Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis is home to the royal necropolis of the Basilica of Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis and was the location of the associated abbey.
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15 Facts About Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis
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Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis is a formerly industrial suburb currently changing its economic base.
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Until the 3rd century, Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis was a small settlement called Catolacus or Catulliacum, probably meaning "estate of Catullius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
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In 1793, during the French Revolution, Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis was renamed Franciade in a gesture of rejection of religion.
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Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis started the work of enlarging the Basilica of Saint Denis that still exists today, often cited as the first example of high early Gothic Architecture.
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Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis's successor, Louis XV, whose daughter was a nun in the Carmelite convent, took a lively interest in the city: he added a chapel to the convent and renovated the buildings of the royal abbey.
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On that occasion, the commune of La Chapelle-Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis was disbanded and divided between the city of Paris, Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen, and Aubervilliers.
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In 1892, Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis elected its first socialist administration, and by the 1920s, the city had acquired the nickname of la ville rouge, the red city.
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Since 2000, Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis has worked with seven neighbouring communes in Plaine Commune.
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Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis is served by Metro, RER, tram, and Transilien connections.
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Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis is known for its crime, with high rates of robbery, drugs offences and murder.
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Inhabitants of Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis suffer with daily insecurity and entrenched delinquency, the Minister of Public Safety Jean-Marc Ayrault increased national police force in the Basilica district and the Landy Nord, classifying them as a Priority Security Zone 'ZSP' since 2012.
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Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis has 30 public elementary schools, with one of those schools being an intercommunal school.
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Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis has one private elementary, middle, and high school and one private middle and high school .
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