Malakoff
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine | |
| Arrondissement | Antony | |
| Canton | Montrouge | |
| Community association |
Métropole du Grand Paris and Vallée Sud-Grand Paris |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 49 ′ N , 2 ° 18 ′ E | |
| height | 64-95 m | |
| surface | 2.07 km 2 | |
| Residents | 30,720 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 14,841 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 92240 | |
| INSEE code | 92046 | |
| Website | www.ville-malakoff.fr | |
Malakoff is a French commune with 30,720 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hauts-de-Seine department in the Île-de-France region . It borders Paris to the south. The inhabitants are called Malakoffiots .
The national statistics school ENSAE was based in Malakoff for several decades. The EUROCAE offices are here.
The French statistical office Insee had its headquarters in Malakoff since 1975 until it moved to neighboring Montrouge in 2018 .
history
The town of Malakoff was formed on November 8, 1883, when an area of the town of Vanves was separated. The city was named after General Aimable Pélissier , who later became Duke of Malakoff. This received its title after the Fort Malakow (French: Malakoff) in front of Sevastopol , which was conquered in the Crimean War in 1855 under his command.
| Population development | |||||||
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
| Residents | 33,603 | 36,198 | 34,121 | 32,553 | 30,959 | 29,402 | 30,988 |
Town twinning
Architectural monuments
See: List of Monuments historiques in Malakoff
traffic
In Malakoff, there are two stations on the Paris Métrolinie 13 , Malakoff - Plateau de Vanves and Malakoff - Rue Étienne Dolet.
There is also a station on the Paris Montparnasse Transilien lines , Vanves – Malakoff, which, however, is already in the Vanves area, right on the municipal boundary.
Sports
The municipality has two larger stadiums, the Stade Marcel-Cerdan and the Stade Lénine . The largest sports club in Malakoff is Union Sportive Municipale , whose footballers even competed in the second division for one season in the 1970s .
Personalities
- Christian Boltanski (* 1944), artist, lives and works in Malakoff
- Léo Figuères (1918–2011), politician, was mayor of the city from 1965 to 1996
- Lucien Geay (1900–1976), colonial administrator, born in Malakoff
- Sam Szafran (1934–2019), artist, lived and worked in Malakoff
- Daniel J. White (1912–1997), film composer, born in Malakoff
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Hauts-de-Seine. Flohic Éditions, 2nd edition, Charenton-le-Pont 1993, ISBN 2-908958-95-3 , pp. 246-253.
