Saint-Mandé
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Commune of Saint-Mandé |
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 Saint-Mandé, at the level of line 1 metro station. |
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| Coordinates | 48°50′23″N 2°25′03″E / 48.83972°N 2.4175°E |
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| 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 |
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| Elevation | 42–54 m (140–180 ft) |
| Land area1 | 0.92 km2 (0.36 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 19,697 (1999 census) |
| - Density | 21,410 /km2 (55,500 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 94067/ 94160 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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 mi). (3.3 miles) from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.
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[edit] History
On 1 January 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] Famous people of Saint-Mandé
- Georges Courteline writer and lampoonist;
- Armand Carrel, political writer, who died here in a duel;
- Maurice Boitel, painter;
- Juliette Drouet, mistress of Victor Hugo;
- Georges Guynemer, aviator;
- Charles Nungesser, aviator;
- Claudette Colbert, actress, native of Saint-Mandé
- Charles Berling, actor, native of Saint-Mandé
[edit] Transport
Saint-Mandé is served by Saint-Mandé station on Paris Métro Line 1.
[edit] Miscellaneous
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Saint-Mandé is twinned with:
- Waltham Forest, United Kingdom since 21 April 1956
- Eschwege, Germany since 23 September 1989
- Concord, Massachusetts, United States since 15 March 1997
- Tres Cantos, Spain since 12 March 2005
[edit] External links
- Official website (in French)
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