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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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.
Town hall of Fresnes
Town hall
Photo: Lionel Allorge, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Town hall of Fresnes 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
amenity=prison
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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”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fresnes fengsel”
- Russian: “Тюрьма Френ”
- Swedish: “Fresnes fängelse”
- Welsh: “Carchar Fresnes”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fresnes Prison”. Photo: Lionel Allorge, CC BY-SA 3.0.