Stains () is a commune in the

Seine-Saint-Denis () is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as ' or ' ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93. Its prefecture is Bobi ...

department, in the northern suburbs of

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, France. It is located from the center of Paris.

Heraldry

Population

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 Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (, ) is a former commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and Île-de-France region of France, since 2025 a part of Saint-Denis, following a vote of both municipal councils on 30 May 2024. It forms part of the northern ...

, on the Pierrefitte-sur-Seine side of the border.

Education

Schools in Stains: * 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'' (, destroyed in the War of 1870) * ''Cité-jardin de Stains'' () *Town hall of Stains *''Château de la Motte'' (, destroyed in 1819 with the exception of a few outbuildings) *''L'église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Stains'' ( Church of Our Lady of the Assumption of Stains) File:Château de Stains 1870.jpg, Château de Stains in 1870 File:STAINS La mairie.JPG, Town Hall of Stains in the 1920s. File:Stains Chateau de la Motte Fronton.JPG, Detail of the pediment of the Château de La Motte.

Notable people

* Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe, footballer * Mohamed-Ali Cho, footballer * Dany Bill, Muay Thai champion, kickboxer

Twin towns — Sister cities

Stains is twinned with: *

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References

External links

Official websiteOfficial website
(in French) Communes of Seine-Saint-Denis {{SeineSaintDenis-geo-stub