floods in December 1944 and February 1945 caused major damage.

The road bridge

For a long time, the Marne was crossed by paying boat. In 1884, the question of a bridge over the Marne was on the agenda of the Municipal Council. Its financing was a source of contention between the councillors of Neuilly-centre and those of the hamlet of Plaisance, which became Neuilly-Plaisance in 1892. The municipality contacted neighbouring towns to interest them in the project.

Finally built, the bridge was inaugurated on 30 May 1889. A new dispute arose over its name. The people of Noisy insisted on calling it "de Noisy", arguing that their commune had paid for most of the work. Neuilly, on the other hand, wisely stuck to "des deux communes". For a long time, this was an excellent excuse for copious insults from one side of the river to the other.

The bridge was destroyed for strategic military reasons on 14 June 1940. It was replaced by a temporary single-lane bridge, which was in turn demolished by the Germans on the night of 25 to 26 August 1944. Following the Liberation, attempts were once again made to link the two banks of the Marne by means of a ferry until the destroyed structure could be rebuilt.

It was Mr Le Pichon de Gournay who obtained the concession following negotiations between the communes of Noisy-le-Grand and Neuilly-sur-Marne, the Compagnie Générale des Eaux, which was interested in the movement of its staff between the two factories, and the Ponts et Chaussées. The Ponts et Chaussés paid the ferryman's wages, leaving the local authorities to provide the lighting and docking huts. A temporary bridge was then installed. It would remain in use until the current bridge was built.

The current concrete structure was built between April 1967 and November 1968. It is 85 metres long and weighs 500 tonnes. It took twelve working days to build, and no financial burden was imposed on the local authorities. It was inaugurated on 13 December 1968.

Streets in the city

For a long time, street names were simply given according to the location of the place they served (former rue de Noisy-le-Grand, rue de la Marne, etc.). To these names were added the names of saints (old rue Saint-Martin) and, of course, that of Foulques.

History of the streets of Neuilly-sur-Marne

From the end of the 19th^th Street naming went through several major phases in the 19th century.

On 10 September 1894, the Town Council fixed the names of all the streets for the first time, in order to provide them with nameplates and, above all, to require buildings to be numbered. This resolution sets out the old and new street names. Some names were confirmed by the municipality. The names of local and national public figures, deceased or otherwise, appear. These include General Donzelot, Victor Hugo, Pasteur, etc. .... The town informed the representatives of these personalities of its decision.

In the first half of the 20^th In the 19th century, Neuilly grew thanks to the construction of several housing estates such as L'Epi d'or, Les 24 arpents, La Carrière, La Grosse Pierre etc. .... These housing estates created and named the roads serving their neighbourhoods. These private streets were generally destined to become public roads. When they were incorporated into the municipal domain, the town often retained their names (rue de la Carrière, avenue Descartes, avenue Robert etc.).

After the Second World War, as was the case throughout France, streets were renamed after members of the Resistance or soldiers killed by the Germans. On 27 October 1944, the town council passed a resolution renaming 13 streets. These included rue Jules Lamant et ses fils (formerly rue des Cottages) and rue Emile Cossonneau.

From the 1960s onwards, new blocks of flats were built, and with them new streets. The Fauvettes district is the largest, but we shouldn't forget the Bouleaux and Primevères districts, as well as the more recent Z.A.C. areas such as Donzelot and Maltournée. On 20 September 1968, the Municipal Council decided to name the roads in the Fauvettes district after French provinces (rue de Savoie, allée de l'Île-de-France).

The 2020s will see the emergence of a new district built on the site of the former Maison-Blanche psychiatric hospital. On 30 January 2019 and 16 September 2020, the City Council named its roads after poets.

In figures

19 March 1962 (rue du)

The agreements between the representatives of France and the provisional government of the Algerian Republic formed by the National Liberation Front (FLN) during the Algerian War were signed in Evian on 18 March 1962 and immediately resulted in a ceasefire applicable throughout Algeria from the following day. Following a request from veterans of the war, the town council gave this name to the rue de Champagne on 7 February 1980.

8 mai 1945 (avenue du)

On 6 April 1978, the City Council gave this name to the former Avenue d'Île-de-France to commemorate the Allied victory over Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War in Europe, marked by the announcement of Germany's surrender.

24 arpents (place des)

This square was built in 2001. The name was given by the Town Council on 3 May 2001 in reference to the nearby housing estate.

Abel Tuffier (rue)

Abel Léon Tuffier, born in Bonneval on 23 March 1863, died in Neuilly on 29 February 1940. Deputy Mayor for 10 years until 1935. Founder of the Horticultural Society. The street was named on 3 January 1941 by the Délégation Spéciale (the body that replaced the Municipal Council during the Second World War). The street had been known as Avenue des Marronniers since a decision by the Municipal Council on 9 February 1929. This road, transferred to the municipality on 2 April 1926, had been named Avenue du Centre by the Association Syndicale du Lotissement. The municipality renamed it to avoid confusion with another avenue du Centre, located in the 24 arpents housing estate.

Acacias (allée des)

Private road. Name given on 23 December 1966 by the owner and approved by the Municipal Council on 7 January 1967.

Aimé Césaire (rue)

Aimé Césaire, who was born on 26 June 1913 in Basse-Pointe and died on 17 April 2008 in Fort-de-France, was a French writer and politician, poet, playwright, essayist and biographer. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Alain Savary (driveway)

Politician (1918-1988). Renovator of the Socialist Party, of which he was First Secretary from 1969 to 1971. Member of Parliament for Haute-Garonne and President of the Midi-Pyrénées Regional Council. Minister for Education between 1981 and 1984. On 16 June 1988, the local council named a newly-created private road after him.

Albert Camus (rue)

French writer born in 1913 in Mondovi, Algeria, Nobel Prize winner in 1957, died in 1960. The road was named after him on 15 December 1966 by its owner, the residence Le Marais Saint-Baudile. The name was approved by the Municipal Council on 7 January 1967. On 12 March 1994, rue Albert Camus was officially opened to the public, having just been completely rebuilt and incorporated into the municipal estate.

Alfred de Musset (rue)

Alfred de Musset was a French writer of the Romantic period, born on 11 December 1810 in Paris, where he died on 2 May 1857. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Alfred de Vigny (rue)

Writer and poet born in Loches (1797-1863). Name given on 8 October 1981 by the Town Council to a private road in the Lutèce residence in the Avenir district.

Alfred Kastler (rue)

French physicist born in Guebwiller in 1902 and died in 1984. Awarded the Nobel Prize in 1966 for his invention of "optical pumping" used in lasers and masers. Private road named by the Municipal Council on 8 October 1987 when it was created.

Alouettes (rue des)

Cité des Bouleaux road named by its owner on 27 July 1966. The names of the housing estate were chosen by analogy with the neighbouring rue Des Fauvettes.

Alsace Lorraine (rue d')

Name given on 29 September 1968 to a road built when the Fauvettes district was created. Part of the former French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine annexed by Germany from 1871 to 1919 and from 1940 to 1944-1945. It corresponds to the current departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Amiral Courbet (rue de l')

Amédée Anatole Courbet (1827-1885). French admiral. He established the French protectorate over Annam (1883) and fought against the Black Flags and the Chinese. Rue de l'écluse was given this name on 10 September 1894. Since October 2003, it has also been the name of the private road within the Les jardins de l'écluse residence.

Andrée Chédid (rue)

Andrée Chedid, born Andrée Saab in 1920 in Cairo and died in 2011 in Paris, was a French writer and poet of Syrian-Lebanese origin. She wrote her first novel in 1952 and went on to write short stories, poems, plays, novels and children's literature. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

André Gide (rue)

French writer, Nobel Prize 1947 (1869-1951). New road in the Primevères district named by the Municipal Council on 25 February 1972.

Anjou (rue d')

Name of a French province given on 29 September 1968 to a road built when the Fauvettes district was created.

Anna-Elisabeth de Noailles (place)

Anna de Noailles, born Ana-Elisaveta Bibescu Basarab Brâncoveanu, was a French poet and novelist of Romanian origin, who was born in Paris in 1876 and died in the same city in 1933. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Antonin Artaud (avenue)

Antonin Artaud, born in Marseille in 1896 and died in Ivry-sur-Seine in 1948, was a French theatre theorist, actor, writer, essayist, draughtsman and poet. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Argelès (esplanade d')

County town in the Pyrénées-Orientales department. Name given on 21 May 1971 to an esplanade in the Fauvettes district, currently under construction.

Aristide Briand (boulevard)

French politician (1862-1932). An ardent pacifist and supporter of a policy of reconciliation with Germany, he was one of the driving forces behind the League of Nations and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926. This road, created in 1932 between Route Nationale 34 and Avenue Paul Doumer, was named on 27 May 1932.

Artois (allée)

Name of a French province given on 21 May 1971 to a road built when the Fauvettes district was created.

Artois (rue)

Name of a French province given on 29 September 1968 to a road built when the Fauvettes district was created.

Arthur Dalidet (rue)

Arthur Auguste Louis Dalidet was born on 11 October 1906 in Nantes. A member of the French Communist Party and member of the Resistance under the nickname Paul Desormeaux, he was shot at Mont Valérien on 30 May 1942. His name was given to rue de Lafontaine (formerly rue de l'Avenir) by a resolution of 27 October 1944. This street had been created in 1910-1920 as part of the Le Pavé housing estate. In 1937, the commune asked the housing estate to change the name of rue de l'Avenir, which was being confused with the Avenir district. The street was renamed Lafontaine.

Arthur Rimbaud (rue)

French poet (1854-1891). Name given on 8 October 1981 by the Municipal Council to a private road in the Lutèce residence in the Avenir district.

Aubépines (allée des)

New private road named by the Municipal Council on 16 June 1988.

Auvergne (rue d')

Name of a French province given on 29 September 1968 to a road built when the Fauvettes district was created.

Avron (rue d')

Created and named by the Les 24 arpents housing estate around 1900. This avenue was classified as a municipal road in 1940.

Bergeronnettes (rue des)

Cité des Pommiers road, named by its owner on 27 July 1966. The names of the housing estate were chosen by analogy with the neighbouring rue Des Fauvettes.

Berry (rue du)

Name of a French province given on 29 September 1968 to a road built when the Fauvettes district was created.

Bizet (avenue)

Georges Bizet (1838-1875), French composer. This road was created by the Avenir housing estate in the 1920s and classified as a municipal road in 1937.

Blancheville (avenue de)

This road was created by the Société Civile Particulière de Blancheville in 1958 and transferred to the municipality in 1968.

Blancheville (bypass)

This road was created by the Société Civile Particulière de Blancheville in 1958 and transferred to the municipality in 1968.

Bleuets (rue des)

Created and named by the Les 24 arpents housing estate around 1900. This avenue was classified as a municipal road in 1940.

Bocage (rue du)

Rue du Bocage has been inhabited since the early 20th century, but underwent a number of upheavals linked to the creation of the railway line, the grande ceinture line between Bobigny and Sucy-Bonneuil. The street originally joined Rue des Prairies, but on 7 March 1930, the Syndicat des chemins de fer de grande ceinture handed over the new Rue du Bocage to Louis Amiard, Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Marne, which was extended to join the main road and diverted to run alongside the railway embankment. The street then became a public thoroughfare, retaining the name probably given to it by its original owners.

Boris Vian (rue)

Boris Vian, born in 1920 in Ville-d'Avray and died in 1959 in Paris, was a French writer, poet, lyricist, singer, music critic, jazz musician and artistic director. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Bouleaux (avenue des)

Cité des Bouleaux road named by its owner on 27 July 1966. The names of the housing estate were chosen by analogy with the neighbouring rue Des Fauvettes.

Bouvreuils (rue des)

Cité des Bouleaux road named by its owner on 27 July 1966. The names of the housing estate were chosen by analogy with the neighbouring rue Des Fauvettes.

Camille Claudel (allée)

Sculptor 1864-1946. Collaborator and friend of Rodin. She was interned from 1913 until her death, notably at the Ville-Evrard Hospital. Name given to this newly created road on 23 May 1991.

Campanulas (allée des)

New road named on 27 January 1977.

Capucines (allée ou rue des)

A private road in the Capucines housing estate, created and named by its owner around 1968.

Carnot (boulevard)

Marie François Sadi Carnot, engineer and politician. Born in 1837, elected President of the Republic in 1887. Murdered in Lyon by the anarchist Caserio in 1894. His name was given on 10 September 1894 to the alleyway and courtyard of the Tison, which were crowded and unhealthy and were to be redeveloped. The purpose of the boulevard was to link the town centre to the new school (the Amiard school opened in 1895) and to clean up the district. The original route of Boulevard Carnot ran from Boulevard de la République to the present-day Rue Théophile Gaubert. The diversion and widening of Route Nationale 34 removed part of this route.

Carrière (chemin or sentier de la)

The former Chemin des Eaux was laid out by the La Carrière housing estate around 1921 on land located at La Carrière or La Baronne. On 15 May 1921, a savings company was formed for the purpose of acquiring a plot of land (La Carrière company). The road classification order was issued on 10 April 1941. Other name: sentier Saint Denis de Livris or Livry (document from the 1880s). Originally, this path joined the avenue des pelouses d'Avron (Plaisance). The name chemin des Livrys appears on a plan of the housing estate in 1921.

Carrière (rue de la)

Street built and named by the La Carrière housing estate around 1921.

Cèdres (allée des)

Private road named by its owner on 23 December 1966, name approved by the Municipal Council on 7 January 1967.

Chalets (avenue des)

Rue des Chalets belonged to the "Domaine de la Maltournée" housing estate created in 1908. It was incorporated into the municipal road network in 1938, retaining its name.

Fields in bloom (avenue, street or sometimes cul-de-sac)

The development was created by the company "Le Champs Fleuri". This area was built in 1950 as part of the Cités d'Urgence (emergency housing) scheme set up by Abbé Pierre. These buildings benefited from a simplified administrative procedure (no planning permission was required) and were tacitly recognised by the authorities at the time. This avenue was classified as a municipal road in 1974, keeping its name.

Chanoine Héroux (place du)

Georges Modeste Héroux born 15 June 1882 in Bossée, Indre et Loire, died 12 December 1971 in Neuilly-sur-Marne. Parish priest of Neuilly. The town council named the square around the church after him on 17 December 1971.

Chanoux (sentier des)

This path, which gave its name to the industrial estate, is a reminder that hemp was once grown on the slopes of Avron, where vines did not grow (source: Histoires nocéennes, Association François-Xavier Donzelot, 2014).

Chantilly (esplanade de)

Capital of the canton of Oise, home to the château des Montmorency et des Condés, rebuilt in the 19th century. Name given on 21 May 1971 to an esplanade in the Fauvettes district, currently under construction.

Chardonnets (rue des)

Cité des Bouleaux road named by its owner on 27 July 1966. The names of the housing estate were chosen by analogy with the neighbouring rue Des Fauvettes.

Charles Baudelaire (rue)

Charles Baudelaire was a French poet. He was born in Paris on 9 April 1821 and died in the same city on 31 August 1867. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Charles Richet (place)

A French physiologist (1850-1935), he and Portier discovered anaphylaxis and became interested in parapsychology. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913. On 25 February 1972, the local council named a new road in the Primevères district after him.

Chelles (avenue de)

A road created by the Avenir housing estate in the 1920s and classified as a municipal road in 1937. Chelles, which neighbours Neuilly-sur-Marne, is a county town in the Seine-et-Marne département.

Chesnay (avenue du)

This name refers to the "Domaine du Chesnay", of which this district was a part. The Chesnay estate is first mentioned in the 11th century. The origin of the name probably comes not from the oak but from a personal name Canus or Kanus. This road was created by the Avenir housing estate in the 1920s and was classified as a municipal road in 1937.

Chétivet (rue de)

A street on the edge of Gournay-sur-Marne, incorporated into Neuilly following an exchange of land between the two communes in 1889.

Cheval blanc (passage du)

This passageway bears the name of an inn that stood at 123 rue de Paris until 1950.

Clément Adler (rue)

French engineer (1841-1925) considered to be the father of aviation. He developed a "heavier than air" aircraft, which he used to lift himself off the ground in 1890. This road was created during the development of the Maltournée district in 1993 and named on 16 December of the same year.

Coli (passage)

François Coli, French aviator (Marseille 1881 - North Atlantic 1927). He disappeared on 8 May 1927 with Nungesser, aboard the "Oiseau Blanc", during an attempt to fly non-stop from Paris to New York. The name Coli was given on 1 February 1929 by the first owners of the road (Les petits propriétaires du groupement de la Grosse Pierre). The street was previously known as the Passage des Serbes.

Collioure (esplanade de)

Town in the Pyrénées-Orientales department. Name given on 21 May 1971 to an esplanade in the Fauvettes district, currently under construction.

Colonel Moll (rue du)

Henri Moll (1871-1911), French soldier who served in Africa. He took part in demarcating the border between French Sudan and British Nigeria. He became commander of the countries under the protectorate of Chad in 1909. He died fighting against the troops of two sultans who were opposed to French colonisation. On 15 February 1911, the town council gave his name to the part of the rue Foulques leading to the present rue Paul et Camille Thomoux and to its extension, planned at the time as far as the rue du Général Schmitz. The latter part is apparently located at a place called Clos Le Duc.

Commerce (allée du)

This road was created when the Fauvettes district was built and named on 24 November 1972.

Commerce (place du)

This road was created when the Fauvettes district was built and named on 17 December 1971.

Danielle Casanova (rue)

Danielle Casanova, born Vincentella Perini, Ajaccio, Corsica (9 January 1909 - Auschwitz, 9 May 1943) was a Communist activist and Resistance fighter who died in deportation. She was in charge of the Jeunesses communistes, before founding the Union des jeunes filles de France. This road is the former Avenue des 24 arpents, in reference to the housing estate of the same name. The street was named rue Thierrat in the specifications for the 1910 development. The name 24 arpents was probably given in 1926. Danielle Casanova was given the name by a resolution of the Municipal Council on 27 October 1944.

Dauphiné (avenue du)

Name of a French province given on 29 September 1968 to a road built when the Fauvettes district was created.

Descartes (avenue)

René Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher, mathematician and physicist. This road was created by the Avenir housing estate in the 1920s and classified as a municipal road in 1937.

Diderot (rue)

Denis Diderot (1713-1784), French philosopher and leader of theEncyclopaedia. He wrote essays and novels, including Rameau's nephew. Interested in theatre, he wrote The natural son and was one of the most ardent propagators of the ideas of the 18^th. This road was created when the Donzelot district was developed and named on 16 December 1993. The construction of 39 town houses and 80 multi-family dwellings necessitated an extension to the road in 2002.

Docteur Peneau (rue du)

François Peneau born in 1787 in Vertou (Loire Inférieure), died on 12 March 1866 in Neuilly-sur-Marne, surgeon. He was mayor of Neuilly around 1827. His name is sometimes written Penaud (deliberation of 10 September 1894).). "Husband of the widow Margallant. A medical doctor whose charity and benevolence for all the inhabitants are so well remembered that the municipality has named one of the local streets after him. Mrs Widow Margallant inherited the Auberge de la Poste".source : Neuilly-sur-Marne, its memories from the earliest times to the present dayAbbé Charasson, 1903.

On 10 September 1894, the Town Council gave his name to rue Saint-Nicolas.

Docteur Robert Schapira (rue du)

A general practitioner (1915-1994) who practised from 1949 to 1983 in Neuilly-sur-Marne at 33 boulevard du maréchal Foch. During the Second World War, he left France and took part in the Italian campaign under General de Lattre de Tassigny. He was a Knight of the Legion of Honour and holder of the Croix de Guerre with commendation. Name given to parts of rue Penet and rue du Jeu de Paume on 24 April 1997.

Doctors Chassigneux (place des)

Jean-Pierre Chassigneux born in Paris on 30 November 1895, Madeleine Boyer-Chassigneux born on 22 August 1900 in Saint-Mandé. The name was given to a new square on 8 October 1987. Former members of the Resistance, these Nocé doctors were known for their social work with the people of Nocé, particularly the most disadvantaged.

Duguay Trouin (rue)

René Duguay Trouin, sailor born in Saint-Malo, died in Paris, King's privateer (1673-1736). This road was built by the Le Marais Saint-Baudile residence, which gave it its name on 15 December 1966. The name was approved by the Municipal Council on 7 January 1967.

Duperrey (allée)

Louis Isidore Duperrey, born in Paris on 21 October 1786 and died on 25 August 1865, was a French sailor, explorer and cartographer. Private road created by the Le Bailli de Suffren residence during the construction of the Fauvettes district.

Ecluse (chemin de l')

Path leading to the lock built when the canal was completed around 1870. A lock is a structure built between two bodies of water of different levels to allow boats to pass from one to the other.

Edith Piaf (rue)

Real name Giovanna Gassion (1915-1953), "la môme Piaf" was one of the greatest figures of French chanson. She inspired some of the finest songwriters of all time, and brought many young talents to the fore. This road, created in 1991 between rue de la Fertile Plaine and rue Jacques Brel, was named by the Municipal Council on 23 May 1991.

Egalité (rue de l')

Created and named by the Epi d'Or housing estate around 1911, it was classified as a municipal road in 1943. It was extended by a section of private road built by the Le Parc de Neuilly housing estate in the late 1950s.

Eglantines (rue des)

A private road in the La Ruelle Marguerite housing estate, created and named by its owner around 1960.

Emile Cossonneau (rue)

A locksmith, Emile Cossonneau (1893-1943) joined the Communist Party in 1929. He became mayor of Gagny in 1935 and was deputy for Seine et Oise from 1936 to 1942. Arrested on 8 October 1939 and stripped of his mandate on 20 February 1940, he was sentenced and transferred to the Maison-Carré prison group in Algeria. Liberated by the Allies on 5 February 1943, he made his way to London. His plane was shot down on the night of 10 to 11 December 1943 as he was returning to France. A section of the rue de Paris was named after him on 27 October 1944. Emile Cossonneau was close to Théophile Gaubert, mayor of Neuilly-sur-Marne from 1935.

Emile Zola (rue)

French writer (1840-1902), leader of the naturalist school. He took sides in political struggles, notably writing "J'accuse" in 1898. This road was created when the Donzelot district was developed and named on 16 December 1993.

Empereur (chemin de l')

The name comes from the Emperor Napoleon, who would have loved to come and gallop here when he stayed at Joséphine's house in Noisy-le-Grand.

Epargne (rue de l')

Created and named by the l'Epi d'Or housing estate around 1911, it was classified as a municipal road in 1943.

Epi d'or (rue de l')

Created and named by the l'Epi d'Or housing estate around 1911, it was classified as a municipal road in 1943.

Ermitage (rue de l')

Rue de l'Ermitage belonged to the "Domaine de la Maltournée" housing estate, which built it around 1910. It was incorporated into the municipal road network in 1938, retaining its name.

Estienne d'Orves (rue)

Created and named rue du Centre by the Les 24 arpents housing estate around 1900. This avenue was classified as a municipal road in 1940. Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves, naval officer (1901-1941). Considered one of the pioneers of the Resistance, the Germans shot him at Mont Valérien. The former rue du Centre was named after him on 27 October 1944.

Eugène Fromentin (avenue)

Former Deputy Mayor, appointed by central government in February 1869. His name was given to this road, formerly rue des Plantes created around 1914, by a deliberation on 2 March 1935. In so doing, the town council wished to perpetuate the name of one of the town's oldest families.

Europe (square de l')

Square in the Fauvettes district, named on 24 November 1972.

Farandole (place de la)

Place named by the Municipal Council on 29 April 2004. It is located on the site of the Maison Blanche hospital and gives access to the La Farandole crèche and the La Roseraie long-stay centre.

Fauvettes (rue des)

A Fauvettes trail already existed at 19^th century. Some see it as a transposition of the "cornettes" of the nuns whose properties were at the origin of the district (extract fromStories from NocéAssociation François-Xavier Donzelot, 2014).

Ferdinand Buisson (boulevard)

French educationalist (1841-1932). He worked with Jules Ferry and was one of the founders of the League of Human Rights. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1927. New road in the Primevères district named by the Municipal Council on 25 February 1972.

Fertile Plaine (rue de la)

This road was created and named by the La Fertile Plaine housing estate around 1920, and became part of the municipal road network around 1937. On 23 May 1991, the Municipal Council confirmed this name by giving it to the extension of this road.

Flandres (allée des)

Name of a French province given on 29 September 1968 to a road built when the Fauvettes district was created.

Fontainebleau (esplanade)

Capital of the Seine-et-Marne district, this royal castle of medieval origin was rebuilt in 1528 for François 1st. On 21 May 1971, it was given the name of an esplanade in the Fauvettes district, which is currently under construction.

Foulques (rue)

This street, created in the mid-19th century, corresponds to part of the original route of rue Foulques, before it was extended. It was classified as chemin vicinal n°9 in 1903. Among the former occupants of rue Foulques was Monsieur Bourgine, a wheelwright and blacksmith whose premises were on the corner with rue de Paris (now RN 34). In 1901, the town council asked him to remove the vehicles cluttering up the rue Foulques. Foulques was a priest born in Neuilly-sur-Marne around 1170-1172. He was commissioned by Pope Innocent III to preach the Fourth Crusade (1199). He died in August 1202 near the construction site of the church of Saint-Baudile.

François Mauriac (avenue)

French writer and journalist born in Bordeaux. Academician, Nobel Prize 1952 (1885-1970). New road in the Primevères district named by the City Council on 25 February 1972.

François Mitterrand (place)

François Mitterrand (1916-1996) French politician. President of the French Republic from 1981 to 1995. The square in front of the town hall was named after him on 8 February 1996.

François Villon (avenue)

French poet (1431- after 1463). New private road named by the Town Council on 8 October 1981.

Fraternité (allée de la)

New route named on 20 April 1989.

Frédéric Passy (rue)

Economist and ardent pacifist (1822-1912), Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1901. New road in the Primevères district named on 25 February 1972.

Frères Lumière (rue des)

Auguste (1862-1954) and Louis (1864-1948) Lumière. Industrialists, inventors and directors of the cinematograph (1895), authors of works on photography. A road on the Les Chanoux industrial estate created in the 1970s and named by the Municipal Council on 24 April 1975.

Frères Tisserand (rue des)

Formerly rue des Cent-Dix. Created by the Epi d'Or housing estate around 1904, it became a municipal road in 1943. Les Frères Tisserand died on the field of honour in 1940. They and their families lived in the Epi d'Or district. Their name was given to the rue des Cent-dix by a resolution passed on 20 February 1955. The street's former name can be explained by the fact that the development included 110 building plots.

Gabrielle (impasse)

According to a letter from Mr Grimoldi dated 15/01/1897, the street was laid out by Mr Rafin when his land was subdivided. The street did not belong to anyone at that time. The ground was acquired by the town in the 1980s.

Gabrielle (rue)

Gambetta (rue)

Léon Gambetta (1838-1882). A statesman, he called for the deposition of the Emperor and proclaimed the Republic from Paris City Hall on 4 September 1870. On 10 September 1894, the City Council named rue du Bois after him. The street appears to have been extended around 1921 by a private section between rue du Colonel Moll and boulevard de la République.

Gare (place de la)

Linked to the construction of the station around 1928.

Gaston Deferre (allée)

Former Resistance fighter and politician (1910-1986), who served successively from 1945 to 1986 as Mayor of Marseille, Member of Parliament for Bouches du Rhône and Minister of the Interior. New private road named by the Municipal Council on 17 December 1987.

Gaston Navailles (rue)

Gaston Pierre Navailles, born 17 January 1908 in Paulhac (Haute-Loire), lives in Neuilly, 5 rue de la Liberté. French heavyweight boxing champion, international wrestler and wrestler. Staff Sergeant in the 2nd Parachute Regiment. Hero of the Resistance. Shot dead by the Germans on 20 June 1944 at La Vachegarde (or Hachegarde), Sérent town hall (Morbihan) or at St Marcel en Malestroit (Morbihan). On 6 July 1949, the Grande Allée des Fauvettes was named after him.

Gavroche (allée)

Character in the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. A mocking Parisian boy, he died on the barricades of the 1832 insurrection singing "Voltaire's fault, Rousseau's fault".. New private road serving the foyer des Gavroches, named by the Municipal Council on 17 September 1992.

Général de Gaulle (avenue du)

Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) French soldier and politician. On 31 May 1965, the City Council named the section of rue de Paris (route nationale 34) between avenue Paul Doumer (now rue des martyrs de la déportation) and rue Pasteur after him.

Général Donzelot (rue du)

François-Xavier Donzelot (born 7 January 1764 in Mamirolle, Doubs - died 11 June 1843 in Neuilly-sur-Marne). This French soldier served in the armies of the Revolution and the Empire. His name is engraved on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. For more details of his military career, see the book Neuilly-sur-Marne 1000 years. From 1804, he gradually bought up the land on the Ville-Evrard estate. He retired there in 1825. In addition to the Ville-Evrard hospital, which opened in 1868, many of today's public facilities were built on land belonging to this major estate. On 17 April 1854, for example, the heirs of General Donzelot gave the commune a plot of land on which to build the cemetery (since enlarged). An area of 20 m² was set aside in perpetuity for the burial of members of the general's family. General Donzelot's land was also donated for the digging of the canal, which began around 1850. His name was given to the rue de Ville Evrard on 10 September 1894.

Général Le Corguillé (rue du)

Jean Alexandre Désiré Le Corguillé was born in Neuilly-sur-Marne on 24th March 1893, was Mentioned in the Order of the Regiment on 24th July 1916 and died on 27th October 1965 at the Hôpital Bégin in Saint-Mandé. In 1934, he commanded one of the companies defending the Palais Bourbon against fascist riots. He was a member of the Resistance during the German occupation, first with the Mouvement de Libération du Nord and then with the Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur (F.F.I.). Brigadier General Le Corguillé received several decorations, including the Croix de Guerre, the Médaille de la Résistance and the Légion d'Honneur. He was a republican, as evidenced by his membership of the Association Nationale des Anciens Combattants de la Résistance (ANACR) and Secours Populaire. He was a humanist whose signature can be found on articles published in the M.R.A.P. magazine in the 1950s. His burial in Neuilly on 29 October 1965 was attended by representatives of several veterans' associations. The name of this street has always been written in different ways, even in the deliberation of 27 June 1969 naming the road. The relocation of this road in 2012 was an opportunity to rectify this error and rediscover this man from Neuilly.

Général Schmitz (rue du)

Isidore, Pierre Schmitz (Neuilly-sur-Marne 21 July 1820 - Paris 1892). A French general, the son of Baron Nicolas Schmitz, he fought in the Algerian and Crimean campaigns and was appointed officer to Napoleon III. In 1859 the Emperor sent him to carry the flags taken at Magenta to the Empress Regent. He then took part in the Chinese War (1860) and the 2nd Italian War (1866-1867). At the start of the Franco-Prussian War, he was called in to assist General Trochu as Chief of the General Staff of the Army of Paris. He was a member of the Conseil Supérieur de la Guerre from 1874 to 1886. The former cemetery street was named after him on 10 September 1894. It should be noted that the deliberation transcribes his name incorrectly (Schmith). This road, also known as chemin vicinal n°2, was extended beyond the cemetery by the chemin rural du petit bois as far as chemin de Meaux (now rue Louis Vannini). Today, rue du Général Schmitz ends in front of a municipal building, the Centre Technique Municipal, built in 1998. The current rue du Général Schmitz could no longer be called rue du cimetière.

Georges Braque (allée)

Alley linking rue d'Anjou and rue de Suffren, named by the Municipal Council on 21 January 2016.

Georges Brassens (allée)

French singer (1921-1981). New private road named by the Town Council on 15 May 1986.

Gérard de Nerval (allée)

Gérard Labrunie, known as Gérard de Nerval, was a French writer and poet. He was born on 22 May 1808 in Paris, where he died on 26 January 1855. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Gérard Philippe (rue)

Actor and comedian (1929-1959). He was the most heroic young actor of his generation. With Jean Vilar, he developed the Avignon Festival and the Théâtre National Populaire. Created in 1991 and named on 23 May 1991.

Glycines (rue des)

A road created by the Les 24 arpents housing estate around 1900. This street was classified as a municipal road in 1940. Its original name was rue des 24 arpents, but to avoid confusion with the avenue of the same name, the association named it rue des Glycines from 1 June 1926.

Grand cerf (allée du)

An alleyway created during the town centre development works and named by the Town Council on 27 June 2013. The name is a reference to the café-restaurant Le Grand Cerf, which once stood on rue Théophile Gaubert.

Grille (chemin de la)

An old road that was developed in 1976. On 14 October 2004, the Municipal Council also gave this name to a private road within the Le Domaine des Pervenches residence.

Guette (rue de la)

Street built by the La Guette housing estate around 1910. The name comes from a pre-existing locality. Classified as a municipal road in 1969.

Guillaume Apollinaire (allée)

Guillaume Albert Vladimir Alexandre Apollinaire de Kostrowitzky, known as Guillaume Apollinaire, was a French poet, writer, art critic and theorist who was born in Rome on 26 August 1880 as a Polish subject of the Russian Empire. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Guillaume Tell (allée)

Legendary hero of Swiss independence who lived at the beginning of the 14th century.^th century. New private road named by its owner on 9 January 1967. Name approved by the Town Council on 28 January 1967.

Guynemer (allée)

Georges Guynemer (1894-1917). French aviator born in Paris. Commander of the Stork squadron, he had 54 victories to his name when he was shot down. His heroism made him a legendary figure in French aviation. The present-day Guynemer alley is a passageway created in the Les Croisés residence to link the Place de l'Eglise and Place Stalingrad. Rue Guynemer used to run through here. At 19^th century, rue de la Marne then Hippolyte Maze from 1894. The alley was named by the Town Council on 9 March 1978.

Haies (rue des)

Former avenue de Villemomble, named by the Municipal Council on 25 February 1972. It was part of the Val Coteau housing estate created at the beginning of the 20th century.^th century but approved around 1930. According to a letterthe creation of the avenues known as Avenue de Villemomble and Avenue des Sorbiers was the work of local residents, who subsequently formed an association to develop them"..

Halage (chemin de)

Towpath along the canal and the Marne.

Haute île (chemin de la)

Path leading from the lock to the municipal campsite.

Hélène Boucher (rue)

French aviatrix (1908-1934) who held 7 world records. Name given on 16 December 1993 to a new road in the Maltournée district.

Henri Barbusse (place)

Writer (Asnières 1873 - Moscow 1935). Famous for the novel The FireIt is a favourite spot for all those who were involved, from near or far, in the First World War. The square was laid out at La Hacarde for the erection of the war memorial in 1922, and was named Place Henri Barbusse on 24 September 1935. By a decision of the Délégation Spéciale on 15 January 1940, Place Henri Barbusse was renamed Place de la Hacarde. It remained so until the end of the war. Its name was restored after the war by a resolution of 6 October 1944, applied on the occasion of the commemoration of the martyrs of Chateaubriand on 22 October 1944.

Henri Becquerel (rue)

Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), Nobel Prize winner in 1903. He discovered the phenomenon of radioactivity in 1896, as well as the ionising properties of radiation. On 20 June 1996, the Municipal Council named a private road after him, serving the S.C.I. La Brûlée housing estate located at 9 to 13 rue des Frères Lumière in the Chanoux industrial estate.

Hippolyte Pina (rue)

Born in Cacerio, Italy, on 31 August 1903. Died in Charonne (Paris) on 8 February 1962. Resident of the Chénay housing estate (Gagny). On 8 February 1962, 20,000 people took part in a demonstration in Paris for peace in Algeria. At the end of the peaceful march, the police charged the demonstrators near Charonne metro station. This outburst of police violence left nine people dead, including Hippolyte Pina, a CGT militant and anti-fascist. A section of Chemin de Meaux was named after him on 14 February 1964.

Houette (impasse)

Road created by the La Guette housing estate in the early 20th century^th century.

Île-de-France (allée de l')

Name of a French province given on 29 September 1968 to a road built when the Fauvettes district was created.

Jacques Brel (rue)

Singer-songwriter (1929-1978). He was one of the best songwriters of 1955-1966. New road named on 23 May 1991 (between rue des Sorbiers and rue Gérard Philippe).

Jacques Cartier (rue)

Navigator born and died in Saint-Malo (1491-1557). He took possession of what is now Canada on behalf of François 1st, King of France. This road was built by the Le Marais Saint-Baudile residence, which gave it its name on 15 December 1966. The name was approved by the Municipal Council on 7 January 1967.

Jacques Monod (rue)

French physician and biochemist (1910-1976), Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1965. Private road named by the Town Council on 8 October 1987.

Jacques Prévert (rue)

French poet (1900-1977). Private road in the La Lutèce residence, named by the Municipal Council on 8 October 1981.

Jean Bart (place)

French privateer and squadron leader, born and died in Dunkirk (1650-1702). This road was built by the Le Marais Saint-Baudile residence, which gave it its name on 15 December 1966. The name was approved by the Municipal Council on 7 January 1967.

Jean Jaurès (avenue)

French professor and politician (1859-1914). Founder of the newspaper L'Humanité and the French Socialist Party. Murdered on 13 July 1914. On 23 May 1933, the Municipal Council named the section of the rue de Paris between the rue du Général Donzelot and the Pointe de Gournay (Route nationale 34) after him.

Jean Moulin (allée)

Patriot born in Béziers (1899-1943), founder of the Conseil National de la Résistance. New private road named by the Municipal Council on 17 May 1984.

Jean Perrin (rue)

French physicist, Nobel Prize winner in 1926 (1870-1942). Street in the Primevères district named on 25 February 1972.

Jean Stéphan (avenue)

Jean Stéphan, born 28 October 1912 in Rennes. Nurse at Ville Evrard, Resistance fighter, member of the Secret Organisation (OS). F.T.P.F., member of the French Communist Party, he worked with Léon Parenty to reconstitute his party in Clichy-sous-Bois, with links to Raincy, Montfermeil and Livry-Gargan. He took part in the local organisation of the Front National (F.N.) and was responsible for a sector including Neuilly-Plaisance, Noisy-le-Grand and Gagny. His group carried out several acts of sabotage, including the burning of enemy equipment in Gonesse and Vincennes in the summer of 1941. Jean Stéphan was arrested by gendarmes on 21 March 1942, after leaving the Ville-Evrard hospital where he was working and cycling to the Avenir district. They found Resistance leaflets in his saddlebags. Handed over to the Gestapo, he was shot on 13 April 1942 at Mont Valérien at 9.23am. Before he died, he wrote a moving letter to his wife and children. His name was given to the allée or avenue des Ormes by a deliberation of the town council composed by the local Liberation committee and applied on the occasion of the commemoration of the martyrs of Chateaubriand on 22 October 1944. On 16 October 1946, he was given a street in Gagny. On a commemorative plaque on the ground floor of the administrative building of the Ville-Evrard psychiatric hospital, his name is engraved among all those who gave their lives.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (rue)

A French writer (1712-1778), he paved the way for the great political changes of the Revolution and the advent of Romanticism. New road in the Donzelot district named on 16 December 1993.

Jeu de Paume (rue du)

Jeu de Paume oath (20 June 1789): oath taken by the deputies of the Third Estate. "not to separate before giving France a constitution".. As the King had forbidden them access to the Salle des Menu-Plaisirs in Versailles, where they usually deliberated, they moved to the Salle du Jeu de Paume. Jeu de paume is the ancestor of pelota and racquet sports. A meeting held on 10 September 1894 confirmed this name, which had already been in use since 19 September.^th century.

Joliot Curie (rue)

The full name given to this road by the town council is "rue Irène Joliot-Curie et Pierre Joliot". The local council probably confused Pierre Curie (Irène's father) with Frédéric Joliot (her husband). Irène (1897-1956), daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie, and her husband Jean-Frédéric Joliot, known as Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900-1958), were both French physicists who won the 1935 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. In 1936, Irène was Under-Secretary of State for Scientific Research. Frédéric led the construction of France's first atomic pile (1948). The former impasse Yvonne was named after them on 18 February 1959. This road was extended in the 1950s and, linking rue Paul Thomoux and rue du Onze novembre, was no longer a cul-de-sac.

José-Maria de Heredia (square)

José-Maria de Heredia, born on 22 November 1842 in Cuba and died on 3 October 1905 in France, was a Cuban writer. Born a Spanish subject, he became a naturalised French citizen in 1893. His poetic work made him one of the masters of the Parnassian movement. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Jules Auffret (rue)

Jules Auffret, born in 1902 in Trignac (Loire-Atlantique), joined the Basse-Loire metallurgical plant at the age of thirteen, then the Montoir-de-Bretagne forges and the Penhouët shipyards. A trade unionist from the age of thirteen and a socialist at eighteen, he founded the Trignac communist section in 1920. Unable to find work because of his union activities, he moved to Paris and joined the Société d'éclairage, chauffage et force motrice in 1929. In May 1935, he was elected as a town councillor in Bondy, where he became deputy mayor. In June, he was elected general councillor for the canton of Noisy-le-Sec. He was shot by the Germans on 22 October 1941 in Châteaubriant. His name was given to rue du Pré Fleuri by the Municipal Council on 27 October 1944. The previous name had been given by the Association Syndicale du Lotissement on 12 July 1907 or 1912.

Jules Lamant et ses fils (rue)

Died for France at Forfry (Seine et Marne) on 26 August 1944. Jules Eugène Lamant (born 27/03/1894 in Neuilly), Albert Adrien (born 28/10/1922 in Neuilly), Louis Roger (born 13/08/1925 in Neuilly). The Lamant family lived at 6 bis boulevard Carnot. Their name was given to the rue des Cottages on 27 October 1944.

Languedoc (allée du)

Name of a French province given on 29 September 1968 to a road built when the Fauvettes district was created.

Latham (rue)

Hubert Latham, French aviator (1883-1912). Road created and named by the La Guette housing estate. Apparently originally named rue de la Guette like the street perpendicular to it.

Lauriers (allée des)

New road created during the construction of the Clos des Romarins, transferred to the municipality in 2005. It was named on 13 October 1994.

Lavoisier (avenue)

Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier (1743-1794). French chemist. Deputy deputy, he was part of the commission in charge of establishing the metric system. Executed with the fermiers généraux, of which he was a member. A road created by the Avenir housing estate in the 1920s and classified as a municipal road in 1937.

Ledru-Rollin (rue)

Auguste Ledru-Rollin (1807-1874), French politician. Rue Saint Benoît was named after him on 10 September 1894.

Léo Lagrange (allée)

French politician (1900-1940). A Socialist MP (1932-1940) and Under-Secretary of State for Sport and Leisure (1936-1938), he promoted the development of popular sport. When war was declared in 1939, while still a member of parliament, he voluntarily joined the military, before being killed on 9 June 1940 in Evergnicourt by shrapnel. On 17 December 1987, the Town Council gave this name to an existing private road.

Léon Blum (avenue)

French politician (1872-1950). Leader of the Socialist Party, he formed the so-called "Popular Front" government in 1936. The former rue Julian Grimau was named after him on 24 November 1972.

Léon Bourgeois (place)

Administrator and politician (1851-1925). Prefect of Police in 1887, Minister of the Interior in 1890, then Minister of Public Education. Minister of Justice in 1893, President of the Council in 1895. On 25 February 1972, the Municipal Council named a square after him in the Primevères district.

Léon Jouhaux (rue)

General Secretary of the C.G.T. from 1909 to 1940, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1951 (1879-1954). New road in the Primevères district named on 25 February 1972.

Léopold Sédar Senghor (avenue)

Léopold Sédar Senghor, born on 9 October 1906 in Joal, Senegal, and died on 20 December 2001 in Verson, France, was a poet, writer, French statesman, then Senegalese, and the first President of the Republic of Senegal. He was also the first African to be elected to the Académie française. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Libération (rue de la)

Road located at the end of the 24 arpents, from the railway line to the rue du Onze novembre. A decision was taken on 10 August 1967 to build this street, which was given its name on 31 May 1965.

Liberté (rue de la)

Name given to part of rue du Raincy on 30 November 1934. The creation of the railway had split the rue du Raincy into two sections (now rue du Raincy and rue de la Liberté). Classified as an urban road in 1923.

Lilas (rue des)

Created and named by the Les 24 arpents housing estate around 1900. This avenue was classified as a municipal road in 1940.

Loriots (rue des)

Cité des Bouleaux road named by its owner on 27 July 1966. The names of the housing estate were chosen by analogy with the neighbouring rue Des Fauvettes.

Louis Ampère (rue)

André-Marie Ampère, born in Lyon on 20 January 1775 and died in Marseille on 10 June 1836, was a French mathematician and physicist. He invented the first electric telegraph and, with François Arago, the electromagnet, and in 1827 he set out the theory of electromagnetism. The international unit of electric current, the ampere, was named after him. A road in the Les Chanoux industrial estate, named on 24 April 1975. To date, we have no explanation for the use of the first name Louis.

Louis Armand (boulevard)

Engineer and humanist elected to the Académie française in 1963 (1905-1971). New road in the Primevères district named by the Municipal Council on 25 February 1972.

Louis Blériot (rue)

French aviator and aircraft designer (1872-1936) who was the first to fly across the English Channel on 25 July 1909. This road was created during the development of the Maltournée district and named on 16 December 1993.

Louis Vannini (rue)

Luigi Remigio Costante Vannini born in Siena (Italy) on 11 November 1891, died for France on 16 August 1944. Resident of Neuilly, rue de Meaux, shot by the Germans at the Bois de Boulogne waterfall on the orders of General von Choltitz. On 9 December 1949, a section of chemin de Meaux (between Neuilly-Plaisance and rue Paul Thomoux) was named after him. It was inaugurated on 19 November 1950, the anniversary of the capture of Berlin.

Louise de Vilmorin (rue)

Louise de Vilmorin, whose full name was Louise Levêque de Vilmorin, was a French writer, born on 4 April 1902 in Verrières-le-Buisson, where she died on 26 December 1969. She was sometimes known as "Madame de", in reference to her best-selling novel, which was made into a film. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Louise Labé (place)

Louise Labé was born around 1524 in Lyon and died on 25 April 1566 in Parcieux-en-Dombes, where she was buried. She was a French poetess nicknamed "La Belle Cordière". She was one of the most active poets in Lyon during the Renaissance. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Louise Michel (allée)

French anarchist (1830-1905). A teacher and member of the International, she took part in the Commune (1871) and was deported to New Caledonia. On 17 December 1987, the Town Council gave this name to an existing private road.

Maison Blanche (avenue de)

A road created by the Avenir housing estate in the 1920s and classified as a municipal road in 1937.

Marais (impasse du)

Private road created during the construction of the Le Clos Villebois residence (23 houses) and named by the Municipal Council on 5 April 2001.

Marais des catins (sentier du)

Sometimes called chemin des catins. This was an area of marshland created by streams flowing down from the Avron plateau.

Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (rue)

Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, born on 20 June 1786 in Douai and died on 23 July 1859 in Paris, was a French poet. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Marchandises (avenue des)

Linked to the construction of the station.

Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny (rue du)

Jean de Lattre de Tassigny was born in Mouilleron en Pardes (Vendée). During the Second World War, he commanded the 1^era In 1944-1945, he led the French army from Provence to the Rhine and the Danube. High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief in Indochina (1950-1952). A new road was named after him on 31 May 1965.

Maréchal Foch (boulevard du)

Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929), Marshal of France. He distinguished himself during the Battle of the Marne (1914) and then led the Battle of the Somme (1916). In 1918, he led the Allied troops to victory. Name given on 23 May 1933 to part of the rue de Paris (Route Nationale 34).

Maréchal Leclerc (avenue du)

Philippe de Hauteclocque, known as Leclerc (1902-1947), Marshal of France. He was one of the main military leaders of Free France during the Second World War. A section of the rue de Paris (Route Nationale 34) was named after him on 31 May 1965.

Marguerite (villa)

Private road

Marjolaine (allée)

Deliberation by the Municipal Council on 3 May 2001.

Marronniers (place des)

On 6 March 1908, the Board of Directors of the Pré Fleuri housing estate decided to have 6 chestnut trees planted in the Place du Pré Fleuri. On 13 March 1908, it was decided to plant 14 trees. In 1926, the deed of sale mentions the name Place du Pré Fleuri. The square was probably renamed Place des Marronniers after the Avenue du Centre was renamed Avenue des Marronniers in 1929.

Martyrs de la déportation (rue des)

A reminder of the suffering of those deported from France between 1941 and 1944. Name given to part of Avenue Paul Doumer on 9 November 1978.

Marx Dormoy (rue)

Politician, member of the Front Populaire government (1888-1941). In July 1940, he was one of the 80 members of parliament who refused to vote for full powers for Marshal Pétain. Under house arrest in Montélimar, he was murdered on the night of 25 to 26 July 1941 by a bomb planted under his bed by former members of the cagoulard movement. The street was named rue de Noisy-le-Grand on 11 June 1947. The street was inaugurated on 31 August 1947.

Massenet (rue)

Jules Massenet, French composer (1842-1912). This road was created by the Avenir housing estate in the 1920s and classified as a municipal road in 1937.

Mathieu (rue)

Alphonse Mathieu born in 1845, elected in 1897? The street existed in 1929.

Maurice Berteaux (boulevard)

Politician (1855-1911). Minister for War, President of the General Council, Member of Parliament for Seine et Oise, friend of Louis Amiard who was Mayor of Neuilly from 1905 to 1935. This road was built around 1909 and named on 24 June 1911.

Meaux (esplanade de)

Capital of the Seine-et-Marne district. Name given on 21 May 1971 to an esplanade in the Fauvettes district, currently under construction.

Melun (esplanade de)

Capital of the Seine-et-Marne département. Name given on 21 May 1971 to an esplanade in the Fauvettes district, currently under construction.

Mendès France (place)

Pierre Mendès France (1907-1982), politician. President of the Council in 1954-1955, he put an end to the Indochina war and granted internal autonomy to Tunisia. Name given by the Municipal Council on 25 November 1982.

Mésanges (rue des)

Cité des Bouleaux road named by its owner on 27 July 1966. The names of the housing estate were chosen by analogy with the neighbouring rue Des Fauvettes.

Molière (allée)

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière (1622-1673), French playwright. New private road designated by the Town Council on 17 September 1992.

Myosotis (allée des)

This road was created around 1965 and named by the Town Council on 27 January 1977.

Newton (driveway)

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English scientist. New private road named by its owner on 9 January 1967, name approved by the Municipal Council on 28 January 1967.

Nicéphore Niepce (bypass)

French physicist born in Châlons-sur-Saône (1765-1833), inventor of photography. On 15 November 1990, the Municipal Council named this private road in the Les Chanoux industrial estate after him.

Nungesser (rue)

Charles Nungesser (Paris 1892 - North Atlantic 1927). One of the aces of French aviation during the 1st World War. He disappeared with François Coli on 8 May 1927 aboard the "Oiseau Blanc" during an attempt to fly non-stop from Paris to New York. This name, given by the group of owners of the La Grosse Pierre housing estate on 1 February 1929, replaced rue des Bulgares.

Onze novembre (rue du)

Date of the 1918 armistice that ended the 1st World War.^era Guerre Mondiale. The name was given to the former ruelle Marguerite on 2 February 1929 to commemorate this important date, but also following complaints. The commune of Neuilly-Plaisance had a rue Marguerite. This situation led to embarrassing confusion.

Paix (rue de la)

A resolution dated 16 November 1932 announced that a private street had just been renamed. Rue de la Paix was formerly known as rue du Maréchal Foch. It may have been created around 1928 with the 18 arpents housing estate (or "lotissement des écoles"). In 1948, there was mention of an authorised syndicate association called "La rue de la Paix".

Parc (esplanade du)

Name given on 21 May 1971 to an esplanade in the Fauvettes district, currently under construction.

Parrain (rue)

A private road ceded free of charge to the commune in 1974 (resolution of 22/11/1974). An extension of this street was cut by the railway line and became the rue du Plateau.

Pascal (avenue)

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) French scientist, philosopher and writer. This road was created by the Avenir housing estate in the 1920s and classified as a municipal road in 1937.

Pasteur (rue)

Louis Pasteur (Dole 1822 - Villeneuve l'Etang 1895) was a French chemist and biologist. Rue Verte was named after him on 10 September 1894. It is quite exceptional that his name was given to a road while he was still alive.

Paul Doumer (rue)

Politician (1857-1932), President of the Republic in 1931, assassinated in 1932. Rue de Rosny was named after him on 27 May 1932.

Paul Eluard (rue)

Paul Éluard, the pen name of Eugène Grindel, born in Saint-Denis on 14 December 1895 and died in Charenton-le-Pont on 18 November 1952, was a French poet. In 1916, he chose the name Paul Éluard, borrowed from his maternal grandmother, Félicie. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Paul et Camille Thomoux (rue)

On 11 June 1947, the street in Gagny was named after Paul Thomoux. The street was inaugurated on 31 August 1947. On 2 April 1965, his wife Camille's first name was added.

Paul Lafargue (rue)

Politician (Santiago de Cuba 1842 - 1911), disciple and son-in-law of Karl Marx, founder with Jules Guesde of the Parti Ouvrier Français in 1880. This street was created in 1913 from a diversion of the Chemin du Marais Saint-Baudile. It was developed and listed in 1936. It was originally called rue Gaston. We can assume that its name comes from the founder of the Paris-Neuilly housing estate, Gaston Bigot. On 23 December 1936, the town council named it rue Paul Lafargue. It was inaugurated on 9 May 1937. On 3 November 1940, the Délégation Spéciale (Special Delegation) managing the municipality during the Vichy regime renamed it rue Rodin. This decision was taken ahead of a circular from the Prefect of Seine-et-Oise calling for the name of Paul Lafargue to be withdrawn. The street was renamed after the liberation to commemorate the martyrs of Châteaubriant on 22 October 1944.

Paul Langevin (rue)

French physicist, member of the Académie des Sciences (1872-1946). Road on the Les Chanoux industrial estate, named on 24 April 1975.

Paul Vaillant-Couturier (avenue)

Paul Charles Couturier, known as Paul Vaillant-Couturier, born in Paris on 8 January 1892 and died in Paris on 10 October 1937, was a French writer, journalist and politician. On 18 November 1937, the Municipal Council agreed to a request from the town of Gagny to give his name to the route de Gournay, which runs between the two communes. Neuilly agreed, on condition that the new street signs included the road's former name. On 3 November 1940, the Délégation Spéciale (Special Delegation), which managed the town during the war, debaptised the road and named it rue Claude Debussy. On 27 October 1944, the City Council, which had emerged from the Resistance, renamed it Paul Vaillant-Couturier.

Paul Verlaine (avenue)

Paul Verlaine was a French writer and poet who was born in Metz on 30 March 1844 and died in Paris on 8 January 1896. He tried his hand at poetry and published his first collection, Saturnian poems in 1866, aged 22. In 1870 he married Mathilde Mauté. The couple had one child, Georges Verlaine. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Perche (rue)

Rue Perche is located between Route Nationale 34 (Boulevard du Maréchal Foch) and the Marne, in the area known as Le dessous du pavé or Les Javeaux. It was originally a private road belonging to Mr Perche and then to the Charlier-Salle company. In 1889, Mr Perche offered to sell the road to the municipality. This proposal is still described as "cession du chemin Perche", then "cession de la rue Perche" or "cession de l'avenue Perche". The Charlier-Salle company transferred the road free of charge in 1956. The road kept this name without a decision by the Municipal Council.

Pervenches (allée des)

Created around 1965 and named on 27 January 1977.

Peupliers (allée des)

Private road named on 23 December 1966 by the owner. Name approved by the Municipal Council on 7 January 1967.

Pierre Brossolette (rue)

Politician and journalist (1903-1944). This socialist and early Resistance fighter was arrested by the Germans, who tortured him. In order not to talk, he committed suicide in his cell. His name was given on 14 June 1947 to part of the rue du Général Donzelot located "between the Place de la Résistance and the square formed at the boundary of the Ville-Evrard estate". The buildings concerned bear numbers 1 to 51. The inauguration took place on 31 August 1947.

Pierre de Ronsard (rue)

Pierre de Ronsard was born in September 1524 at the château de la Possonnière, near the village of Couture-sur-Loir in the Vendôme region, and died on 27 December 1585 at the priory of Saint-Cosme in Touraine. He was one of the most important French poets of the XVIᵉ century. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Pins (allée des)

Private road named on 23 December 1966 by the owner. Name approved by the Municipal Council on 7 January 1967.

Pinsons (rue des)

Nom d'oiseau, street in the Bouleaux district.

Plateau (rue du)

To put an end to problems with mail delivery, on 24 July 1931 the Town Council gave this name to the extended rue Parrain.

Plumeraies (allée des)

Private road created around 1964 and named by the Town Council on 26 May 1983.

Poilu (rue du)

This road was created and named by the La Fertile Plaine housing estate around 1920, and became part of the municipal road network around 1937. As the road was extended, the Municipal Council confirmed the name for the entire length of the street on 23 May 1991. The name of this street refers to the nickname given to the soldiers of the 1st World War. It is quite possible that the founders of the development or members of their families fought in the war. The creation of the housing estate was close to the end of the war. There are many roads in France with similar names: rue du Poilu, rue des Poilus, rue des Poilus de 14-18 etc. ...

Pommiers (rue des)

Created and named by the Cité Les Pommiers on 9 January 1967.

Pontoise (esplanade de)

Capital of the Val d'Oise. Name given on 21 May 1971 to an esplanade in the Fauvettes district, currently under construction.

Port (rue du)

This street leads to the canal lock. Its route and ownership were the subject of numerous discussions with the Ville-Evrard hospital. It took this name in anticipation of the goods port that was to be built upstream of the lock. In fact, it now leads to the marina (extract fromStories from NocéAssociation François-Xavier Donzelot, 2014).

Prairies (rue des)

Rue des Prairies was part of the "Domaine de la Maltournée" housing estate that gave it its name. Built around 1912, it was partly destroyed when the railway line was built in 1925.

Président Kennedy (rue du)

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963), American statesman. A new road was named after him on 31 May 1965.

Prince (chemin du)

The name is thought to have originated with the Princes of Orléans who used to ride or hunt here when they stayed at the Château du Raincy.

Princes (avenue des)

The name is thought to have originated with the Princes of Orléans who used to ride or hunt here when they stayed at the château. This private road was transferred to the town in 1974.

Processions (chemin des)

This name refers to the Rogation processions, when the statue of Saint-Baudile or Saint-Vincent was solemnly carried to the four corners of the commune on the return from spring, to encourage the growth of harvests and fruit.

Racine (avenue)

Jean Racine (1639-1699) French tragic poet. This road was created by the Avenir housing estate in the 1920s and classified as a municipal road in 1937.

Raymond Queneau (allée)

Raymond Queneau, born in Le Havre on 21 February 1903 and died in Paris 13ᵉ on 25 October 1976, was a French novelist, poet, playwright and co-founder of the Oulipo literary group. New thoroughfare in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Raincy (rue du)

Chemin rural n°10 (chemin de Neuilly à Villemomble) was straightened and widened around 1910. Its name was Chemin des Trous. The change of name was requested by local residents. A resolution passed on 25 November 1925 renamed it rue du Raincy. This road bordered the La Carrière housing estate. The street was split in two by the railway line. The other part became rue de la Liberté in 1934.

Rambouillet (esplanade de)

Capital of a district in the Yvelines department, with a 14th-18th century château now used by the President of the Republic. Name given on 21 May 1971 to an esplanade in the Fauvettes district, currently under construction.

Raymond Bilbor (rue)

Raymond Bilbor (Châlons-sur-Marne 1898 - Neuilly 09/12/1970). Mayor of Neuilly from 1953 to 1965 (Communist Party). Formerly rue de la Butte, this road, created by the "La Carrière" housing estate, was named by the Municipal Council on 6 August 1971 as a tribute to Raymond Bilbor, who lived at number 8 in the street from 1921.

Raymond Chassagne (place)

Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Marne from 1965 to 1974. New road named on 17 December 1981.

Raymond Poincaré (rue)

Politician (1860-1934). Name given on 31 May 1965 to a street in the Les Chanoux industrial estate.

René Cassin (allée)

French jurist (1887-1976), President of the European Court of Human Rights (1965), Nobel Peace Prize winner (1968). On 17 December 1987, the Town Council gave this name to an existing private road.

Renée (impasse)

Renée or René? Apparently created around 1928 with the 18 arpents housing estate.

Renée Vivien (rue)

Pauline Mary Tarn, alias Renée Vivien, was born on 11 June 1877 in London and died on 18 November 1909 in Paris. Nicknamed "Sapho 1900", she was a British poet with a wide range of literary affiliations, including Parnassus, Symbolism, Pre-Raphaelitism and the late Romanticism of Naturism in the Belle Époque. Her work has remained one of the great icons of feminine genius throughout the centuries, and is constantly the subject of new research. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 16 September 2020.

République (boulevard de la)

A political system in which the law applies to everyone without exception and the office of Head of State is not hereditary. The French Republic. Boulevard des écoles became Boulevard de la République on 30 July 1913. This road was named boulevard du Maréchal Pétain on 03/01/1941. It was renamed after the war by a resolution passed on 06/10/1944 and applied on the occasion of the commemoration of the martyrs of Chateaubriant on 22/10/1944.

Résistance (place de la)

Clandestine action carried out by civilian and military organisations in Europe against the German occupiers during the Second World War. Through its actions, the Resistance made a major contribution to the liberation of France and to supporting the actions of General de Gaulle. Name given to the former Place d'Armes on 27 October 1944 by the Town Council, which was formed by the local Liberation Committee.

Robert (avenue)

In the 1910s, the Le Verdoyant housing estate was created by two Robert sisters. The specifications for the development stipulated: " the saleswomen will have an avenue established called Avenue Robert, which will always be named as such"..

Robert Desnos (rue)

Robert Desnos [dɛsˈnoːs] was a French poet who was born on 4 July 1900 in the 11ᵉ arrondissement of Paris and died of typhus on 8 June 1945 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia, which had just been liberated by the Red Army. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Robert Schumann (avenue)

Politician (1886-1963) who worked to bring the European idea to life. He was the author of the plan for the European Coal and Steel Community (1951) and the initiator of Franco-German reconciliation. On 31 May 1965, the town council named part of the sewer road after him.

Roger Salengro (rue)

Roger, Henri, Charles Salengro born 30 May 1890 in Lille, prominent member of the SFIO, mayor of Lille from 1925 to 1936, Minister of the Interior under Léon Blum. Roger Salengro was the victim of a smear campaign accusing him of deserting in 1915. Cleared of any wrongdoing, he committed suicide on 17 November 1936. His funeral, on 22 November 1936, was attended by 1 million people. His name was given to Avenue des Roses by a resolution of 27 October 1944. This name had been given to another street in 1936 at the request of the SFIO section of Neuilly-sur-Marne. Under the Vichy government, the street was renamed.

Roitelets (rue des)

Cité des Bouleaux road named by its owner on 27 July 1966. The names of the housing estate were chosen by analogy with the neighbouring rue Des Fauvettes.

Romarins (rue des)

A road surrounding the Romarins residence, starting at 5 rue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny and ending at number 17 on the same road. This new street was named by the Municipal Council on 13 October 1994.

Rosemonde Gérard (driveway)

Louise-Rose-Étiennette Gérard, known as Rosemonde Gérard, was a French poet and actress. She was born on 5 April 1866 in Paris, where she died on 8 July 1953. She was the wife of Edmond Rostand. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Roses (allée des)

On 19 April 1984, the Municipal Council named Allée des Roses the road serving a small housing estate leading to 24 rue Abel Tuffier.

Rossignols (rue des)

Cité des Bouleaux road named by its owner on 27 July 1966. The names of the housing estate were chosen by analogy with the neighbouring rue Des Fauvettes.

Rouges Gorges (allée des)

Private road. Formerly allée Audrey, named by the Municipal Council on 12 July 1984.

Rousselet (rue)

Hippolyte Rousselet, mayor of Neuilly in 1896, died in 1897. The chemin de la Procession was given this name on 18 February 1905. In 1965, the route of the road was redefined between the chemin des processions and the rue du Plateau railway line.

Roussillon (allée du)

Name of a French province given on 29 September 1968 to a road built when the Fauvettes district was created.

Roussillon (place du)

Name of a French province given on 25 December 1976 to a road built when the Fauvettes district was created.

Roussillon (rue du)

Name of a French province given on 29 September 1968 to a road built when the Fauvettes district was created.

Saint-Baudile (avenue)

Name of the patron saint of the parish of Neuilly-sur-Marne, a martyr from the late 3rd century who is said to have been beheaded in Nîmes.

Saint-Flour (esplanade de)

Capital of the Cantal district. Name given on 21 May 1971 to an esplanade in the Fauvettes district, currently under construction.

Saint-Georges (rue)

Formerly a private road, opened to traffic in 2009. This street is probably named after the parish priest Héroux's patron saint, a 3rd-century martyr.

Saint-Germain (esplanade de)

Capital of the Yvelines district, this castle was rebuilt for François 1st. Name given on 21 May 1971 to an esplanade in the Fauvettes district, currently under construction.

Saint-Nicolas (courtyard)

4th century, patron saint of Russia and small children. The courtyard of Saint-Nicolas opens onto rue du Docteur Peneau, formerly rue Saint-Nicolas. Private road.

Saint-Saëns (avenue)

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), French composer. This road was created by the Avenir housing estate in the 1920s and classified as a municipal road in 1937.

Saint-Vincent (chemin)

Patron saint of winegrowers. Name given on 25 February 1972 to the road linking rue des Lilas to rue Louis Vannini. The name refers to Neuilly's wine-growing past.

Sauges (allée des)

New road created during the construction of the Clos des Romarins, transferred to the municipality in 2005. It was named by the Municipal Council on 13 October 1994.

Saules (allée des)

Private road named on 23 December 1966 by the owner. Name approved by the Municipal Council on 7 January 1967.

Savoie (rue de)

Name of a French province given on 29 September 1968 to a road built when the Fauvettes district was created.

Simone Bigot (rue)

The name of this street dates back to the Paris-Neuilly housing estate built around 1913. The Municipal Council never changed it. It is likely that the founder of the development, Gaston Bigot, wanted to pay tribute to his family. However, Simone Bigot streets can be found in Neuilly-Plaisance, Champigny-sur-Marne and Clichy-la-Garenne. No explanation has yet been given.

Site agréable (rue du)

A locality appearing on the land register at this location. On 3 January 1941, the special delegation gave this name to the main street of a small housing estate.

Solidarité (rue de la)

Created and named by the l'Epi d'Or housing estate around 1911, it was classified as a municipal road in 1943.

Sorbiers (rue des)

This street was part of the Val Coteau housing estate created at the beginning of the 20th century but approved around 1930. According to a letter dated 6 November 1952the creation of the avenues known as Avenue de Villemomble and Avenue des Sorbiers was the work of local residents, who subsequently formed an association to develop them"..

Stalingrad (place)

Battle of the Second World War (September 1942 - February 1943). After fierce fighting around Stalingrad, the Soviets defeated the German Fifth Army, which capitulated on 2 February 1943. This battle marked the decisive turning point in the war on the Russian front. Name given to the former Place des Fêtes on 17 November 1949. It was inaugurated on 19 November 1950, the anniversary of the capture of Berlin.

Suffren (allée de)

Pierre André de Suffren de Saint-Tropez (1729-1788), French sailor sometimes known as "the Bailiff of Suffren". Captain and then squadron leader in the Royal Navy, he took part in the American War of Independence before serving gloriously in India against Great Britain (1782-1783). On his return to France, he was made vice-admiral. New road created with the Fauvettes district. The date of its naming has not been identified.

Suffren (rue de)

New private road created by the residence Le Marais Saint Baudile, which named it on 15 December 1966. The name was approved by the Municipal Council on 7 January 1967.

Temple (rue du)

On 6 September 1931, the owners of the Temple allotment plots decided to form an authorised syndicate in order to have their plots serviced. A note from 1932 indicates that the allotment includes six houses built of hard materials and 21 inhabitants. There were no water, gas, electricity or sewage pipes. On 8 December 1940, the housing association informed the residents that as a result of the government subsidy, rue du temple was no longer a private road and that the pavements did not belong to the local residents. It is therefore forbidden to use them for cultivation. Prefectoral order classifying the road on 3 August 1953.

Théophile Gaubert (rue)

Nurse, mayor of Neuilly from 1935 to 1939 and from 1944 to 1953 (Communist Party). A section of the rue de Paris was named after him on 2 April 1965.

Théophile Gautier (square)

Jules Pierre Théophile Gautier, born in Tarbes on 30 August 1811 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 23 October 1872, was a French poet, novelist and art critic. The son of Jean-Pierre Gautier and Adélaïde Cocard, Théophile Gautier was born in the Hautes-Pyrénées, but was a Parisian from an early age. New road in the Maison-Blanche district named by the City Council on 30 January 2019.

Thyms (allée des)

New road created during the construction of the Clos des Romarins, transferred to the municipality in 2005. It was named by the Municipal Council on 13 October 1994.

Tilleuls (allée des)

Private road named on 23 December 1966 by the owner. Name approved by the Municipal Council on 7 January 1967.

Touquet (allée du)

New private road named by the Municipal Council on 4 May 1995. Le Touquet is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department.

Touquet (rue)

New road named by the Municipal Council on 16 October 2014

Touquet (esplanade du)

Name given on 21 May 1971 to an esplanade in the Fauvettes district, currently under construction. Le Touquet is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department.

Touraine (rue de)

Name of a French province given on 29 September 1968 to a road built when the Fauvettes district was created.

Tourville (rue de)

Anne de Costentin, Count of Tourville (1642-1701) Marshal of France. New private road created by the residence Le Marais Saint Baudile, which named it on 15 December 1966. The name was approved by the Municipal Council on 7 January 1967.

Turgot (avenue)

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne (1727-1781), politician State and French economist. This road was created by the Avenir housing estate in the 1920s and classified as a municipal road in 1937.

Val de Marne (allée du)

Private road within the Val de Marne residence, named by the Municipal Council on 26 May 1983.

Valmy (allée de)

Battle of Valmy (20 September 1792), victory of Dumouriez and Kellermann over the Prussians near Sainte-Menehould (Marne). It halted the invasion and restored confidence to the French army. Name given by the Town Council on 25 May 1989 to a newly-created private road.

Verdoyant (rue du)

Road created by the Le Verdoyant (or La Guette) housing estate around 1920.

Verdun (avenue de)

Capital of the Meuse district. Battle of the First World War (February to December 1916). Resolution no. 4046 of 26/04/1968 provided for the naming of the north-south axis of the Stade Fauvettes development, but only along its entire length between avenue Léon Blum and avenue du Maréchal Leclerc. In the end, only the section to the south of Place des Victoires was given this name on 20 September 1968.

Verger (rue du)

This road was created and named by the La Fertile Plaine housing estate around 1920 and became part of the municipal road network around 1937.

Versailles (allée de)

Capital of the Yvelines département, this castle became the Royal Palace for Louis XIV. Name given by the Municipal Council on 4 May 1995 to a new private road in the Fauvettes district.

Versailles (esplanade de)

Capital of the Yvelines département, this castle became the Royal Palace for Louis XIV. Name given on 21 May 1971 to an esplanade in the Fauvettes district, currently under construction.

Victoires (place des)

This square was created when the Fauvettes district was built and named by the Municipal Council on 21 May 1971.

Victor Hugo (rue)

French poet (1802-1885). Name given to rue Saint-Martin on 10 September 1894.

Vignes (chemin des)

The old path leading to the vineyards on the Avron hillsides was cut into two sections by the construction of the railway line.

Ville de Paris (rue de la)

Formerly known as the "chemin de l'égout du département de la Seine", it was probably classified as a municipal road in 1973.

Villebois Mareuil (rue)

Victor de Villebois Mareuil (1847-1900). French colonel killed in the Transvaal, fighting alongside the Boers in their war against the British. Street built and named by the Le Domaine de la Maltournée housing estate around 1910. Classified as a municipal road around 1938.

Villemomble (rue de)

County town of Seine Saint-Denis, bordering Neuilly.

Voltaire (rue)

(1694-1778) poet, playwright, philosopher (The philosophical dictionaryHis historical works were the foundation of the modern conception of history. A road created during the development of the Donzelot district and named on 16 December 1993.

Welter (rue)

Jean Nicolas Welter (or Velter) born around 1820. Teacher in Neuilly in the years 1840-1850. Rue du Buis was named after him on 10 September 1894.

Winston Churchill (avenue)

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), British politician. Prime Minister (1940-1945 and 1951-1955), leader of the Conservative Party. Leader of the British war effort and one of the protagonists of the Allied victory over the Axis. On 31 May 1965, the Town Council named part of the sewer road after him.

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Monuments and buildings in the town

A village hall in the centre of town

Les Fleurs nursery school

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Jean Jaurès School Group

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Claude Rouget de Lisle and André Chénier school groups

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The first bathing spots

The Popular Municipal Beach (1937-1977)

The Marne, a place to celebrate

The beach during the Second World War (1939-1944)

The road bridge

Streets in the city

19 March 1962 (rue du)

8 mai 1945 (avenue du)

24 arpents (place des)

Abel Tuffier (rue)

Acacias (allée des)

Aimé Césaire (rue)

Alain Savary (driveway)

Albert Camus (rue)

Alfred de Musset (rue)

Alfred de Vigny (rue)

Alfred Kastler (rue)

Alouettes (rue des)

Alsace Lorraine (rue d')

Amiral Courbet (rue de l')

Andrée Chédid (rue)

André Gide (rue)

Anjou (rue d')

Anna-Elisabeth de Noailles (place)

Antonin Artaud (avenue)

Argelès (esplanade d')

Aristide Briand (boulevard)

Artois (allée)

Artois (rue)

Arthur Dalidet (rue)

Arthur Rimbaud (rue)

Aubépines (allée des)