Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne
Saint-Maurice | |
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 Rue du Maréchal-Leclerc, in Saint-Maurice | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Paris and inner ring departments | |
Location of Saint-Maurice | |
  Saint-Maurice | |
| Coordinates: 48°48′56″N 2°27′33″E / 48.8156°N 2.4592°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-de-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Créteil |
| Canton | Charenton-le-Pont |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Area 1 | 1.43 km2 (0.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 14,603 |
| • Density | 10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 94069 / |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Saint-Maurice (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɔʁis] ) is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 6.8 km (4.2 mi) from the center of Paris. The lunatic asylum Charenton was located in Saint-Maurice; it is now a psychiatric hospital.
History
[edit]Originally called Charenton-Saint-Maurice, the name of the commune was officially shortened to Saint-Maurice in 1842.
In 1929, the commune of Saint-Maurice lost half of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, a part of which belonged to Saint-Maurice.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Saint-Maurice has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Saint-Maurice is 12.5 °C (54.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 643.2 mm (25.32 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 20.8 °C (69.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.7 °C (40.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Saint-Maurice was 43.6 °C (110.5 °F) on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −25.6 °C (−14.1 °F) on 10 December 1879.
| Climate data for Saint-Maurice (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1872−present) |
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Population
[edit] | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 10,477 | — |
| 1975 | 9,221 | −1.81% |
| 1982 | 9,420 | +0.31% |
| 1990 | 11,157 | +2.14% |
| 1999 | 12,748 | +1.49% |
| 2007 | 14,596 | +1.71% |
| 2012 | 14,870 | +0.37% |
| 2017 | 14,056 | −1.12% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Transport
[edit]Saint-Maurice is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Saint-Maurice is Charenton – Écoles station on Paris Métro Line 8. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Charenton-le-Pont, 0.6 km (0.37 mi) from the town center of Saint-Maurice.
Education
[edit]Schools in the commune include four preschools (écoles maternelles): Ecole du Centre, Ecole Delacroix, Ecole de Gravelle, Ecole du Plateau,[4] three elementary schools: Ecole du Centre, Ecole de Gravelle, and Annexe Roger Revet,[5] and one junior high school, Collège Edmond Nocard.[6]
Area senior high schools include Lycée Polyvalent Robert Schuman in Charenton-Le-Pont, Lycée Intercommunal Eugène Delacroix in Maisons-Alfort, and Lycée Marcelin Berthelot in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés.[6]
Personalities
[edit]- Éric Assadourian, football player
- Eugène Delacroix, romantic painter
- Evan Fournier, basketball player
- Yves Niare, athlete
- Adrien Rabiot, football player
- Marquis de Sade, writer
- Hassan Yebda, football player
- Leny Yoro, football player
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF). Météo-France. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Ecoles Maternelles." Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ "Ecoles élémentaires." Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "[1]." Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
External links
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- Home page (in French)
