Bois-Colombes is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the northwestern suburbs of Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. It is located 9 km (5.6 mi) from the center of Paris

Kilometre Zero

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. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe

Europe

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. International companies such as Colgate-Palmolive and AVIVA have their French quarter in Bois Colombes.

History

The commune of Bois-Colombes (literally "Dove Woods") was created on 13 March 1896 by detaching its territory from the commune of Colombes

Colombes

Colombes is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-History:On 13 March 1896, 17% of the territory of Colombes was detached and became the commune of Bois-Colombes ....

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Transport

Bois-Colombes is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line: Bois-Colombes and Les Vallées.

Personalities

• Michel Descombey
  Michel Descombey
  Michel Descombey is a French ballet dancer, choreographer, and director.Descombay studied dancing in Paris, and debuted as a professional dancer of the Ballet de l'Opéra National in 1947. In 1959 he became premier danseur, then ballet master, and official choreographer and at last director of the...
  
  , ballet dancer and choreographer, born 1930
• Patrick Noubissie
  Patrick Noubissie
  Patrick Benjamin Noubissié Youmbi is a French football midfielder of Cameroonian descent who currently plays for Kettering Town in the Conference National.-Career:...
  
  , footballer

External links

• Bois-Colombes website (in French)