Clamart
| Clamart | ||
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Town hall | ||
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 Paris and inner ring départements | ||
| Coordinates: 48°48′05″N 2°15′46″E / 48.8014°N 02.2628°ECoordinates: 48°48′05″N 2°15′46″E / 48.8014°N 02.2628°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine | |
| Arrondissement | Antony | |
| Intercommunality | Sud de Seine | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Philippe Kaltenbach (PS) | |
| Area1 | 8.77 km2 (3.39 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 51,407 | |
| • Density | 5,900/km2 (15,000/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 92023 / | |
| Elevation | 64–175 m (210–574 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Clamart (French pronunciation: [kla.maʁ]) is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 8.7 km (5.4 mi) from the center of Paris.
The town is divided into two parts, separated by a forest: bas Clamart, the historical centre, and petit Clamart with urbanization developed in the 1960s replacing pea fields. The canton of Clamart includes only a part of the commune. The other part of the commune belongs to the canton of Le Plessis-Robinson.
Les Petits Pois (Peas)
The city name is famous in French gastronomy. A specialty with peas as a side-dish, is called "à la Clamart". Close to Paris and its central marketplace (Les Halles), Clamart's peas were the first of the season.
De Gaulle assassination attempt
On 22 August 1962 the French President Charles de Gaulle was the target of an assassination attempt organised by the French paramilitary group of OAS. As de Gaulle's black Citroën DS 19[1] sped through Petit-Clamart it was met by a barrage of submachine-gun fire. De Gaulle and his entourage, which included his wife, survived the attempt without any casualties or serious injuries while the attempt's perpetrators were subsequently all arrested and put on trial.
Transport
Clamart is served by Clamart station on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse suburban rail line. There are also several bus lines connecting Clamart to neighbouring towns.
Personalities
- Henri Matisse lived in Clamart before the First World War.[2]
- Yasser Arafat died in the Hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy in 2004.
- Jean Bastien-Thiry, leader of 1962 assassination attempt against Charles de Gaulle.
- Nikolai Berdyaev died here in 1948.
- Hatem Ben Arfa was born here in 1987.
- Julien Kapek, athlete.
- Theofan (Bystrov), archbishop and theologian of Eastern Orthodox Church, lived here in 1931.
- Beauford Delaney, an American born artist, moved to the town in 1953.
Nearest places
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Clamart is twinned with:
Lüneburg, Germany since 1975
Scunthorpe, United Kingdom, since 1976
Majadahonda, Spain, since 1988
Artashat, Armenia, since 2003
Penamacor, Portugal, since 2006
See also
- Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department
- The statue "La Source" in Clamart is by Pierre Charles Lenoir
References
- ↑ "Objective: De Gaulle", TIME, 9 October 1973
- ↑ Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, New York City: The Bodeley Head, Reprint: London: Penguin Classic, 2001, p. 102
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clamart. |
- Official website (French)
- New residents' welcome website (French)
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