Thiais
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Val-de-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | L'Haÿ-les-Roses | |
| Canton | Thiais (main town) | |
| Community association |
Métropole du Grand Paris and Grand-Orly Seine Bièvre |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 46 ' N , 2 ° 23' E | |
| height | 41-96 m | |
| surface | 6.43 km 2 | |
| Residents | 29,017 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 4,513 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 94320 | |
| INSEE code | 94073 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-thiais.fr/ | |
Thiais is a French municipality with 29,017 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Val-de-Marne in the region Ile-de-France ; it belongs to the arrondissement of L'Haÿ-les-Roses and the canton of Thiais .
geography
The community is seven kilometers south-southeast of Paris.
The districts of Thiais (apart from the center) are: Les Grands champs, Grignon, Perruchet and Moulin Vert.
Neighboring municipalities of Thiais are: Vitry-sur-Seine in the north, Choisy-le-Roi in the east, Rungis and Chevilly-Larue in the west, Orly and Paray-Vieille-Poste in the south.
history
In the Franco-Prussian War , during the siege of Paris (1870–1871) on September 30, 1870, a sortie attempted by the troops trapped in Paris. In the battle at Chevilly , which was also carried out in the area of Thiais, the French units were stopped and repulsed. The parishes of Chevilly and Thiais were largely destroyed in these fighting.
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 15,116 | 22,481 | 27,298 | 26,637 | 27,515 | 28,232 | 29,315 | 29,229 |
traffic
At the Gare du Pont de Rungis - Aéroport d'Orly station, Thiais is connected to the metropolitan area of Paris via the RER C line. The Autoroute A86 , a ring road around Paris, runs through the territory of the municipality. The A6 (Autoroute du Soleil) to the south of France and the A6b to the center of the capital also begin nearby . Paris-Orly Airport is located in the neighboring municipality of Orly .
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Thiais
- The Saint-Leu Saint-Gilles church was built in the 12th century and is a monument historique .
- The Cimetière parisien de Thiais is a cemetery that takes up 103 hectares of the parish area.
Town twinning
Einbeck in Lower Saxony (Germany) has been the twin town of Thiais since 1962 . The Oberkreisdirektor of the district Einbeck Walter Schaefer was made an honorary citizen of Thiais because of his services to the Franco-German relations .
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town:
- Georges Dufrénoy (1870–1943), French post-impressionist painter
- Bénabar (* 1969), chansonnier
- Raphaël Imbert (* 1974), jazz musician, director of the Marseille Conservatory
- Franck Tabanou (* 1989), football player
People with a relationship to the city
- René Panhard (1841–1908), engineer and businessman, automobile pioneer, co-founder of the automobile manufacturer Panhard & Levassor, for a long time mayor of Thiais
- Bernard Dorival (1914–2003), French art historian and art critic, died in Thiais
(buried on the Cimetière parisien de Thiais ):
- Paul Celan (1920–1970), German-language poet
- Joseph Roth (1894–1939), Austrian writer and journalist
- Evgeni Zamyatin (1884–1937), Russian writer
- Lev Sedov (1906–1938), Russian politician, son of Leon Trotsky
- Zogu I. (1895–1961), Albanian king
- Farhad Mehrad (1944–2002), Persian musician
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-de-Marne . 2nd Edition. Flohic Editions, Charenton-le-Pont 1994, ISBN 2-908958-94-5 .
