Fresnes Prison
Fresnes Prison is the second largest prison in France, located in the town of Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, south of Paris. It comprises a large men's prison of about 1,200 cells, a smaller one for women and a penitentiary hospital.Photo: Lionel Allorge, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Prison
- Description: prison in France
- Also known as: “Centre penitentiaire de Fresnes”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Paul de-la-Vallée-aux-Renards and Parc de Sceaux station.
Église Saint-Paul de-la-Vallée-aux-Renards
Church
Photo: Paterm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Paul de-la-Vallée-aux-Renards is a church, which is situated 370 metres northeast of Fresnes Prison.
Parc de Sceaux station
Railway station
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parc de Sceaux is one of the Paris RER B stations, located in the city of Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France. This is also the name of a park and castle from Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Parc de Sceaux station is situated 1¼ km northwest of Fresnes Prison.
Hôtel de Ville, Fresnes, Val-de-Marne
Town hall
Photo: Lionel Allorge, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hôtel de Ville is a municipal building in Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, in the southwest suburbs of Paris, standing on Place Pierre et Marie Curie. It has been included on the Inventaire général des monuments by the French Ministry of Culture since 1995. Hôtel de Ville, Fresnes, Val-de-Marne is situated 1 km south of Fresnes Prison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bourg-la-Reine and Chevilly-Larue.
Bourg-la-Reine
Town
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bourg-la-Reine is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.1 km from the center of Paris.
Chevilly-Larue
Town
Photo: Valentin Ottone, CC BY 2.0.
Chevilly-Larue is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.3 km from the center of Paris.
L’Haÿ-les-Roses
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
L'Haÿ-les-Roses is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 8.5 km from the centre of Paris. L'Haÿ-les-Roses is a subprefecture of the Val-de-Marne département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of L'Haÿ-les-Roses.
Fresnes Prison
- Categories: penitentiary center and government building
- Location: Fresnes, Arrondissement of L’Haÿ-les-Roses, Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.76337° or 48° 45′ 48″ northLongitude
2.32181° or 2° 19′ 19″ eastElevation
80 metres (262 feet)Open location code
8FW4Q87C+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 42016599OpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Fresnes Prison” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سجن فرينيس”
- Catalan: “Presó de Fresnes”
- Chinese: “弗雷訥監獄”
- Danish: “Centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes”
- Danish: “Fresnes fængsel”
- Danish: “Fresnes Fængsel”
- Dutch: “Fresnes gevangenis”
- French: “centre de Fresnes”
- French: “centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes”
- French: “Centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes”
- French: “maison d’arrêt de Fresnes”
- French: “prison de fresnes”
- French: “prison de Fresnes”
- German: “Gefängnis Fresnes”
- Hebrew: “כלא פרן”
- Italian: “penitenziario di Fresnes”
- Italian: “Penitenziario di Fresnes”
- Japanese: “フレンヌ刑務所”
- Luxembourgish: “Prisong vu Fresnes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fresnes fengsel”
- Russian: “Тюрьма Френ”
- Swedish: “Fresnes fängelse”
- Welsh: “Carchar Fresnes”
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