Boulogne-Billancourt

Boulogne-Billancourt is a city and commune in France, the sous-préfecture of the Hauts-de-Seine département in the Ile-de-France région. Population (1999): 106,367.

Administration

With the city of Sèvres, Boulogne-Billancourt is part of the communauté d'agglomération Val de Seine.

In 1924, the city changed its name: Boulogne-sur-Seine became officially Boulogne-Billancourt.

Boulogne-Billancourt was the birthplace of:

Baron Edmond James de Rothschild (1845-1934), philanthropist and activist for Jewish affairs
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
Véronique Sanson, musician
Catherine Spaak, actress

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