Bagneux () is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a Departments of France, département in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, Northern France. It covers Paris's western inner Banlieue, suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the e ...

department, in the southern suburbs of

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. It is located from the center of Paris.

Geography

The commune of Bagneux is surrounded by the following communes, from the north and clockwise:

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Arcueil Arcueil () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Name The name Arcueil was recorded for the first time in 1119 as ''Arcoloï'', and later in the 12th c ...

Cachan Cachan () is a Communes of France, commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. The prestigious École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay and École Spéciale des Travaux Publics are loc ...

, Bourg-la-Reine, Sceaux,

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and Châtillon.

Transport

Bagneux is served by Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac station on

Paris Métro Line 4 Line 4 () is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro rapid transit system. Situated mostly within the boundaries of the City of Paris, it connects Porte de Clignancourt in the north and Bagneux-Lucie Aubrac in the south, travelling acros ...

. Bagneux is also served by two stations on the edge of its boundary - Bagneux station on RER line B (on the territory of the neighbouring commune

), and Barbara on

(on the territory of the neighbouring commune

Population

Education

Primary schools include: *10 preschools *7 elementary schools The commune has four junior high schools (''collèges''): Henri-Barbusse, Joliot-Curie, Romain-Rolland, and École les Jacquets.Étudier, scolarité
" Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine. Retrieved on September 7, 2016. The commune has one public senior high school, Lycée professionnel Léonard-de-Vinci. Other public high schools in the area: * Lycée technique Jean-Jaurès in

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Lycée Maurice-Genevoix In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...

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in Sceaux * Lycée Marie-Curie in Sceaux There is also a private junior and senior high school,

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Sites of interest

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, ''

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'', supposed to be built for Richelieu *

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(Instrument built in the 17th century)

International relations

Bagneux is twinned with: *

Grand-Bourg Grand-Bourg is a commune on the island of Marie-Galante, in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe in the Lesser Antilles Caribbean. It is located in the southwest of Marie-Galante, and is the most populous of the three commune ...

, Guadeloupe, France, since 1998 *

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, Italy, since 1978 *

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, Armenia, since 2006

References

External links

Bagneux website
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