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Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis

Coordinates: 48°57′00″N 2°23′00″E / 48.9500°N 2.3833°E / 48.9500; 2.3833
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Stains
Commune
Landscaping in Stains
Landscaping in Stains
Coat of arms of Stains
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring departments
Paris and inner ring departments
Location of Stains
Map
Stains is located in France
Stains
Stains
Stains is located in Île-de-France (region)
Stains
Stains
Coordinates: 48°57′00″N 2°23′00″E / 48.9500°N 2.3833°E / 48.9500; 2.3833
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentSeine-Saint-Denis
ArrondissementSaint-Denis
CantonSaint-Denis-2
IntercommunalityGrand Paris
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Azzédine Taïbi[1]
Area
1
5.39 km2 (2.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
40,359
 • Density7,500/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
93072 /93240
Elevation46 m (151 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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Arms of Stains
Arms of Stains
 Argent with two wavy vert fesses, a chief Gules charged with three ears of wheat stalked and leaves with gold
motto: semina metes (sow and you shall reap)

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,080—    
1800 987−1.28%
1806 809−3.26%
1821 829+0.16%
1831 946+1.33%
1836 936−0.21%
1841 993+1.19%
1846 1,046+1.05%
1851 932−2.28%
1856 1,038+2.18%
1861 1,280+4.28%
1866 1,571+4.18%
1872 1,448−1.35%
1876 1,577+2.16%
1881 1,868+3.44%
1886 2,288+4.14%
1891 2,500+1.79%
1896 2,707+1.60%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 2,959+1.80%
1906 3,102+0.95%
1911 3,584+2.93%
1921 5,641+4.64%
1926 10,081+12.31%
1931 14,539+7.60%
1936 17,604+3.90%
1946 18,382+0.43%
1954 19,028+0.43%
1962 27,503+4.71%
1968 32,169+2.65%
1975 35,545+1.44%
1982 36,079+0.21%
1990 34,879−0.42%
1999 32,839−0.67%
2007 34,663+0.68%
2012 36,155+0.85%
2017 38,720+1.38%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Transport

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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

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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

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  • Château de Stains in 1870
    Château de Stains in 1870
  • Town Hall of Stains in the 1920s.
    Town Hall of Stains in the 1920s.
  • Detail of the pediment of the Château de La Motte.
    Detail of the pediment of the Château de La Motte.

Notable people

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Twin towns — Sister cities

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Stains is twinned with:[7]

  • Germany Saalfeld ( Germany ) since May 4, 1964: Twinning for joint projects of peace and collaboration between the German and French people.
  • United Kingdom Cheshunt ( United Kingdom ) since 1965: Traditional twinning
  • Italy 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.
  • State of Palestine 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.
  • Cameroon Mengueme ( Cameroon ) since 2000: Cooperation agreement on health, education, sanitation, rural electrification, ecosystem preservation, development of agriculture, livestock but also culture, sport and tourism.
  • Morocco 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Stains, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ "Les établissements scolaires." Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Stains, ville du monde" [Stains, city of the world] (in French). Retrieved June 9, 2020.
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