Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis
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Coordinates: 48°57′00″N 2°23′00″E / 48.9500°N 2.3833°ECoordinates: 48°57′00″N 2°23′00″E / 48.9500°N 2.3833°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Seine-Saint-Denis |
Arrondissement | Saint-Denis |
Canton | Saint-Denis-2 |
Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Azzédine Taïbi |
Area 1 | 5.39 km2 (2.08 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 38,666 |
• Density | 7,200/km2 (19,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 93072 /93240 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Stains (French pronunciation: [stɛ̃] (listen)) is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.6 km (7.2 mi) from the center of Paris.[citation needed]
Heraldry[]
Argent with two wavy vert fesses, a chief Gules charged with three ears of wheat stalked and leaves with gold | ||
motto: semina metes (sow and you shall reap) |
Population[]
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Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3] |
Transport[]
Stains is served by Pierrefitte – Stains station on Paris RER line D. This station is located at the border between the commune of Stains and the commune of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, on the Pierrefitte-sur-Seine side of the border.[citation needed]
Education[]
Schools in Stains:[4]
- 11 public preschools/nursery schools (maternelles)
- 13 public elementary schools
- 3 public junior high schools: Barbara, Joliot Curie, and Pablo Neruda
- 1 public senior high school/sixth-form college: Lycée polyvalent Maurice Utrillo
- 1 private junior high school: Collège privé Sainte-Marie
Monuments[]
- Château de Stains (transl. Castle of Stains, destroyed in the War of 1870)
- Cité-jardin de Stains (transl. Garden City of Stains)
- Town hall of Stains
- Château de la Motte (transl. Castle of La Motte, destroyed in 1819 with the exception of a few outbuildings)[5]
- L'église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Stains (Church of Our Lady of the Assumption of Stains)
Château de Stains in 1870
Town Hall of Stains in the 1920s.
Detail of the pediment of the Château de La Motte.
Notable people[]
- Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe, footballer
Twin towns — Sister cities[]
Stains is twinned with:[6]
- Saalfeld ( Germany ) since May 4, 1964: Twinning for joint projects of peace and collaboration between the German and French people.
- Cheshunt ( United Kingdom ) since 1965: Traditional twinning
- Luco dei Marsi ( Italy ) since December 15, 2000: Multilateral collaboration in the fields of sport, tourism, environment and development in the field of NICTs, allowing the enhancement of reciprocal cultural wealth.
- Am'ari ( Palestine ) since January 15, 1999: Multilateral cooperation with the Palestinian refugee camp of Am'ari in the West Bank, in solidarity with the peace forces in the region.
- Mengueme ( Cameroon ) since 2000: Cooperation agreement on health, education, sanitation, rural electrification, ecosystem preservation, development of agriculture, livestock but also culture, sport and tourism.
- Figuig ( Morocco ) since October 18, 2002: Cooperation agreement on youth citizenship, cultural exchanges, health and prevention, local development, town planning and the environment.
See also[]
- Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Stains, EHESS. (in French)
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Les établissements scolaires." Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
- ^ "Château de la Motte - Patrimoine - Atlas de l'architecture et du patrimoine" [Atlas of the heritage of Seine-Saint-Denis: Castle of La Motte]. patrimoine.seinesaintdenis.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Stains, ville du monde" [Stains, city of the world] (in French). Retrieved June 9, 2020.
External links[]
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- Official website (in French)
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