Saint-Mandé (; named for Saint Maudez) is a commune in the

Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southeast of the City of Paris. In 2019, Val-de-Marne had a ...

department in

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, in the high-end eastern inner suburbs of

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Saint-Mandé is one of the smallest communes in Île-de-France by land area, but also one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. It is located on the edge of the 12th arrondissement of Paris, adjacent to the Bois de Vincennes, near the Porte de Vincennes and the Porte de Saint-Mandé. The town motto is ''Cresco et Floresco'', which means "I grow and I flourish" in Latin.

History

On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighbouring communes. On that occasion, about two-thirds of the commune of Saint-Mandé was annexed to the city and now forms the neighbourhoods of Bel-Air and Picpus in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. In 1929, Saint-Mandé lost an additional one quarter of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, a small part of which belonged to Saint-Mandé. The territorial losses of 1860 and 1929 left a rump of a commune and is what remains of Saint-Mandé today.

Population

Personalities

* Juliette Benzoni (1920–2016), novel writer * Charles Berling ( 1958), actor * Françoise Blanchard (1954–2013), actress * Maurice Boitel (1919–2007), painter * Armand Carrel (1800–1836), political writer, who died there in a duel * Gaëtan Charbonnier ( 1988), footballer *

Claudette Colbert Claudette Colbert (koʊlˈbɛər/ kohl-BAIR, born Émilie "Lily" Claudette Chauchoin (ʃoʃwɛ̃/ show-shwan); September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was an American actress. Colbert began her career in Broadway theater, Broadway productions dur ...

(1903–1996), actress * Georges Courteline (1858–1929), writer and lampoonist * Bruno Cremer (1929–2010), actor * Alexandra David-Néel (1868–1969), Asian scholar * Frédéric Diefenthal ( 1968), actor * Juliette Drouet (1806–1883), mistress of

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* Grégory Fitoussi ( 1976), actor * Alfred Grévin (1827–1892), caricaturist, founder of

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* Benoît Chomel de Jarnieu ( 1955), Naval Admiral * Jacqueline Lamba Breton, (1910–1993) was a French painter and married (1934–1943) to André Breton *

Alice Guy-Blaché Alice Ida Antoinette Guy-Blaché ( Guy; ; 1 July 1873 – 24 March 1968) was a French pioneer film director. She was one of the first filmmakers to make a Narrative film, narrative fiction film, as well as the first woman to direct a film. From ...

(1873–1968), pioneer of cinéma * André Moynet (1921–1993), pilot and racing driver *

Paul Nicolas Paul Nicolas (4 November 1899 – 3 March 1959) was a French Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. He was part of the France national football teams at the 1920 Summer Olympics, 1920, ...

(1899–1959), footballer * Christine Nougaret ( 1958), archivist *

Charles Nungesser Charles Eugène Jules Marie Nungesser (15 March 1892 – presumably on or after 8 May 1927) was a French ace pilot and adventurer. Nungesser was a renowned ace in France, ranking third highest in the country with 43 air combat victories during W ...

(1892–1927), aviator * Guillaume Jonquieres, footballer * Benoît Puga (b.1953), French Army General, Grand Chancellor of the National Order of the Legion of Honour and the National Order of Merit

Transport

The municipality is crossed by a principal north–south axis, the Avenue du Général-de-Gaulle (formerly Rue de la République), and by an east–west axis, the Avenue de Paris (RN 34). Another important and historical street of the municipality is the Chaussée de l'Étang, which goes along the Bois de Vincennes. Saint-Mandé is served by

Saint-Mandé Saint-Mandé (; named for Saint Maudez) is a Communes of France, commune in the Val-de-Marne Departments of France, department in Île-de-France, in the high-end eastern inner suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre zero, cent ...

station on

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. RATP buses include lines 46, 56, 86, and 325. The closest airport is

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, located about away.

Education

Schools include: * Preschools/nurseries (''maternelles''): Paul Bert, Charles Digeon, La Tourelle, E.G. Tillion preschool * Elementary schools: Paul Bert, Charles Digeon, E.G. Tillion elementary Junior high school students are served by Ecole & Collège Decroly and Collège Jacques Offenbach. The private school system Ensemble Scolaire St Michel de Picpus maintains a secondary campus in Saint-Mandé.Home
. Ensemble Scolaire St Michel de Picpus. Retrieved on September 11, 2016.

Twin towns

Saint-Mandé is twinned with: *

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References

External links

Official website
(in French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Saintmande Communes of Val-de-Marne