Les Lilas: Fort Romainville
Fort de Romainville is best known in Île-de-France for its role as a Nazi internment camp during the Second World War. Built between 1844 and 1848, the fort formed part of the detached defensive belt commissioned around Paris under Adolphe Thiers. During the German occupation, it was used to hold hostages and members of the Resistance, including many women awaiting deportation. The site stands on the heights of Les Lilas, at the urban edge of Paris in the Paris Basin, where dense residential districts meet substantial tree cover. Its military geometry and wartime history make it an important memorial site in the northeastern suburbs of the French capital.
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Les Lilas has functioned as a residential commune on Paris’s eastern edge since the 19th century; it became an independent municipality in 1867. Set on the Plateau de Romainville, it belongs to the densely built inner ring of Île-de-France, with the Canal de l’Ourcq passing through neighbouring Pantin. Fort de Romainville, built in the 1840s as part of Paris’s defences, is an important local memorial: during the German occupation, it was used as an internment camp. Today, the Théâtre du Garde-Chasse supports the town’s cultural programme, while Mairie des Lilas links the commune to Paris on Métro line 11. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Les Lilas relates to eastern Paris and its surroundings.
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