Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis

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.

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.

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 (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)
• L'église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Stains (Church of Our Lady of the Assumption of Stains)

Notable people

• Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe, footballer
• Mohamed-Ali Cho, footballer

Twin towns — Sister cities

Stains is twinned with:

• 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

• Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department

References

External links

• Official website
• Official website (in French)