Le Blanc-Mesnil

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Le Blanc-Mesnil

Total population

58,257

Air quality index

26Good

Elevation37 m

Land area8.05 km²

Coordinates48.94°, 2.46°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Le Blanc-Mesnil is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 12.6 km (7.8 mi) from the center of Paris, between Charles de Gaulle Airport and Le Bourget Airport.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Louis-Xavier de Ricard

French poet, author and journalist (1843-1911)

Noé Pamarot

French footballer (born 1979)

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Amadou Soukouna

footballer

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Beb-Deum

French affichiste

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Ferdinand Duviard

French teacher (1889–1965)

C

Carl Dolmetsch

English recorder player (1911–1997)

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Jean Gruault

French screenwriter (1924-2015)

Georges Chaudron

French chemist (1891–1976)

Mathieu Boogaerts

French singer-songwriter

Natasha Nice

French-American pornographic actress

Adolphe Boschot

French music critic and musicologist (1871–1955)

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André Fauconnet

French philosopher and writer (1881-1965)

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André Gutton

French architect (1904–2002)

André Luguet

actor (1892–1979)

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Anne Marilo

French actress (1925–2010)

Christian Jaccard

French visual artist (born 1939)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Île-de-France

• Les Pavillons-sous-Bois
  2.8 mi away · pop. 24,165
• Villepinte
  3.7 mi away · pop. 38,725
• Stains
  3.9 mi away · pop. 40,359
• Le Thillay
  4.6 mi away · pop. 4,589
• Bagnolet
  5.2 mi away · pop. 39,366
• Coubron
  5.5 mi away · pop. 5,063
• L'Île-Saint-Denis
  5.6 mi away · pop. 8,664
• Montmagny
  5.9 mi away · pop. 14,775
• Villeneuve-la-Garenne
  5.9 mi away · pop. 25,371
• Groslay
  6.3 mi away · pop. 8,416
• Courtry
  6.5 mi away · pop. 6,885
• Enghien-les-Bains
  7.4 mi away · pop. 11,440

Browse all places in Île-de-France →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-06-02

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Seen 2026-06-02

Aesculapian Snake

Zamenis longissimus

Seen 2026-06-02

Great Green Bush-cricket

Tettigonia viridissima

Seen 2026-06-02

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-06-02

tall fescue

Lolium arundinaceum

Seen 2026-06-02

Purple hairstreak

Favonius quercus

Seen 2026-06-02

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Seen 2026-06-02

Bear's breeches

Acanthus mollis

Seen 2026-06-02

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Le Blanc-Mesnil, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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