Saint-Mandé (; named for Saint Maudez) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in Île-de-France. It is a high-end town in eastern inner suburbs of Paris, 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. The Hôtel de Ville was completed in its original form in 1865.

In 1929, Saint-Mandé lost an additional one quarter of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes,The Bois de Vincennes belongs today to the City of Paris, as a part of the 12th arrondissement of Paris. 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 Marie-Thérèse Fourneau (1924―2000), pianist 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 (1903–1996), actress Georges Courteline (1858–1929), writer and lampoonist Bruno Cremer (1929–2010), actor Alexandra David-Néel (1868–1969), explorer Frédéric Diefenthal ( 1968), actor Juliette Drouet (1806–1883), mistress of Victor Hugo Grégory Fitoussi ( 1976), actor Alfred Grévin (1827–1892), caricaturist, founder of Musée Grévin 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 (1873–1968), pioneer of cinéma André Moynet (1921–1993), pilot and racing driver Paul Nicolas (1899–1959), footballer Christine Nougaret ( 1958), archivist Charles Nungesser (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 the Saint-Mandé station of the line 1 of Paris’s metro. RATP buses include lines 46, 56, 86, and 325. The closest airport is Orly Airport, located about away.

Economy The commune has the head office of Ubisoft.

Education Schools include:"Les écoles ." Saint-Mandé. Retrieved on September 11, 2016. 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 DecrolyHome . Ecole & Collège Decroly. Retrieved on September 11, 2016. and Collège Jacques Offenbach.Home. Collège Jacques Offenbach. Retrieved on September 11, 2016.

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: Waltham Forest, London, United Kingdom since 21 April 1956 Eschwege, Hesse, Germany since 23 September 1989 Concord, Massachusetts, United States since 15 March 1997 Tres Cantos, Community of Madrid, Spain since 12 March 2005 Drogheda, Ireland since 9 September 2011 Yanggu, Gangwon, South Korea since 12 October 2011 Vila Verde, Braga, Portugal since 13 April 2013

See also Communes of the Val-de-Marne department

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External links Official website (in French)