Commune in Île-de-France, France
Stains (French pronunciation: [stɛ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.6 km (7.2 mi) from the center of Paris.[citation needed]
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, on the Pierrefitte-sur-Seine side of the border.[citation needed]
Education
Schools in Stains:[5]
- 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 (transl. Castle of Stains, destroyed in the War of 1870)
- Cité-jardin de Stains (transl. Garden City of Stains)
- Town hall of Stains
- Château de la Motte (transl. Castle of La Motte, destroyed in 1819 with the exception of a few outbuildings)[6]
- L'église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Stains (Church of Our Lady of the Assumption of Stains)
Château de Stains in 1870
Town Hall of Stains in the 1920s.
Detail of the pediment of the Château de La Motte.
Notable people
Twin towns — Sister cities
Stains is twinned with:[7]
Saalfeld ( Germany ) since May 4, 1964: Twinning for joint projects of peace and collaboration between the German and French people.- Cheshunt ( United Kingdom ) since 1965: Traditional twinning
- Luco dei Marsi ( Italy ) since December 15, 2000: Multilateral collaboration in the fields of sport, tourism, environment and development in the field of NICTs, allowing the enhancement of reciprocal cultural wealth.
- Am'ari ( Palestine ) since January 15, 1999: Multilateral cooperation with the Palestinian refugee camp of Am'ari in the West Bank, in solidarity with the peace forces in the region.
- Mengueme ( Cameroon ) since 2000: Cooperation agreement on health, education, sanitation, rural electrification, ecosystem preservation, development of agriculture, livestock but also culture, sport and tourism.
- Figuig ( Morocco ) since October 18, 2002: Cooperation agreement on youth citizenship, cultural exchanges, health and prevention, local development, town planning and the environment.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Stains, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Les établissements scolaires." Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
- ^ "Château de la Motte - Patrimoine - Atlas de l'architecture et du patrimoine" [Atlas of the heritage of Seine-Saint-Denis: Castle of La Motte]. patrimoine.seinesaintdenis.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-03.
- ^ "Stains, ville du monde" [Stains, city of the world] (in French). Retrieved June 9, 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stains (Seine-Saint-Denis).
- Official website
- Official website (in French)
Saalfeld ( Germany ) since May 4, 1964: Twinning for joint projects of peace and collaboration between the German and French people.
Cheshunt ( United Kingdom ) since 1965: Traditional twinning
Luco dei Marsi ( Italy ) since December 15, 2000: Multilateral collaboration in the fields of sport, tourism, environment and development in the field of NICTs, allowing the enhancement of reciprocal cultural wealth.
Am'ari ( Palestine ) since January 15, 1999: Multilateral cooperation with the Palestinian refugee camp of Am'ari in the West Bank, in solidarity with the peace forces in the region.
Mengueme ( Cameroon ) since 2000: Cooperation agreement on health, education, sanitation, rural electrification, ecosystem preservation, development of agriculture, livestock but also culture, sport and tourism.
Figuig ( Morocco ) since October 18, 2002: Cooperation agreement on youth citizenship, cultural exchanges, health and prevention, local development, town planning and the environment.
