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Noisy-le-Sec (Municipality, Seine-Saint-Denis, France)

Flag of Noisy-le-Sec - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 02 November 2025

Presentation of Noisy-le-Sec
Flag of Noisy-le-Sec
- Former flag of Noisy-le-Sec

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Presentation of Noisy-le-Sec

Noisy-le-Sec (45,915 inhabitants, 510 ha) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis.

While the origins of the village of Nucetum likely date back to the early centuries AD, its existence is not mentioned in archival documents until the Middle Ages. The first written reference to the land of Noisy, still preserved today, dates from the 7th century. It is the will of Lady Ermenthrude, through which she bequeathed her rights to the vineyards of Mont Maurillon (present-day Merlan).
Throughout the medieval period and the Ancien Régime, land ownership in Noisy-le-Sec was primarily in the hands of secular lords and major abbeys in the Paris region (the abbeys of Saint-Denis, Saint-Maur, Livry, and Saint-Antoine-des-Champs).

Until the mid-19th century, Noisy-le-Sec remained a modest village of farmers, market gardeners, and winegrowers, but the arrival of the railway in 1849 marked a significant turning point in terms of economic activity and demographics. The population thus experienced a continuous increase between the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the following century: 2,010 inhabitants in 1851, 2,976 in 1866, 3,897 in 1881, 8,105 in 1896, and 13,648 in 1911.

On the eve of the First World War, 2,300 people worked in Noisy-le-Sec for the Eastern Railway Company, and the station became, during the conflict, one of the most important troop transport hubs in France. Terribly damaged by Allied bombing raids on the night of April 18-19, 1944, the town became a symbol of the devastated communities in the Paris region, suffering a very heavy human toll (approximately 500 deaths) and the total or partial destruction of most of its housing stock.

Nevertheless, the town rose from the ashes after the war and became the site of two ambitious development projects implemented by the Ministry of Reconstruction and Urban Planning. The more famous of the two led to the creation of an experimental housing estate of prefabricated single-family homes in the Merlan district; the other was characterized by the construction of apartment buildings near the train station.
Between 1946 and 1952, 55 houses were built using innovative techniques and materials to address the shortages of raw materials and labor. A remarkable feature is that 26 of the dwellings originate from foreign countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland. The listing of the entire site (including the 43 remaining houses, the plots of the demolished pavilions, and the green spaces) as a historical monument on December 28, 2000, testifies to the heritage value of a place emblematic of the bold urban planning policies of the years following the Second World War.

Olivier Touzeau, 02 November 2025

Flag of Noisy-le-Sec

The current flag is white with the logo adopted in 2023, a purple shield with a modified version of the previous logo: photo (2024); photo (2025).

The logos are inspired by the coat of arms or the commune, blazoned:
Azure two ears of wheat crossed saltirewise, between three walnuts, one in chief, on at dexter et and on at sinister, and in base a bunch of grapes stalked and leaved, all Argent.

Olivier Touzeau, 02 November 2025

Former flag of Noisy-le-Sec

Former flag of Noisy-le-Sec - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 02 November 2025

The former flag was white with the former logo: photo (2013), photo (2017).

Olivier Touzeau, 02 November 2025