Saint-Mandé

French commune

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région=Île-de-France
département=Val-de-Marne
arrondissement=Nogent-sur-Marne
canton=Saint-Mandé
insee=94067
cp=94160
maire=Patrick Beaudouin
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intercomm= "none as of 2005"
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km²= 0.92
sans=19,697
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dens=21,410
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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 miles) from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.

History

On January 1, 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.

Famous people of Saint-Mandé

* Georges Courteline writer and lampoonist;
* Maurice Boitel, painter;
*Juliette Drouet, mistress of Victor Hugo;
*Georges Guynemer, aviator;
*Charles Nungesser, aviator;
*Claudette Colbert, actress, native of Saint-Mandé

Transport

Saint-Mandé is served by Saint-Mandé station on Paris Métro Line 1.

Miscellaneous

Saint-Mandé is twinned with:
* Waltham Forest, United Kingdom since April 21, 1956
* Eschwege, Germany since September 23, 1989
* Concord, Massachusetts, United States since March 15, 1997
* Tres Cantos, Spain since March 12, 2005

External links

* [http://www.mairie-saint-mande.fr/ Official website] (in French)