Saint-Mandé

Saint-Mandé (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɑ̃de] ^ⓘ; named for Saint Maudez) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in Île-de-France, in the high-end eastern inner suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.3 km (3.3 mi) from the centre of Paris.

Saint-Mandé
Commune
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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[1]
Area 1	0.92 km2 (0.36 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	21,223
• Density	23,000/km2 (60,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Saint-Mandéens
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 is one of the smallest communes in Île-de-France by land area, but also one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.^{[citation needed]} It is located on the edge of the 12th arrondissement of Paris, adjacent to the Bois de Vincennes, near the Porte de Vincennes and the Porte de Saint-Mandé.

The town motto is Cresco et Floresco, which means "I grow and I flourish" in Latin.

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 the city and now forms the neighbourhoods of Bel-Air and Picpus in the 12th arrondissement of Paris.

In 1929, Saint-Mandé lost an additional one quarter of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, a small part of which belonged to Saint-Mandé. The territorial losses of 1860 and 1929 left a rump of a commune and is what remains of Saint-Mandé today.

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[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)[4]

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^[5]
• 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 about 17 km (11 mi) away.

Education

Schools include:^[6]

• 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^[7] and Collège Jacques Offenbach.^[8]

The private school system Ensemble Scolaire St Michel de Picpus maintains a secondary campus in Saint-Mandé.^[9]

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