Bourg-la-Reine is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the southern suburbs of Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France

France

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. It is located 9.1 km (5.7 mi) from the center of Paris

Kilometre Zero

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. The inhabitants are called Réginaburgiens. The town is twinned with Kenilworth

Kenilworth

Kenilworth is a town in central Warwickshire, England. In 2001 the town had a population of 22,582 . It is situated south of Coventry, north of Warwick and northwest of London....

, UK.

History

In 1792, during the French Revolution

French Revolution

The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...

, Bourg-la-Reine (meaning "Town of the Queen") was renamed Bourg-l'Égalité (meaning "Equality borough"). The name Bourg-la-Reine was restored in 1812.

Transport

Bourg-la-Reine is served by Bourg-la-Reine

Bourg-la-Reine (Paris RER)

Bourg-la-Reine is one of the Paris RER B stations, located in the town of Bourg-la-Reine....

 station on Paris RER line B

RER B

The RER B is one of the five lines in the RER rapid transit system serving :Paris, France.The line runs from the northern termini Aéroport Charles de Gaulle and Mitry-Claye to the southern termini Robinson and Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse ....

.

Personalities

Bourg-la-Reine was the birthplace of:

• Évariste Galois
  Évariste Galois
  Évariste Galois was a French mathematician born in Bourg-la-Reine. While still in his teens, he was able to determine a necessary and sufficient condition for a polynomial to be solvable by radicals, thereby solving a long-standing problem...
  
  , mathematician
  Mathematician
  A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
  
  
• Louis Joxe
  Louis Joxe
  Louis Joxe was a French statesman, judge and politician.-Career:* Ambassador of France to the USSR * Ambassador of France to the Federal Republic of Germany...
  
   (1901–1991), statesman
• Madeleine LaBeau, actress
• Modibo Diakité
  Modibo Diakité
  Modibo Diakité is a French footballer of Senegalese descent who plays for Serie A club S.S...
  
  , footballer
• Yannick N'Gog
  Yannick N'Gog
  Yannick N'Gog is a French rugby union wing who went on a three-week trial with the Scarlets from SU Agen in 2008. He previously played for Bayonne and the French national Sevens team...
  
  rugby player

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