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Saint-Mandé is a commune of the Val-de-Marne
Val-de-Marne

Val-de-Marne is a France departments of France, named after the Marne River, located in the ?le-de-France regions of France. The department is situated to the southeast of the city of Paris....
 département, and of the Île-de-France
Île-de-France (région)

?le-de-France is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area. Created as the "District of the Paris Region" in 1961, it was renamed as the "?le-de-France" r?gion in 1976 when its administrative status was aligned with the other French administrative regions created in 1...
 région (in the eastern suburbs of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
), France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. It is located . (3.3 miles) 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....
. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
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Saint-Mandé is a commune of the Val-de-Marne
Val-de-Marne

Val-de-Marne is a France departments of France, named after the Marne River, located in the ?le-de-France regions of France. The department is situated to the southeast of the city of Paris....
 département, and of the Île-de-France
Île-de-France (région)

?le-de-France is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area. Created as the "District of the Paris Region" in 1961, it was renamed as the "?le-de-France" r?gion in 1976 when its administrative status was aligned with the other French administrative regions created in 1...
 région (in the eastern suburbs of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
), France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. It is located . (3.3 miles) 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....
. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
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History

On January 1, 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, about two-third of the commune of Saint-Mandé was annexed to Paris, and forms now the neighborhoods of Bel-Air and Picpus
Picpus

The term Picpus may refer to the following:* Cimeti?re de Picpus, a cemetery in Paris*The Picpus Fathers, an order of the Catholic Church, whose official name is the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary...
, in the 12th arrondissement
XIIe arrondissement

rrondissementnumber=12th|commune=Paris|image=|caption=The 12th arrondissement's town hall|map=paris_12e_arr_jms.gif|mapcaption=Paris and its closest suburbs|...
 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
Bois de Vincennes

The Bois de Vincennes is a park in the English garden to the east of Paris. The park is named after the nearby town of Vincennes.The Bois de Vincennes, like the Bois de Boulogne, is often not thought to be part of Paris proper, as it consists only of unpopulated public land....
, 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.

Famous people of Saint-Mandé

  • Georges Courteline
    Georges Courteline

    Georges Courteline was a France dramatist and novelist.Born Georges Victor Marcel Moinaux, in Tours in the Indre-et-Loire d?partement, his family moved to Paris, France shortly after his birth....
     writer and lampoonist;
  • Armand Carrel
    Armand Carrel

    Armand Carrel was a France journalist and political writer....
    , political writer, who died here in a duel;
  • Maurice Boitel
    Maurice Boitel

    Maurice Boitel , was a France Painting....
    , painter;
  • Juliette Drouet
    Juliette Drouet

    Juliette Drouet, born Julienne Josephine Gauvain was a French actress and the mistress of Victor Hugo.Childhood And Early Years...
    , mistress of Victor Hugo
    Victor Hugo

    Victor-Marie Hugo was a France poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romanticism movement in France....
    ;
  • Georges Guynemer
    Georges Guynemer

    Georges Guynemer was a France national hero during World War I, and a top fighter ace at the time of his death....
    , aviator;
  • Charles Nungesser
    Charles Nungesser

    Charles Eug?ne Jules Marie Nungesser was a France Flying ace and adventurer, best remembered as a rival of Charles Lindbergh. Nungesser was a renowned ace in France, rating third highest in the country for air combat victories during World War I....
    , aviator;
  • Claudette Colbert
    Claudette Colbert

    Claudette Colbert was a French-born American stage and film actress.Born in Saint-Mand?, France and raised in New York City, Colbert began her career in Broadway theater productions during the 1920s, progressing to film with the advent of talking pictures....
    , actress, native of Saint-Mandé
  • Charles Berling
    Charles Berling

    Charles Berling is an actor, director, scenario writer and French producer born on April 30, 1958 in Saint-Mand? in Val de Marne ....
    , actor, native of Saint-Mandé


Transport

Saint-Mandé is served by Saint-Mandé station on Paris Métro Line 1
Paris Metro Line 1

Paris M?tro Line 1 was the first line of the Paris M?tro in Paris, France. Line 1, whose first section was opened in 1900, now connects La D?fense to Ch?teau de Vincennes ....
.

Miscellaneous

Saint-Mandé is twinned with:
  • Waltham Forest, United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
     since April 21, 1956
  • Eschwege
    Eschwege

    Eschwege , the district seat of the Werra-Mei?ner-Kreis, is a town in northeastern Hesse, Germany....
    , Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
     since September 23, 1989
  • Concord
    Concord, Massachusetts

    Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2000 Census, the town population was about 17,000....
    , Massachusetts
    Massachusetts

    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
    , United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
     since March 15, 1997
  • Tres Cantos
    Tres Cantos

    Tres Cantos is a township and municipality located in the Autonomous communities of Spain of Community of Madrid, Spain, some 22 kilometre north of the capital city, Madrid....
    , Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
     since March 12, 2005


External links

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