Its population is small relative to surrounding communes, just under 15,000. However, its development as an administrative centre, along with the establishment over the years of several schools, gives it more prominence than its population size would suggest.
Its character has made it known as le Neuilly de la Seine-Saint-Denis.[3]
In the 17th and 18th century, Raincy was known primarily as location of the Château du Raincy, now demolished. The commune of Le Raincy was created on 20 May 1869 by detaching a part of the territory of Livry-Gargan and merging it with a part of the territory of Clichy-sous-Bois and a small part of the territory of Gagny.
Heraldry
Arms of le Raincy
the arms of le Raincy are blazoned :
Or, an oak tree eradicated vert, overall a fess vair, in dexter base a crescent gules in sinister base a fleur de lys azure, all within a bordure gules.
motto: "Heri Nemus Urbs Hodie" (in French: "Forêt j'étais, Ville je suis" ; in English "Forest I was; City I am".
Population
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The town today receives visitors - mainly to see the Notre-Dame du Raincy church. Designed by the brothers Auguste and Gustave Perret and built in 1922–1923, this was one of the first churches to be built in reinforced concrete, and with no external ornamentation. The architecture is remarkable for the classicism of its columns, greatly enhanced by the stained glass windows of Maurice Denis and Marie-Alain Couturier. The church is listed as an historic monument. It was restored in the 1990s, and is in regular use. Many of the visitors to the church come from Japan, as a smaller replica of Notre Dame du Raincy was built in the Tokyo suburbs.
^Soulé, Veronique (2007-04-03). "A Clichy-sous-Bois, le lycée ghetto qu'on évite". Libération. Retrieved 2016-09-25. "Le Raincy est considéré comme le «Neuilly de la Seine-Saint-Denis», avec ses pavillons coquets et ses maisons en meulière."
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