# Pierrefitte-sur-Seine

Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: , lit. 'Pierrefitte on Seine') is a former commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and Île-de-France region of France, since 2025 a part of Saint-Denis, following a vote of both municipal councils on 30 May 2024. It forms part of the northern suburbs of Paris, and lies 12.4 km (7.7 mi) from the centre of the French capital.

## Heraldry

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

## History

In December 2005, Pierrefitte became Europe's first "Mediation Town".

## Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 750 | — |
| 1800 | 706 | −0.86% |
| 1806 | 734 | +0.65% |
| 1821 | 705 | −0.27% |
| 1831 | 812 | +1.42% |
| 1836 | 789 | −0.57% |
| 1841 | 827 | +0.95% |
| 1846 | 813 | −0.34% |
| 1851 | 808 | −0.12% |
| 1856 | 829 | +0.51% |
| 1861 | 915 | +1.99% |
| 1866 | 1,075 | +3.28% |
| 1872 | 1,157 | +1.23% |
| 1876 | 1,151 | −0.13% |
| 1881 | 1,346 | +3.18% |
| 1886 | 1,609 | +3.63% |
| 1891 | 1,824 | +2.54% |
| 1896 | 2,468 | +6.23% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 2,863 | +3.01% |
| 1906 | 3,349 | +3.19% |
| 1911 | 4,268 | +4.97% |
| 1921 | 5,987 | +3.44% |
| 1926 | 8,609 | +7.53% |
| 1931 | 11,645 | +6.23% |
| 1936 | 12,575 | +1.55% |
| 1946 | 12,100 | −0.38% |
| 1954 | 12,867 | +0.77% |
| 1962 | 14,770 | +1.74% |
| 1968 | 19,017 | +4.30% |
| 1975 | 20,819 | +1.30% |
| 1982 | 22,366 | +1.03% |
| 1990 | 23,822 | +0.79% |
| 1999 | 25,816 | +0.90% |
| 2007 | 28,338 | +1.17% |
| 2012 | 27,925 | −0.29% |
| 2017 | 30,306 | +1.65% |
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## Transport

The town is served by Pierrefitte – Stains railway station on line D of the RER regional suburban rail network.
The south of the commune, where the National Archives of France relocated in 2013, is also served by Saint-Denis – Université station on Paris Métro Line 13. This station lies on the border between the communes of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine and Saint-Denis.

## Education

Primary and secondary schools in the commune included:
* Nine preschools (maternelles)
* Eight elementary schools
* Two junior high schools: Collège Gustave-Courbet and Collège Pablo-Neruda
Collège intercommunal Lucie-Aubrac in Villetaneuse also served Pierrefitte students, as did Lycée Polyvalent Maurice-Utrillo, a senior high school/sixth-form college in Stains.
Paris 8 University and Paris 13 University served area students.

## In the arts

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

## Personalities

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

## Twin towns

Pierrefitte is twinned with
* Braintree in the United Kingdom
* Rüdersdorf bei Berlin in Germany.