Cachan () is a commune in the southern suburbs of

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. It is located from the center of Paris. The prestigious

École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay The École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (also ENS Paris-Saclay or Normale Sup' Paris-Saclay), formerly ENS Cachan, is a grande école and a constituent member of Paris-Saclay University. It was established in 1892. It is located in Gif-sur-Yv ...

and

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are located there.

Name

During the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

, Cachan was referred to in

Medieval Latin Medieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages. In this region it served as the primary written language, though local languages were also written to varying degrees. Latin functioned ...

texts as ''Caticantum'', later corrupted into ''Cachentum'', ''Cachant'', and then Cachan. Some understand ''Caticantum'' as meaning "singing of the cat", "mewing of the cat", but this is not certain. Some others see a connection with the verb "to hunt" (''captiare'' in

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, ''chacier'' in

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History

Cachan was originally a hamlet within the commune of Arcueil, later renamed ''Arcueil-Cachan''. The commune of Cachan was created on 26 December 1922 when it seceded from the commune of ''Arcueil-Cachan'', which was renamed back to Arcueil.

Population

Neighboring communes

* Arcueil - north *

Villejuif Villejuif () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Name The earliest reference to Villejuif appears in a bill signed by the Pope Callixtus II on 27 November 1119. It refers to Villa Ju ...

- east * L'Haÿ-les-Roses - southeast *

Bourg-la-Reine Bourg-la-Reine () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. History In 1792, during the French Revolution, Bourg-la-Reine (meaning "Town of the Queen") was renamed Bourg-l'Égalité (meani ...

- southwest *

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- west

Transport

Cachan is served by two stations on Paris RER line B: Arcueil–Cachan and

Education

Primary schools: * Six public preschools (''écoles maternelles''): Belle Image, Carnot, Coteau, Paul-Doumer, La Plaine, and Pont-Royal * Five public elementaries: Belle Image, Carnot, Coteau, Paul-Doumer, La Plaine * One private preschool and elementary: École Saint-Joseph Secondary schools:Etablissements secondaires
" Cachan. Retrieved on September 7, 2016. * Public junior high schools: Collège Victor-Hugo and Collège Paul-Bert * Private junior high: Collège Saint-Joseph * Public high schools/sixth-form colleges: Lycée Gustave Eiffel,

Lycée Maximilien Sorre Lycée Maximilien Sorre (LMS) is a sixth-form college/senior high school in Cachan, Val de Marne, France, in the Paris metropolitan area The Paris metropolitan area (french: aire d'attraction de Paris) is a statistical area that describes ...

, Le foyer de Cachan

References

External links

Cachan town council website

News around Cachan

Communes of Val-de-Marne {{ValMarne-geo-stub