Saint-Mandé

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Commune of Saint-Mandé Saint-Mandé, at the level of line 1 metro station.
Location
Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates	48°50′23″N, 2°25′03″E
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	Nogent-sur-Marne
Canton	Saint-Mandé
Intercommunality	none as of 2005
Mayor	Patrick Beaudouin
Statistics
Altitude	42 m–54 m
Land area¹	0.92 km²
Population² (1999 census)	19,697
- Density (1999)	21,410/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	94067/ 94160
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Saint-Mandé is a commune of the Val-de-Marne département, and of the Île-de-France région (in the eastern suburbs of Paris), France. It is located 5.3 km. (3.3 miles) from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.

[edit] History

On January 1, 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, about two-third of the commune of Saint-Mandé was annexed to Paris, and forms now the neighborhoods of Bel-Air and Picpus, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris.

In 1929, the commune of Saint-Mandé lost one-quarter of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, a small part of which belonged to Saint-Mandé, leaving Saint-Mandé as a small rump commune after the territorial losses of 1860 and 1929.

[edit] Transport

Saint-Mandé is served by Saint-Mandé station on Paris Métro Line 1.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Saint-Mandé is twinned with:

• Waltham Forest, United Kingdom since April 21, 1956
• Eschwege, Germany since September 23, 1989
• Concord, Massachusetts, United States since March 15, 1997
• Tres Cantos, Spain since March 12, 2005