Boulogne-Billancourt: Encyclopedia II - Boulogne-Billancourt - Miscellaneous

Boulogne-Billancourt - Miscellaneous

The animated TV show Code: Lyoko is reportedly set in Boulogne-Billancourt. (source: French English)

The headquarters of Renault lies in Boulogne-Billancourt.

Boulogne-Billancourt - Births

Boulogne-Billancourt was the birthplace of:

• Anna Gavalda (born 1970), novelist
• Leslie Caron (born 1931), film actress and dancer
• Edith Cresson (born 1934), politician, former Prime Minister of France
• Daniel Buren (born 1938), conceptual artist
• Bertrand Blier (born 1939), screenwriter and film director
• Xavier de Roux (born 1940), politician
• Marie Trintignant (1962-2003), actress
• Michael Vartan (born 1968), French-American actor
• Pierre Bellemare, actor, writer
• Alain Feydeau, actor
• David Hallyday, actor
• Claude Pinoteau, actor, director, writer, producer
• Jérôme Pradon, stage actor
• Baron Edmond James de Rothschild (1845-1934), philanthropist and activist for Jewish affairs
• Véronique Sanson, musician
• Catherine Spaak, actress
• Guillaume Canet (born 1973), actor
• Gaspard Ulliel, (born 1984), actor

Boulogne-Billancourt - Twin towns

Boulogne-Billancourt is twinned with:

• Since 1955:
  • Neukölln, a borough of Berlin, Germany
  • Anderlecht, Belgium
  • Hammersmith and Fuhlam, London, United Kingdom
  • Zaanstad, Netherlands
• Since 1968:
  • Marino, Italy
  • Ra'annana, Israel
  • Pančevo, Serbia and Montenegro
• Since 1993:
  • Irving, Texas, United States
  • Sousse, Tunisia

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