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Vincennes 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....
 located 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....
. This Francilienne
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...
 town is located . (4.2 miles) from the centre 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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Marquis de Sade
Marquis de Sade

Donatien Alphonse Fran?ois de Sade, Marquis de Sade was a France aristocrat, revolutionary and novelist. His novels were philosophical novel and sadomasochistic, exploring such controversial subjects as rape, bestiality and necrophilia....
 was imprisoned and slightly harmed by continued rape in Vincennes fortress in 1777, where he remained (mainly: he escaped for a little over a month in 1778), until February 1784, when Vincennes fortress was closed and de Sade was transferred to the Bastille
Bastille

The bastille was a fortress-prison in Paris, known formally as Bastille Saint-Antoine?Number 232, Rue Saint-Antoine?best known today because of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, which along with the Tennis Court Oath is considered the beginning of the French Revolution....
. In 1929, the commune of Vincennes lost about half 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 large part of which belonged to the commune of Vincennes.

city is famous for its castle, the Château de Vincennes
Château de Vincennes

The Ch?teau de Vincennes is a massive 14th and 17th century France royal castle in the town of Vincennes, to the east of Paris, now a suburb of the metropolis....
, and its park, 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....
 hosting one of the biggest zoos in Paris, Zoo de Vincennes (though these two are now within the limits of the City of Paris).






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Vincennes 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....
 located 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....
. This Francilienne
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...
 town is located . (4.2 miles) from the centre 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

The Marquis de Sade
Marquis de Sade

Donatien Alphonse Fran?ois de Sade, Marquis de Sade was a France aristocrat, revolutionary and novelist. His novels were philosophical novel and sadomasochistic, exploring such controversial subjects as rape, bestiality and necrophilia....
 was imprisoned and slightly harmed by continued rape in Vincennes fortress in 1777, where he remained (mainly: he escaped for a little over a month in 1778), until February 1784, when Vincennes fortress was closed and de Sade was transferred to the Bastille
Bastille

The bastille was a fortress-prison in Paris, known formally as Bastille Saint-Antoine?Number 232, Rue Saint-Antoine?best known today because of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, which along with the Tennis Court Oath is considered the beginning of the French Revolution....
. In 1929, the commune of Vincennes lost about half 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 large part of which belonged to the commune of Vincennes.

Sights

The city is famous for its castle, the Château de Vincennes
Château de Vincennes

The Ch?teau de Vincennes is a massive 14th and 17th century France royal castle in the town of Vincennes, to the east of Paris, now a suburb of the metropolis....
, and its park, 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....
 hosting one of the biggest zoos in Paris, Zoo de Vincennes (though these two are now within the limits of the City of Paris). It also features a large military fort, now housing various army
Military of France

The Military of France encompasses an French Army, a French Navy, an French Air Force and a National Gendarmerie . The President of the French Republic heads the armed forces, with the title of "chef des arm?es" - "chief of the military forces"....
 services. This fort and an adjoining plain known as the "Polygon" has historically been an important proving ground for French armaments.

Transport

Vincennes is served by two stations 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 ....
: Bérault
Bérault (Paris Metro)

B?rault is a M?tro station in Paris on Paris M?tro Line 1. It is situated at the boundary between the communes of Saint-Mand? and Vincennes....
 and Château de Vincennes
Château de Vincennes (Paris Metro)

Ch?teau de Vincennes is a Metro station of the Paris M?tro. It is the western terminus of Paris M?tro Line 1 and serves the Ch?teau de Vincennes....
.

Vincennes is also served by Vincennes
Vincennes (Paris RER)

Vicennes is a station on RER A in Paris, serving the community of Vincennes....
 station on Paris RER line A
RER A

The 'RER A' is one of the five lines in the RER Rapid transit system serving Paris, France.The line runs from Saint-Germain-en-Laye , Cergy Le Haut , and Poissy ....
.

Porcelain

Main article: Vincennes porcelain
Vincennes porcelain

The Vincennes porcelain manufactory was established in 1740 in the disused royal Ch?teau de Vincennes, in Vincennes, east of Paris.The entrepreneur in charge, Claude-Humbert G?rin, established workshops and employed craftsmen from the Chantilly manufactory, whose patron, the duc de Bourbon, had recently died....


In the old royal château, a porcelain
Porcelain

Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and ....
 manufactory was established in 1740, specializing in imitations of Meissen
Meissen

Meissen is a town of approximately 30,000 about northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is the home of Meissen porcelain, the Albrechtsburg castle, the Gothic architecture Meissen Cathedral and the Meissen Frauenkirche....
 porcelain and naturalistic flowers, which were incorporated into bouquets under the direction of Parisian marchands-merciers. The Vincennes porcelain factory continued until 1756, when the production was transferred to new buildings at Sèvres
Sèvres

S?vres is a Communes of France in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.9 km from the Kilometre Zero.The town is known for its porcelain manufacture, the Manufacture nationale de S?vres, making the famous S?vres porcelain, as well as being the location of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures,...
, initiating the career of world-famous Sèvres porcelain.

Miscellaneous


Twin towns


Vincennes is twinned with:

  • Castrop-Rauxel
    Castrop-Rauxel

    Castrop-Rauxel is a town in the Recklinghausen , in North Rhine-Westphalia, 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....
  • Lambeth
    Lambeth

    Lambeth is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth, although the area is now more commonly known as Waterloo, after the railway station whose viaduct separates the former centre of the village from the River Thames....
    , 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....
  • Montigny-le-Tilleul
    Montigny-le-Tilleul

    Montigny-le-Tilleul is a Wallonia municipality located in the Belgium province of Hainaut . On January 1 2006 Montigny-le-Tilleul had a total population of 10,205....
    , Belgium
    Belgium

    * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
  • Tomar
    Tomar

    Tomar , also known in English as Thomar, is a city of some 20,000 and also a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 351.0 km? and a total population of 43,007 inhabitants....
    , Portugal
    Portugal

    Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
  • Vincennes
    Vincennes, Indiana

    The city of Vincennes is the county seat of Knox County, Indiana, Indiana. It is located on the Wabash River in the southwestern part of the state....
    , Indiana
    Indiana

    The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
    , 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...


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See also

  • Vélodrome de Vincennes
    Vélodrome de Vincennes

    The V?lodrome de Vincennes is a stadium in Vincennes, near Paris, France....


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