Saint-Mandé

Saint-Mandé
Commune

At the line 1 metro station

Coat of arms

Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates: 48°50′32″N 2°25′07″E / 48.8422°N 2.4186°E / 48.8422; 2.4186Coordinates: 48°50′32″N 2°25′07″E / 48.8422°N 2.4186°E / 48.8422; 2.4186
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement Nogent-sur-Marne
Canton Vincennes
Intercommunality Grand Paris
Government
 • Mayor Patrick Beaudouin
Area1 0.92 km2 (0.36 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 22,946
 • Density 25,000/km2 (65,000/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 94067 /94160
Elevation 42–54 m (138–177 ft)

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.

Saint-Mandé French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ mɑ̃.de] is a high-end commune of the Val-de-Marne department in Île-de-France in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.3 km (3.3 mi) from the center of Paris. The municipality is the sixth smallest surface of Île-de-France, and therefore one of the most densely populated ones in Europe. It is located on the edge of the 12th district of Paris, near the Porte de Vincennes and Porte de Saint-Mandé. The motto of the city is "Cresco et Floresco", which means "I grow and I flourish".

History

On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, about two-thirds of the commune of Saint-Mandé was annexed to Paris, and now forms 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.

Personalities

Transport

The municipality is crossed by a principal north-south axis, the "Avenue du Général-de-Gaulle" (formerly "Rue de la République"), and by an East-West axis, the "Avenue de Paris" (RN 34). Another important and historical street of the municipality is the "Chaussée de l'Étang" which goes along the "Bois de Vincennes". Saint-Mandé is served by Saint-Mandé station on Paris Métro Line 1, as well as line no 8. RATP buses include lines 46, 56, 86 and 325. The closest airport is Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle, located around 14 miles away (24 km).

Education

Schools include:[1]

Junior high school students are served by Ecole & Collège Decroly,[2] and Collège Jacques Offenbach.[3]

The private school system Ensemble Scolaire St Michel de Picpus maintains a secondary campus in Saint-Mandé.[4]

Twin towns

Saint-Mandé is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Les écoles." Saint-Mandé. Retrieved on September 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ Home. Ecole & Collège Decroly. Retrieved on September 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ Home. Collège Jacques Offenbach. Retrieved on September 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ Home. Ensemble Scolaire St Michel de Picpus. Retrieved on September 11, 2016.
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