Saint-Mandé () is a high-end

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of the

Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southeast of the City of Paris. In 2019, Val-de-Marne had a p ...

department in

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in the eastern suburbs of

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, France. It is located from the center of Paris. It is one of the smallest communes of the Île-de-France by land area, but is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. It is located on the edge of the

12th arrondissement of Paris The 12th arrondissement of Paris (''XIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, it is referred to as ''le douzième'' ("the twelfth"). Situated on the right bank of the River Seine, it is ...

, near the Porte de Vincennes and the 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

. In 1929, the commune of Saint-Mandé lost one-quarter of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the

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, 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.

Population

Personalities

Juliette Benzoni Juliette Benzoni (30 October 1920 – 7 February 2016) was a French author and international bestseller in several genres, including historical romance, historical fiction, mystery and screenwriting. In 1998, at the age of 78, she received th ...

(1920–2016), novel writer * Charles Berling ( 1958), actor * Françoise Blanchard (1954–2013), actress *

Maurice Boitel Maurice Boitel (July 31, 1919 – August 11, 2007) was a French painter. Artistic life Boitel belonged to the art movement called "La Jeune Peinture" ("Young Picture") of the School of Paris,The School of Paris (1945–1965) by Lydia Harambourg. ...

(1919–2007), painter * Armand Carrel (1800–1836), political writer, who died there in a duel *

Gaëtan Charbonnier Gaëtan Charbonnier (born 27 December 1988) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Saint-Étienne. Club career Born in Saint-Mandé, Charbonnier started his career at Championnat de France Amateur side Châtellera ...

( 1988), footballer *

Claudette Colbert Claudette Colbert ( ; born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin; September 13, 1903July 30, 1996) was an American actress. Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to films with the advent of talking pictures ...

(1903–1996), actress * Georges Courteline (1858–1929), writer and lampoonist *

Bruno Cremer Bruno Jean Marie Cremer (6 October 1929 – 7 August 2010) was a French actor best known for portraying Jules Maigret on French television, from 1991 to 2005. Origins Bruno Cremer was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, in the eastern suburbs ...

(1929–2010), actor * Alexandra David-Néel (1868–1969), Asian scholar *

Frédéric Diefenthal Frédéric Diefenthal (born 26 July 1968 in Saint-Mandé Saint-Mandé () 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 from the center of Paris. It is one of t ...

( 1968), actor *

Juliette Drouet Juliette Drouet, born Julienne Josephine Gauvain (10 April 1806 – 11 May 1883), was a French actress. She abandoned her career on the stage after becoming the mistress of Victor Hugo, to whom she acted as a secretary and travelling companion. ...

(1806–1883), mistress of

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...

* Grégory Fitoussi ( 1976), actor *

Alfred Grévin Alfred Grévin (28 January 1827 – 5 May 1892) was a 19th-century caricaturist, best known during his lifetime for his caricature silhouettes of contemporary Parisian women. He was also a sculptor, cartoonist, and designed costumes and sets for ...

(1827–1892), caricaturist, founder of

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* Benoît Chomel de Jarnieu ( 1955), Naval Admiral * Jacqueline Lamba Breton, (1910–1993) was a French painter and married (1934–1943) to André Breton *

Paul Nicolas Paul Nicolas (4 November 1899 – 3 March 1959) was a French footballer who played as a striker. He was part of the France national football teams at the 1920, 1924, and 1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist ...

(1899–1959), footballer * Christine Nougaret ( 1958), archivist * Charles Nungesser (1892–1927), aviator * Guillaume Jonquieres, footballer * Benoît Puga (b.1953), French Army General, Grand Chancellor of the National Order of the Legion of Honour and the National Order of Merit

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

. Saint-Mandé is served by Saint-Mandé station on

Paris Métro Line 1 Paris Métro Line 1 (French: ''Ligne 1 du métro de Paris'') is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. It connects La Défense–Grande Arche in the northwest and Château de Vincennes in the southeast. Also, there is a future eastern e ...

, as well as line no 8. RATP buses include lines 46, 56, 86 and 325. The closest airport is

Orly Airport Paris Orly Airport (french: Aéroport de Paris-Orly), commonly referred to as Orly , is one of two international airports serving the French capital, Paris, the other one being Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). It is located partially in Orly ...

, located around away.

Education

Schools include: * Preschools/nurseries (''maternelles''): Paul Bert, Charles Digeon, La Tourelle, E.G. Tillion preschool * Elementary schools: Paul Bert, Charles Digeon, E.G. Tillion elementary Junior high school students are served by Ecole & Collège Decroly, and Collège Jacques Offenbach. The private school system Ensemble Scolaire St Michel de Picpus maintains a secondary campus in Saint-Mandé.Home
Ensemble Scolaire St Michel de Picpus. Retrieved on September 11, 2016.

Twin towns

Saint-Mandé is twinned with: * Waltham Forest,

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, United Kingdom since 21 April 1956 *

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, Germany since 23 September 1989 *

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, Spain since 12 March 2005 * Drogheda, Ireland since 9 September 2011 * Yanggu, Gangwon, South Korea since 12 October 2011

References

External links

Official website
(in French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Saintmande Communes of Val-de-Marne