It is only 7 kilometers from the capital lies the town of Blanc-Mesnil. A equidistant from Paris and Charles de Gaulle airport, this town in Seine-Saint-Denis is on a development priority since the twentieth century. But the presence of men in Blanc-Mesnil goes back a long time since in fact it is estimated that the latter was already attested in the Neolithic and Roman times. From the eleventh century, the existence of Blanc-Mesnil appears in official writings since the lands of the city are those of the Senlis abbey founded by Anne of Kiev, the mother of the King of France at the time.
In the nineteenth century, the arrival of the railway between Paris and Soissons reducing the isolation of the town of Blanc-Mesnil who begins his true expansion. Blanc-Mesnil times have followed, shaping the city and leaving their footprints on neighborhoods and buildings. What better way to discover the heritage of Blanc-Mesnil than walking the streets to study the examples of typical architecture from different ages.
True open-air museum of urban planning of the s, the city Le Blanc-Mesnil is classified historical monument. Typical Viennese architecture of the period, it was built opposite Le Bourget Airport, which at the time was booming. We also call this city , residence Germain Dorel. A fully furnished in period style allowing visitors to get a glimpse of what daily life at that time. The town has a cinema, the cinema Louis Daquin, whose programming is rich and varied.
It sometimes shows films rarely shown in French theaters, and events and meetings are organized. In a willingness to go to meet the public, the cinema Louis Daquin organizes debates about films that are screened there.
Le Blanc-Mesnil is a city of culture and also a theater in the ambitious program. A scene dedicated to contemporary music, titled "Two Parts Kitchen" also offers the Blanc-Mesnil concerts, as well as the provision of recording studios. Finally, Erik Satie Conservatory radiation County offers children and their parents learning the music and dance. Every summer at Blanc-Mesnil, from mid-July to early August, the city will start the time of the beach with the Beach Mesnil operation!
