Joinville-le-Pont (French pronunciation: [ʒwɛ̃vil lə pɔ̃] ) is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.4 km (5.8 mi) from the center of Paris.
The commune was created in 1791 under the name La Branche-du-Pont-de-Saint-Maur (literally "The Branch of Saint-Maur's Bridge") by detaching its territory from the commune of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. The commune was renamed Joinville-le-Pont (literally "Joinville the Bridge") on 29 August 1831. Under Louis-Philippe of France, the Redoute de Gravelle was built in the commune.
In 1929, the commune of Joinville-le-Pont lost more than a third of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, a part of which belonged to Joinville-le-Pont.
Joinville-le-Pont has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Joinville-le-Pont is 12.9 °C (55.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 654.0 mm (25.75 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.3 °C (70.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Joinville-le-Pont was 42.5 °C (108.5 °F) on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.6 °C (3.9 °F) on 17 January 1985.
Joinville-le-Pont is served by Joinville-le-Pont station on Paris RER line A.
Public schools include:
There is a private school, Groupe Scolaire A.P.E.P., which runs from preschool to senior high school/sixth-form college (lycée).[8]
