Saint-Mandé

Saint-Mandé
region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	Nogent-sur-Marne
Canton	Vincennes
Community association	Métropole du Grand Paris and ; Paris Est Marne et Bois
Coordinates	48 ° 50 ′ N , 2 ° 25 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ N , 2 ° 25 ′ E
height	42-54 m
surface	0.92 km 2
Residents	22,619 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	24,586 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	94160
INSEE code	94067
Website	mairie-saint-mande.fr

Saint-Mandé is a French commune with 22,619 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), which is east of the capital Paris . It belongs to the Île de France agglomeration and is located, resembling a corner, in the north-west of the Val-de-Marne department .

history

When the city of Paris annexed large districts that are now part of the 12th arrondissement and the Bois de Vincennes in 1860 and 1929 , Saint-Mandé lost a large part of its urban area.

Attractions

The Notre-Dame church, built 1883–1885

The Hôpital Bégin, built 1855–1858

The Saint-Louis church, built 1923–1924

On the small cimetière nord there are numerous old graves, including those of Juliette Drouet , the muse of Victor Hugo

The pianist Jeanne-Marie Darré rests on the cimetière sud

The writer Juliette Benzoni , known as the queen of historical novels, rests on the cimetière sud

sons and daughters of the town

Jean-Philippe Allard (* 1957), music producer, manager
Juliette Benzoni (1920–2016), writer
Charles Berling (* 1958), actor, film director and screenwriter
Françoise Blanchard (1954–2013), actress
Martine Carol (1920–1967), actress
Claudette Colbert (1903-1996), Oscar-winning actress
Bruno Cremer (1929-2010), actor
Pierre Christin (* 1938), author and comics scenario
Alexandra David-Néel (1868–1969), travel writer
Frédéric Diefenthal (* 1968), actor
Jules Guesde (1845–1922), politician
Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), film director
H. Maurice Jacquet (1886–1954), composer and conductor
Dominique Laffin (1952–1985), actress
Jacqueline Lamba (1910–1993), painter of Abstract Expressionism
François Lissarrague (* 1947), classical archaeologist
Eric Luter (* 1953), jazz musician
André Moynet (1921–1993), aviator in World War II, politician and racing driver
Yann Randrianasolo (* 1994), athlete
Yves Ternon (* 1932), surgeon and historian

traffic

The city is served by the Paris Métrolinie 1 at the Saint-Mandé station (formerly Saint-Mandé - Tourelle ).

Town twinning

Saint-Mandé lists five twin cities :

city	country	since
Acre	Israel Israel	2010, September 21
Concord	United States Massachusetts, United States	1987, March 15th
Drogheda	Ireland County Louth, Ireland	2011, September 9th
Eschwege	Germany North Hesse, Germany	1989, September / 1990, October
Tres Cantos	Spain Spain	2005, March 12th
Chingford	United Kingdom London, UK	1956, April 21
Yanggu-gun	Korea South South Korea	2011, October 12th