Clamart Explained

Clamart
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Clamart (Hauts-de-Seine).svg
Map:Clamart map.svg
Map Caption:Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates:48.8014°N 2.2628°W
Arrondissement:Antony
Canton:Clamart
Insee:92023
Postal Code:92140
Mayor:Jean-Didier Berger[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Party:DVD
Intercommunality:Grand Paris
Elevation Min M:64
Elevation Max M:175
Area Km2:8.77

Clamart (in French pronounced as /klamaʁ/) is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 8.7km (05.4miles) from the centre of Paris.

The town is divided into two parts, separated by a forest: bas Clamart, the historical centre, and petit Clamart with urbanization developed in the 1960s replacing pea fields. The canton of Clamart includes only a part of the commune. The other part of the commune belongs to the canton of Le Plessis-Robinson.

Geography

Nearest places

History

Les petits pois (peas)

The city name is famous in French gastronomy. A speciality with peas as a side-dish, is called "à la Clamart". Close to Paris and its central marketplace (Les Halles), Clamart's peas were the first of the season.

De Gaulle assassination attempt

On 22 August 1962 the French President Charles de Gaulle was the target of an assassination attempt organised by the French Air Force Lieutenant-Colonel Jean Bastien-Thiry. As de Gaulle's black Citroën DS 19[2] sped through Petit-Clamart it was met by a barrage of submachine-gun fire. De Gaulle and his entourage, which included his wife, survived the attempt without any casualties or serious injuries while the attempt's perpetrators were subsequently all arrested and put on trial. The leader of the assassination attempt, Jean Bastien-Thiry, was executed by firing squad after his 1963 conviction, and was the last person to be executed by firing squad in France.

Panorama

On a former EDF research site, construction on a new urban development (zone d'aménagement concerté or ZAC), overlooking the man-made Panorama Lake (Lac du Panorama) and consisting of new homes, commercial and business space, two schools, and a nursery, began in summer 2018.[3] The land had been purchased by the city in 2017, and the project was designed by A26. The first residents moved in in late 2019, and the schools were two thirds full by 2021 when the second phase of construction was underway.[4]

Transport

Clamart is served by Clamart station on the Transilien Paris  - Montparnasse suburban rail line. There are also several bus lines connecting Clamart to neighbouring towns.

Education

Clamart has multiple primary schools, and attendance is determined by one's residence.[5]

Middle schools:

High school: Clamart has one single high school, located near the haut de Clamart: the Lycée Jacques Monod[8]

Notable people

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France.

Clamart is twinned with:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023. fr.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20081214080344/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,907992,00.html "Objective: De Gaulle"
  3. Clamart : top départ pour le futur quartier sur l'ancienne friche EDF. Le Parisien. A.L.. 29 June 2018. 15 December 2023. fr.
  4. Le Panorama, nouveau quartier de Clamart, continue de pousser. Les Echos. Catherine. Bocquet. 15 December 2023. fr.
  5. " 2013-2014 perimetre scolaire ." Clamart. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
  6. "Collège Alain Founier ." French Ministry of Education. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
  7. http://www.clg-maisonblanche-clamart.ac-versailles.fr/ Home
  8. http://www.lyc-monod-clamart.ac-versailles.fr/ Home
  9. Web site: Glimpses of Jean Arp's World . . 14 February 2013.
  10. Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, New York City: The Bodeley Head, Reprint: London: Penguin Classic, 2001, p. 102