Hauts-de-Seine
Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a department in the ÃŽle-de-France region of France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west and ...
Paris
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,
France
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. It is located from the centre of Paris. In 2019, Sceaux had a population of 20,004. Sceaux is one of the most affluent areas of France and is known for its very high housing costs.
, measuring . The original ''château'' was transformed into a School of Agriculture during the
Revolution
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and lost much of its luster. It was demolished at the beginning of the 19th century following its sale by the then French government. Sceaux castle was originally built by
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Jean-Baptiste Colbert (; 29 August 1619 – 6 September 1683) was a French statesman who served as First Minister of State from 1661 until his death in 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. His lasting impact on the organization of the countr ...
and purchased by Louis' illegitimate son, the Duke of Maine in 1699. His duchesse held court in a glittering
salon
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at Sceaux in the first decades of the eighteenth century.
The present-day château, rebuilt between 1856 and 1862 in a
Louis XIII style
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, is now the museum of
ÃŽle-de-France
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open for visits.
Housing costs in the area are very high, higher than in many districts of the Paris area, especially with streets facing the Parc de Sceaux.
Robinson Robinson may refer to:
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* Robinson (name)
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* Robinson Crusoe, the main character, and title of a novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719
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, and
Parc de Sceaux
Sceaux () is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. In 2019, Sceaux had a population of 20,004. Sceaux is one of the most affluent areas of France and is kn ...
. The latter station is located at the border between the commune of Sceaux and the commune of Antony, on the Antony side of the border. It is also close to
Paris-Orly Airport
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.
Sceaux is connected to the A86 motorway that circles around Paris. The commune also offers a developed network of
buses
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Marie Curie
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was named after the scientist who was married in, lived in, and was originally interred in Sceaux with her husband
Pierre Curie
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Joseph Lakanal
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Born in Serres, in present-day Ariège, his name was originally ''Lacanal'', and was altered to ...
and has remained one of the most prestigious and hardest schools of ÃŽle-de-France. The school also offers a
middle school
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Jean Giraudoux
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His wo ...
independent films
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and hosting special events.
Various music events take place at Sceaux. The
classical music
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festival established by Alfred Loewenguth in 1969, the Festival de l'Orangerie, takes place in the
Orangery
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built by
Jules Hardouin-Mansart
Jules Hardouin-Mansart (; 16 April 1646 – 11 May 1708) was a French Baroque architect and builder whose major work included the Place des Victoires (1684–1690); Place Vendôme (1690); the domed chapel of Les Invalides (1690), and the Gra ...
for the Marquis de Seignelay in 1686, in the Park at Sceaux. The Park also houses an open air opera every summer at the end of June.
The Parc de Sceaux was the location of
Madonna
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's Parisian first visit with her
Who's That Girl World Tour
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29 August 1987, front 131,000 people, the largest crowd of any concert in French history.
In the classic French O-Level textbook series for English-speaking pupils, ''Le Francais d'Aujourd-hui'', the Bertillon family move out to Sceaux from inner-city Paris during the course of the book's main narrative.
Notable person
The mathematician
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
Baron Augustin-Louis Cauchy ( , , ; ; 21 August 1789 – 23 May 1857) was a French mathematician, engineer, and physicist. He was one of the first to rigorously state and prove the key theorems of calculus (thereby creating real a ...
died in Sceaux in 1857.
Alain Delon
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; 8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of ...
(actor, singer, filmmaker, and businessman) was born in Sceaux in 1935
Wildlife
The Parc de Sceaux is home to a population of
red squirrels
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There have been o ...
estimated to number between 100 and 120.
Twin towns
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Royal Leamington Spa
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Ligne de Sceaux
The Ligne de Sceaux (, ''Sceaux Line)'' was a railway line in France running from Paris, which initially linked the Place Denfert-Rochereau (then called the ''Place d'Enfer'', in Paris, to the town of Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, Sceaux.
The line ori ...
List of tourist attractions in Paris
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