Saint-Mandé
Saint- Mandé is a commune with 22 292 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011 ), the east adjoins the capital, Paris. It belongs to the metropolitan area Ile de France, and is, a tip resembling, in the northwest of the department of Val -de- Marne.
History
By the annexation of large neighborhoods that today are part of the 12th arrondissement, and the Bois de Vincennes in 1860 and 1929 by the city of Paris Saint- Mandé lost much of its urban area.
Attractions
- The church of Notre -Dame, built 1883-1885
- The Hôpital Bégin, built 1855-1858
- The church of Saint -Louis, built 1923-1924
- On the small cimetière north there are numerous ancient tombs, among others, Juliette Drouet, the muse of Victor Hugo
- On the cimetière sud rests the pianist Jeanne -Marie Darré
Sons and daughters of the town
- Françoise Blanchard (1954-2013), actress
- Martine Carol (1920-1967), actress
- Claudette Colbert (1903-1996), Oscar-winning actress
- Bruno Cremer (1929-2010), actor
- Alexandra David- Neel (1868-1969), travel writer
- Frédéric Diefenthal (* 1968), actor
- Jules Guesde (1845-1922), politician
- Alice Guy- Blaché (1873-1968), film director
- Dominique Laffin (1952-1985), actress
- Jacqueline Lamba (1910-1993), French painter of abstract expressionism
- Yves Ternon (* 1932), surgeon and historian
Traffic
The city is on the Paris Métro line 1 at the station Saint- Mandé - operated (formerly Saint- Mandé Tourelle ).
Twinning
- United Kingdom Waltham Forest, United Kingdom, since April 21, 1956
- Germany Eschwege, North Hesse, Germany, since September 1989/Oktober 1990 (see the | Website by Eschwege )
- United States Concord, Massachusetts, United States since March 15, 1997
- Spain Tres Cantos, Spain, since March 12, 2005
- Israel Acre, Israel, since September 21, 2010
- Ireland Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, since September 9, 2011
- Flag of South Korea Yanggue, South Korea, since October 12, 2011