Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine
Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine | |
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| Country | France |
| Arrondissement | Antony |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Sceaux is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.7 km (6 miles) from the center of Paris.
Sceaux is famous for the Château of Sceaux, set in its large park (Parc départemental de Sceaux), designed by André Le Nôtre, measuring 2 km². The original château, demolished during the Revolution, was built by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the minister of finance to Louis XIV and purchased by Louis' illegitimate son, the duc du Maine in 1699. His duchesse held court in a glittering salon at Sceaux in the first decades of the eighteenth century. The present château, rebuilt 1856-62 in a Louis XIII style, is open for visits.
Sceaux is a very pretty city, especially downtown with its main pedestrian full of luxury shops. This street is rue Houdan.
Housing costs are extremely high, higher than in many districts of Paris, especially with streets facing the Parc de Sceaux.
Transport
Sceaux is served by three stations on Paris RER line B: Sceaux, Robinson, and Parc de Sceaux (this last station is located at the border between the commune of Sceaux and the commune of Antony, on the Antony side of the border). Sceaux is connected to the A86 highway that goes round Île-de-France.
Education
Sceaux hosts two public high schools, the lycée Marie Curie (enrollment 2,000) and the lycée Lakanal (enrollment 3,000). The lycée Lakanal offers highly ranked "classes préparatoires" undergraduate training. The Faculté Jean Monnet, the college of Law and Management of University of Paris-XI (Orsay), is also located in Sceaux.
The Kadic Junior High School on Code Lyoko based on the lycée Lakanal.
Cultural life
Sceaux is home to one theater, the théâtre des Gémeaux. It is part of the "Scène Nationale" network of the major theaters in France.
Twin towns
See also
External links
- Sceaux official website (in French)
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