Créteil

Créteil is a commune with 90 528 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, prefecture of the department of Val -de- Marne in the Île- de -France and since 1966 the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Créteil. The city is situated on the Marne.

Culture and sights

Notable buildings or attractions are:

  • A Neolithic grindstone
  • A dovecote dating from the 14th century
  • The prefecture and the residence of the Prefect, the so-called Château des Mèches (1863 )
  • Which was inaugurated in 1976 and 1987, the cathedral raised Notre -Dame de Créteil, which has operated since 1966 acting as Cathedral Church of St. Louis de Choisy- le- Roi replaced in this function.
  • The Palace of Justice (1976-1978), architect Daniel Badani
  • The arts and cultural center " Maison des arts et de la culture "
  • Monument à la Resistance et à la Deportation (1974 ), a monument to the memory of resistance and deportation, near the Prefecture

Regularly a Women's Film Festival takes place.

Twinning

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Pierre Trentin ( born 1944 ), cyclist
  • Sheila ( b. 1945 ), singer
  • Sammy Traoré (born 1976 ), Malian football player
  • Sylviane Félix ( born 1977 ), sprinter
  • Marc Raquil ( b. 1977 ), Sprinter
  • Maxim Nucci ( Yodelice ) ( born 1979 ), musician and producer
  • Laetitia Tonazzi ( b. 1981 ), football player
  • Christopher Samba ( born 1984 ), the Congolese football player
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