Châtenay-Malabry
Encyclopedia
Châtenay-Malabry is a commune
in the southwestern suburbs of Paris
, France
. It is located 10.8 km (6.7 mi) from the center of Paris
.
The commune includes the valley la vallée aux loups with green forests and pretty houses including the estate of French writer Chateaubriand
. It also includes the Butte Rouge, its most populated area. The Garden City in the Butte Rouge, the Cité Jardins, is one of the earliest housing at moderated rents (HLM
).
Châtenay is the location of École Centrale Paris
, of an UFR de Pharmacie (Faculty of Pharmacy) and of French national laboratory of doping detection
. The high-speed TGV
Atlantique goes across the city through an underground railway covered with a park called Coulée verte (greenway).
Since 31 December 2002, it is part of the Communauté d'agglomération des Hauts de Bièvre
The name Châtenay comes from castellanum = petit château (little castle) and Malabry comes from a deformation of badly located, spoiled ground.
station on Paris RER line B
. This station is located at the border between the commune of Châtenay-Malabry and the commune of Sceaux
, on the Sceaux side of the border.
with
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the southwestern suburbs of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It is located 10.8 km (6.7 mi) from the center of Paris
Kilometre Zero
In many countries, Kilometre Zero or similar terms in other languages, is a particular location , from which distances are traditionally measured...
.
The commune includes the valley la vallée aux loups with green forests and pretty houses including the estate of French writer Chateaubriand
François-René de Chateaubriand
François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian. He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature.-Early life and exile:...
. It also includes the Butte Rouge, its most populated area. The Garden City in the Butte Rouge, the Cité Jardins, is one of the earliest housing at moderated rents (HLM
HLM
HLM , French for "housing at moderated rents" or "rent-controlled housing", is a form of subsidised housing in France. There are approximately four million such residences, housing an estimated 12 million people — nearly one-fifth of the population of France...
).
Châtenay is the location of École Centrale Paris
École Centrale Paris
École Centrale Paris is a French university-level institution in the field of engineering. It is also known by its original name École centrale des arts et manufactures, or ECP. Founded in 1829, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious engineering schools in France and has the special status...
, of an UFR de Pharmacie (Faculty of Pharmacy) and of French national laboratory of doping detection
Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage
Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage , often referred to in English as the French Anti-Doping Agency, although this is not a direct translation of the name, is an independent public authority formed in 2006 and charged with ensuring that participants in sports in France do not violate rules...
. The high-speed TGV
TGV
The TGV is France's high-speed rail service, currently operated by SNCF Voyages, the long-distance rail branch of SNCF, the French national rail operator....
Atlantique goes across the city through an underground railway covered with a park called Coulée verte (greenway).
Since 31 December 2002, it is part of the Communauté d'agglomération des Hauts de Bièvre
Communauté d'agglomération des Hauts de Bièvre
The Communauté d'agglomération des Hauts de Bièvre, in France, covers seven communes, five in the Hauts-de-Seine and two in the Essonne département.Antony is the seat of the Communauté d'agglomération...
History
Originally called simply Châtenay, the name of the commune became officially Châtenay-Malabry in 1920.The name Châtenay comes from castellanum = petit château (little castle) and Malabry comes from a deformation of badly located, spoiled ground.
Transportation
Châtenay-Malabry is served by RobinsonRobinson (Paris RER)
Robinson is a railway station serving Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, a southern suburb of Paris, France. It is one of the terminuses of the RER B trains. The station is named after the nearby commune Le Plessis-Robinson....
station on Paris RER line B
RER B
The RER B is one of the five lines in the RER rapid transit system serving :Paris, France.The line runs from the northern termini Aéroport Charles de Gaulle and Mitry-Claye to the southern termini Robinson and Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse ....
. This station is located at the border between the commune of Châtenay-Malabry and the commune of Sceaux
Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine
Sceaux is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Wealth:Sceaux is famous for the Château of Sceaux, set in its large park , designed by André Le Nôtre, measuring...
, on the Sceaux side of the border.
Personalities
- VoltaireVoltaireFrançois-Marie Arouet , better known by the pen name Voltaire , was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion, free trade and separation of church and state...
spent time at Chatenay in 1719, and was probably born out of wedlock there in 1694 - François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848) writer, politician and diplomat
- Sully PrudhommeSully PrudhommeRené François Armand Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist, winner of the first Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1901....
(1839–1907), French poet and essayist, winner of the first Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in Literature, 1901 - Jean FautrierJean FautrierJean Fautrier was a French painter and sculptor. He was one of the most important practitioners of Tachisme.He was born in Paris. Given his unwed mother's surname, he was raised by his grandmother until her death in 1908, when he went to live with his mother in London.In 1912 he studied at the...
(1898–1964), painter and sculptor - Emmanuel MounierEmmanuel MounierEmmanuel Mounier was a French philosopher.Mounier was the guiding spirit in the French Personalist movement, and founder and director of Esprit, the magazine which was the organ of the movement. Mounier, who was the child of peasants, was a brilliant scholar at the Sorbonne...
(1905–1950), Christian philosopher - Paul RicoeurPaul RicoeurPaul Ricœur was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutic interpretation...
(1913–2005), Christian philosopher - Jérôme RothenJérôme RothenJérôme Rothen born 31 March 1978) is a French footballer who plays as a winger for SC Bastia.Rothen has won 13 caps for the French national team. He represented his country at the 2004 European Football Championship and won the FIFA Confederations Cup with France in 2003...
(born 1978), French international football player - Clémence PoésyClémence PoésyClémence Poésy is a French actress and fashion model. Since starting on the stage as a child, Poésy had dramatic education, and has been active on both film and television since 1999, including some English-language productions...
(born 1982), actress and model - Hatem Ben ArfaHatem Ben ArfaHatem Ben Arfa is a French association football player who plays for English club Newcastle United in the Premier League. He plays as a winger, preferably on the left side, and an attacking midfielder...
(born 1987), French international football player, was raised here
Points of interest
- Arboretum de la Vallée-aux-LoupsArboretum de la Vallée-aux-LoupsThe Arboretum de la Vallée-aux-Loups is a notable arboretum located at 102 rue de Chateaubriand, near the Maison de Chateaubriand, in Châtenay-Malabry, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France. It is open daily except Monday, but closed in January; an admission fee is charged.The park was created...
Twin towns
Châtenay-Malabry is twinnedTown twinning
Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...
with
-
BergneustadtBergneustadtBergneustadt is a municipality in the eastern part of the Oberbergischer Kreis , in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located 50 km east of Cologne. It is part of the Berg region.-First naming:...
(Oberbergischer Kreis, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) since 1967, which is also twinned with Landsmeer -
LandsmeerLandsmeerLandsmeer is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.-Population centres :The municipality of Landsmeer consists of the three villages: Den Ilp, Landsmeer, Purmerland.- Local government :...
(North HollandNorth HollandNorth Holland |West Frisian]]: Noard-Holland) is a province situated on the North Sea in the northwest part of the Netherlands. The provincial capital is Haarlem and its largest city is Amsterdam.-Geography:...
, NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
) since 1986, which is also twinned with Bergneustadt -
WellingtonWellington, ShropshireWellington is a town in the unitary authority of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England and now forms part of the new town of Telford. The population of the parish of Wellington was recorded as 20,430 in the 2001 census, making it the third largest town in Shropshire if...
(ShropshireShropshireShropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
, United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
) since 2001