Thiais () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.Official website (requires Flash)
The name Thiais comes from Medieval Latin Theodasium or Theodaxium, meaning "estate of Theodasius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
Thiais is best known for its cemetery, the second largest of Paris.
History
The Austrian writer Joseph Roth, exiled due to his opposition to the Nazi regime, lived at Thiais at the end of the 1930s and is buried at the local cemetery. The tomb of Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin is also there. Expatriate American journalist and novelist William Gardner Smith died there in 1974.Jackson, Jacquelyn. "William Gardner Smith" from Dictionary of Literary Biography. Thomson Gale, Thomson Corporation ©2005-2006.
The Hôtel de Ville was completed in December 1984.
Population
Transport Thiais is served by Pont de Rungis–Aéroport d'Orly station on Paris RER line C. It is also served by Choisy-le-Roi station on Paris RER line C. This station, although administratively located on the territory of Choisy-le-Roi, lies closer to the town center of Thiais than Pont de Rungis – Aéroport d'Orly station does, and is thus used by people in Thiais.
Education The commune has: Seven preschools (écoles maternelles): Jeanne d'Arc, Romain Gary, Charles Péguy, Jacques Prévert, Saint Exupéry, Robert Schuman, and des Tilleuls"Ecoles maternelles." Thiais. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. Six elementary schools: Charles Péguy, Romain Gary, Camille Claudel, Paul Éluard, Saint-Exupéry, and Robert Schuman"Ecoles elementaires." Thiais. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. Three junior high schools: Collège Albert Camus, Collège Paul Valéry, and Collège Paul Klee"Collèges." Thiais. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. Lycée Guillaume Apollinaire, a senior high school/sixth-form college"Lycée." Thiais. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
Monuments Paul Celan's grave. Farhad Mehrad's grave. Farhad was cremated and is buried in the Thiais. Yevgeny Zamyatin's grave.
See also Communes of the Val-de-Marne department
References
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