Stains () is a commune in the northern suburbs of

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. It is located from the center of Paris.

Heraldry

Population

Transport

Stains is served by Pierrefitte – Stains station on Paris RER line D. This station is located at the border between the commune of Stains and the commune of

Pierrefitte-sur-Seine Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (, literally ''Pierrefitte on Seine'') is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and Île-de-France region of France. Today forming part of the northern suburbs of Paris, Pierrefitte lies from the centre of the Fre ...

, on the Pierrefitte-sur-Seine side of the border.

Education

Schools in Stains: * 11 public preschools/nursery schools (''maternelles'') * 13 public elementary schools * 3 public junior high schools: Barbara, Joliot Curie, and Pablo Neruda * 1 public senior high school/sixth-form college: Lycée polyvalent Maurice Utrillo * 1 private junior high school: Collège privé Sainte-Marie.

Monuments

* ''Château de Stains'' (, destroyed in the War of 1870) * ''Cité-jardin de Stains'' () *Town hall of Stains *''Château de la Motte'' (, destroyed in 1819 with the exception of a few outbuildings) *''L'église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Stains'' ( Church of Our Lady of the Assumption of Stains) File:Château de Stains 1870.jpg, Château de Stains in 1870 File:STAINS La mairie.JPG, Town Hall of Stains in the 1920s. File:Stains Chateau de la Motte Fronton.JPG, Detail of the pediment of the Château de La Motte.

Notable people

* Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe, footballer

Twin towns — Sister cities

Stains is twinned with: *

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) since May 4, 1964: Twinning for joint projects of peace and collaboration between the German and French people. *

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) since 1965: Traditional twinning * Luco dei Marsi (

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) since December 15, 2000: Multilateral collaboration in the fields of sport, tourism, environment and development in the field of NICTs, allowing the enhancement of reciprocal cultural wealth. * Am'ari ( Palestine ) since January 15, 1999: Multilateral cooperation with the Palestinian refugee camp of Am'ari in the West Bank, in solidarity with the peace forces in the region. * Mengueme (

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References

External links

Official websiteOfficial website
(in French) Communes of Seine-Saint-Denis {{SeineSaintDenis-geo-stub