Saint-Mandé

Saint-Mandé
Commune
At the line 1 metro station
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring départements
Location of Saint-Mandé
Saint-Mandé Saint-Mandé
Coordinates: 48°50′32″N 2°25′07″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	Nogent-sur-Marne
Canton	Vincennes
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Julien Weil
Area 1	0.92 km2 (0.36 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	21,195
• Density	23,000/km2 (60,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	94067 /94160
Elevation	42–54 m (138–177 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Mandé (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɑ̃de] ^ⓘ) is a high-end commune of the Val-de-Marne department in Île-de-France in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.3 km (3.3 mi) from the centre of Paris. It is one of the smallest communes of the Île-de-France by land area, but is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. It is located on the edge of the 12th arrondissement of Paris, near the Porte de Vincennes and the Porte de Saint-Mandé. The motto of the city is Cresco et Floresco, which means "I grow and I flourish".

History

On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighbouring communes. On that occasion, about two-thirds of the commune of Saint-Mandé was annexed to Paris, and now forms the neighbourhoods of Bel-Air and Picpus, in the 12th arrondissement of Paris.

In 1929, the commune of Saint-Mandé lost one-quarter of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, a small part of which belonged to Saint-Mandé, leaving Saint-Mandé as a small rump commune after the territorial losses of 1860 and 1929.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 474 —     1800 297 −6.46% 1806 370 +3.73% 1821 455 +1.39% 1831 1,700 +14.09% 1836 2,478 +7.83% 1841 2,474 −0.03% 1846 3,590 +7.73% 1851 3,857 +1.45% 1856 5,292 +6.53% 1861 2,883 −11.44% 1866 4,561 +9.61% 1872 6,388 +5.78% 1876 7,499 +4.09% 1881 9,398 +4.62% 1886 10,492 +2.23% 1891 11,329 +1.55% 1896 13,371 +3.37%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 15,726 +3.30% 1906 17,714 +2.41% 1911 19,227 +1.65% 1921 20,012 +0.40% 1926 21,477 +1.42% 1931 21,257 −0.21% 1936 22,253 +0.92% 1946 23,061 +0.36% 1954 24,522 +0.77% 1962 24,325 −0.10% 1968 23,044 −0.90% 1975 20,968 −1.34% 1982 18,673 −1.64% 1990 18,684 +0.01% 1999 19,697 +0.59% 2007 22,737 +1.81% 2012 21,846 −0.80% 2017 22,619 +0.70%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2017)

Personalities

• Juliette Benzoni (1920–2016), novel writer
• Charles Berling (b. 1958), actor
• Françoise Blanchard (1954–2013), actress
• Maurice Boitel (1919–2007), painter
• Armand Carrel (1800–1836), political writer, who died there in a duel
• Gaëtan Charbonnier (b. 1988), footballer
• Claudette Colbert (1903–1996), actress
• Georges Courteline (1858–1929), writer and lampoonist
• Bruno Cremer (1929–2010), actor
• Alexandra David-Néel (1868–1969), Asian scholar
• Frédéric Diefenthal (b. 1968), actor
• Juliette Drouet (1806–1883), mistress of Victor Hugo
• Grégory Fitoussi (b. 1976), actor
• Alfred Grévin (1827–1892), caricaturist, founder of Musée Grévin
• Benoît Chomel de Jarnieu (b. 1955), Naval Admiral
• Jacqueline Lamba Breton, (1910–1993) was a French painter and married (1934–1943) to André Breton
• Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), pioneer of cinéma
• André Moynet (1921–1993), pilot and racing driver
• Paul Nicolas (1899–1959), footballer
• Christine Nougaret (b. 1958), archivist
• Charles Nungesser (1892–1927), aviator
• Guillaume Jonquieres, footballer
• Benoît Puga (b.1953), French Army General, Grand Chancellor of the National Order of the Legion of Honour and the National Order of Merit

Transport

The municipality is crossed by a principal north–south axis, the Avenue du Général-de-Gaulle (formerly Rue de la République), and by an east–west axis, the Avenue de Paris (RN 34). Another important and historical street of the municipality is the Chaussée de l'Étang which goes along the Bois de Vincennes. Saint-Mandé is served by Saint-Mandé station on Paris Métro Line 1. RATP buses include lines 46, 56, 86 and 325. The closest airport is Orly Airport, located around 17 km (11 mi) away.

Education

Schools include:

• Preschools/nurseries (maternelles): Paul Bert, Charles Digeon, La Tourelle, E.G. Tillion preschool
• Elementary schools: Paul Bert, Charles Digeon, E.G. Tillion elementary

Junior high school students are served by Ecole & Collège Decroly, and Collège Jacques Offenbach.

The private school system Ensemble Scolaire St Michel de Picpus maintains a secondary campus in Saint-Mandé.

Twin towns

Saint-Mandé is twinned with:

• Waltham Forest, London, United Kingdom since 21 April 1956
• Eschwege, Hesse, Germany since 23 September 1989
• Concord, Massachusetts, United States since 15 March 1997
• Tres Cantos, Community of Madrid, Spain since 12 March 2005
• Drogheda, Ireland since 9 September 2011
• Yanggu, Gangwon, South Korea since 12 October 2011
• Vila Verde, Braga, Portugal since 13 April 2013

See also

• Communes of the Val-de-Marne department

External links

• Official website (in French)