Arrondissement of Saint-Denis

The arrondissement of Saint-Denis is an arrondissement of France in the department, . It has 8 communes. Its population is 451,934, and its area is 47.4 km2.
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  • Type: Locality with 435,000 residents
  • Description: arrondissement of France in Île-de-France
  • Also known as: arrondissement of Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis” and “Arrondissement of Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stade de France and Basilica of Saint-Denis.

Stadium
is the national stadium of France, located just north of in the commune of . Its seating capacity of 80,698 makes it the largest stadium in France.

Church
The is a large former medieval abbey church and present cathedral in the commune of , a northern suburb of Paris. The building is of singular importance historically and architecturally as its choir, completed in 1144, is widely considered the first structure to employ all of the elements of Gothic architecture.

Sports venue
The Paris Olympic Aquatic Centre is an aquatic centre located in , that hosted numerous aquatic sporting events for the 2024 Summer Olympics in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Denis and Le Bourget.

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is a suburb just north of . The martyred saint was said to have been beheaded in Paris, yet miraculously picked up his own head, washed it and walked nearly 10 km north to his future namesake village.

is a community of 16,500 people in the northeastern suburbs of . It is 10.6 km from the center of Paris. It's perhaps most famous because of Airport, once Paris's principal airport, now used only for general aviation; however, only a very small part of the aerodrome lies is actually in .

Photo: Mbzt, CC BY 3.0.
The of is probably best known for the hill of Montmartre which was the centre of the Communard uprising of the late-nineteenth century, but is also perhaps better known as the centre of the flourishing artist community of the period from around 1907-1914.

Arrondissement of Saint-Denis

Latitude
48.9357° or 48° 56′ 8″ north
Longitude
2.3663° or 2° 21′ 59″ east
Population
435,000
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
8FW4W9P8+7G
Geo­Names ID
2980915
Wiki­data ID
Q517570
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Arrondissement of Saint-Denis” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Qarku Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis
  • Arabic: سان دوني
  • Armenian: Սեն Դենի
  • Basque: Saint-Denisko barrutia (Sena Saint-Denis)
  • Basque: Saint-Denisko barrutia
  • Bavarian: Arrondissement Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis)
  • Bavarian: Arrondissement Saint-Denis
  • Belarusian: Сен-Дэні
  • Breton: arondisamant Saint-Denis
  • Breton: Arondisamant Saint-Denis
  • Catalan: Districte de Saint-Denis
  • Cebuano: Arrondissement de Saint-Denis (arrondissement sa Pransiya)
  • Cebuano: Arrondissement de Saint-Denis
  • Chinese: Saint-Denis Kūn
  • Chinese: 圣但尼区
  • Czech: Arrondissement Saint-Denis
  • Dutch: arrondissement Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis)
  • Dutch: arrondissement Saint-Denis
  • Dutch: Arrondissement Saint-Denis
  • Dutch: Saint-Denis
  • Esperanto: arondismento Saint-Denis
  • Esperanto: Arondismento Saint-Denis
  • French: arrondissement de Saint-Denis
  • French: Arrondissement de Saint-Denis
  • French: Saint-Denis
  • Galician: Distrito de Saint-Denis
  • German: Arrondissement Saint-Denis
  • Greek: διαμέρισμα του Σαιν-Ντενί
  • Irish: Arrondissement Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis
  • Italian: arrondissement di Saint-Denis
  • Italian: Arrondissement di Saint-Denis
  • Korean: 생드니 아롱디스망 (센생드니주)
  • Luxembourgish: Arrondissement Saint-Denis
  • Macedonian: Сен Дени
  • Min Nan Chinese: Saint-Denis Kūn
  • Persian: بخش سن-دنی، سن-سن-دنی
  • Polish: Okręg Saint-Denis
  • Romanian: Arondismentul Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis)
  • Romanian: Arondismentul Saint-Denis
  • Russian: Сен-Дени
  • Slovak: Saint-Denis
  • Slovenian: arrondissement de Saint-Denis
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Saint-Denis
  • Spanish: Distrito de Saint-Denis
  • Swedish: Saint-Denis
  • Tatar: Сен-Дени (округ)
  • Tatar: Сен-Дени
  • Turkish: Arrondissement de Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis
  • Turkish: Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis (arrondissement)
  • Turkish: Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis
  • Turkish: Saint-Denis
  • Ukrainian: Округ Сен-Дені (Сена-Сен-Дені)
  • Ukrainian: Сен-Дені
  • Venetian: arrondissement de Saint-Denis
  • Vietnamese: Quận Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis
  • Vietnamese: Saint-Denis (huyện)
  • Vietnamese: Saint-Denis (quận của Seine-Saint-Denis)
  • Vietnamese: Saint-Denis

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as La Mutualité and Saint-Denis.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Basilique de Saint-Denis station and Église des Trois-Patrons.

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