Clamart
Clamart is a French town with 52 731 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) southwest of Paris. It is located ten kilometers southwest of the capital on the D 906
The town consists of two parts, which are largely separated by the Bois de Clamart ( Clamart Forest ): Bas- Clamart, which forms the historical center, and petit Clamart, where there is most of the more modern buildings. Prior to the 1960s, it served pea fields, which were then built over.
History
The oldest evidence which points to a settlement of the region, is a megalithic tomb from the period 6000 BC
The first mention of the town dates back to the late 7th century, then in the form " ClauMar " or " Clanmar ". The name first appears in documents of the 11th century in its present form.
On March 27 1794 the famous philosopher and actor of the French Revolution Condorcet was arrested on the run from a warrant of the Jacobins in a pub in Clamart.
The first recorded aerial images of the world, by Nadar in 1858 from a balloon, were views of Petit- Clamart ( at that time still Petit Bicetre was called ).
In the German - Prussian War of 1870 /71 came here on October 13, 1870 and January 10, 1871 during the siege of Paris skirmishes.
On August 22, 1962 Petit- Clamart was the site of the failed assassination attempt of the OAS against Charles de Gaulle in connection with the willingness of the French government to dismiss Algeria to independence. The best-selling novel Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth represents the circumstances of the assassination
1961 there was a catastrophic subsidence due to the collapse of underground limestone quarries with 21 dead.
Twinning
Clamart is twinned with
- Germany Lüneburg ( Germany ) since 1975
- United Kingdom Scunthorpe (Great Britain) since 1976
- Spain Majadahonda ( Spain) since 1988
- Artashat Armenia (Armenia ) since 2003
- Penamacor Portugal (Portugal ) since 2006
Culture
- Arp Museum (French Fondation Jean Arp ), Rue des châtaigners 21, the former residence of the artist.
- Town Hall from the 17th and 19th centuries
- " Round Library ", formerly Youth Library
- " Cité de la plaine ", a 1950-1965, designed by architect Robert Auzelle settlement of 77 houses with a total of 1993 apartments. She is a total of 22.25 hectares of which 12 hectares of greenery.
Personalities
- Alphée Dubois, medalist (1831-1905)
- Emmanuel Laroche, Professor of Anatolian languages (1914-1991)
- Georges Senfftleben, racing cyclist (1922-1998)
- Dany Robin, Actress (1927-1995)
- Hatem Ben Arfa, French footballer of Tunisian descent (* 1987)
Others
À la clamartoise referred to a court which has as a side dish of fresh green peas. Clamart formerly possessed large pea fields whose quality was famous.
Clamart has been the setting for several films, including The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie.
In the hospital - Antoine Petit- Clamart Béclère, was on 24 February 1982, the first French test-tube baby, Amandine, was born.
Bas- Clamart was established in 2004 by the well-known located in the town of Percy military hospital where Yasser Arafat died after a long illness on November 11.