Villeneuve-la-Garenne, Hauts-de-Seine Département, Île-de-France Region, France

🇫🇷 Villeneuve-la-Garenne is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.2 km from the centre of Paris in the Hauts-de-Seine department in the Île-de-France region.

History The commune of Villeneuve-la-Garenne was created on 9 April 1929 by detaching its territory from the commune of Gennevilliers.

Economy Villeneuve-la-Garenne is home to shipyards: • Chantier de la Société Française de Construction navale • Vanpraet Chantiers Navals du Nord.

Education As of the 2015–2016 school year the commune had 1,280 preschool students, 1,973 elementary students, and 1,978 secondary students.

Junior high schools include: • Collège Édouard Manet • Collège Georges Pompidou

Senior high schools: • Lycée polyvalent Charles Petiet • Lycée Michel Ange

The public library is the Bibliothèque Aimé-Césaire.

Transport Villeneuve-la-Garenne is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Villeneuve-la-Garenne is Saint-Denis station, which is an interchange station on Paris RER line D and on the Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail line. This station is located in the commune of Saint-Denis, 0.9 km (0.56 mi) from the town centre of Villeneuve-la-Garenne.

The town is well-served by the Paris metropolitan bus system: several lines run through its territory. (RATP bus lines 137, 177, 178, 261 and 378).

Since 15 November 2012, the city is served by a tram (Line 1).