L'Haÿ-les-Roses

L'Haÿ-les-Roses
Subprefecture and commune
The Norman Pavillon at the Roseraie du Val-de-Marne
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
Location of L'Haÿ-les-Roses
L'Haÿ-les-Roses Show map of France L'Haÿ-les-Roses Show map of Île-de-France (region)
Coordinates: 48°46′48″N 2°20′15″E / 48.779995°N 2.337393°E / 48.779995; 2.337393
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	L'Haÿ-les-Roses
Canton	L'Haÿ-les-Roses
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Clément Decrouy[1]
Area ^1	3.8 km^2 (1.5 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	31,338
• Density	8,200/km^2 (21,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	94038 /94240
Elevation	45–110 m (148–361 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

L'Haÿ-les-Roses (French pronunciation: [laj le ʁoz] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 8.5 km (5.3 mi) 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. The current mayor, serving until 2026, is Vincent Jeanbrun, from the Republicans party.^[3]

L'Haÿ-les-Roses owes the second part of its name to the Roseraie du Val-de-Marne rose garden located there.

Name

The Hôtel de Ville

The commune of L'Haÿ-les-Roses was originally called simply L'Haÿ. The name was recorded for the first time in a charter of Charlemagne in 798 as Laiacum, sometimes also spelt Lagiacum, meaning "estate of Lagius", a Gallo-Roman landowner. The name was later corrupted into Lay, Lahy, before it eventually went back to L'Haÿ.

In May 1914 the name of the commune became officially L'Haÿ-les-Roses (meaning "L'Haÿ the roses") in honour of the Roseraie du Val-de-Marne (or Roseraie de L'Haÿ), the renowned rose garden created in 1899 by Jules Gravereaux, one of the founders of the Bon Marché department store in Paris.^[4]

The Hôtel de Ville was rebuilt between 2002 and 2004.^[5]

It is one of the very few French communes with a "ÿ" in its name. A full list of French toponyms containing "ÿ" can be found here.

Demographics

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 331 —     1800 331 +0.00% 1806 336 +0.25% 1821 357 +0.40% 1831 360 +0.08% 1836 407 +2.48% 1841 416 +0.44% 1846 477 +2.77% 1851 481 +0.17% 1856 526 +1.80% 1861 585 +2.15% 1866 645 +1.97% 1872 607 −1.01% 1876 671 +2.54% 1881 609 −1.92% 1886 661 +1.65% 1891 760 +2.83% 1896 816 +1.43%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,011 +4.38% 1906 1,141 +2.45% 1911 1,315 +2.88% 1921 2,202 +5.29% 1926 4,094 +13.21% 1931 6,369 +9.24% 1936 7,707 +3.89% 1946 8,016 +0.39% 1954 10,278 +3.16% 1962 17,968 +7.23% 1968 24,352 +5.20% 1975 31,412 +3.70% 1982 29,568 −0.86% 1990 29,746 +0.08% 1999 29,660 −0.03% 2007 29,357 −0.13% 2012 31,168 +1.20% 2017 31,204 +0.02%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968–2017)[7]

Education

Primary schools in the commune:^[8]

• Seven preschools: Blondeaux, La Roseraie, Garennes, Jardin Parisien, Lallier I, Lallier II, Vallée-aux-Renards
• Seven elementary schools: Blondeaux, Centre, Jardin Parisien A, Jardin Parisien B, Lallier A, Lallier B, Vallée-aux-Renards

Junior high schools: Collège Pierre de Ronsard and Collège Chevreul.^[9]

Senior high schools/sixth-form colleges are in surrounding municipalities:^[9]

• Lycée Frédéric Mistral - Fresnes
• Lycée d’enseignement général et technologique Gustave Eiffel - Cachan
• Lycée polyvalent Maximilien Sorre - Cachan
• Lycée polyvalent Pauline Roland Chevilly-Larue - Chevilly-Larue

Transport

• Paris Métro Line 14 : L'Haÿ-les-Roses station.

Notable people

• Arthur Bernède (1871–1937), playwright and novelist
• Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786–1889), chemist
• Marcelle Géniat (1881–1959), actress
• Pierre Gandon (1899–1990), illustrator and engraver of postage stamps.
• Alain Delon (1935–2024), actor, singer, filmmaker, and businessman
• Jean-Marc Rouvière (1958), essayist
• Franck Lagorce (1968), automobile race driver
• Cécile Cinélu (1970), athlete
• Clémence Poésy (1982), actress
• Alaixys Romao (1984), footballer

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

L'Haÿ-les-Roses is twinned with:

• Omagh, United Kingdom
• Bad Hersfeld, Germany

See also

• Communes of the Val-de-Marne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 12 March 2025.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. "Attempted murder investigation opened after ramming attack on French mayor's house". France 24. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
4. "A Profusion of Roses à la française". Gardens of the World. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
5. "Histoire et Patrimoine". Town of L'Haÿ-les-Roses. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
6. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet L'Haÿ-les-Roses, EHESS (in French).
7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
8. "Liste des établissements scolaires de la ville." L'Haÿ-les-Roses. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
9. "Liste des collèges et lycées de la commune." L'Haÿ-les-Roses. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.

External links

• town council website (in French)
• Roseraie du Val-de-Marne Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine