Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis Explained

Stains
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Stains 93.svg
Map:	Stains_map.svg
Map Caption:	Paris and inner ring departments
Coordinates:	48.95°N 2.3833°W
Arrondissement:	Saint-Denis
Canton:	Saint-Denis-2
Insee:	93072
Postal Code:	93240
Mayor:	Azzédine Taïbi^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Grand Paris
Elevation M:	46
Area Km2:	5.39

Stains (in French pronounced as /stɛ̃/) is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.6km (07.2miles) from the center of Paris.

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:^[2]

• 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 (destroyed in the War of 1870)
• Cité-jardin de Stains
• Town hall of Stains
• Château de la Motte (destroyed in 1819 with the exception of a few outbuildings)^[3]
• 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:^[4]

• 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

External links

• Official website
• Official website (in French)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. "Les établissements scolaires." Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis. Retrieved on September 8, 2016.
3. Web site: Château de la Motte - Patrimoine - Atlas de l'architecture et du patrimoine. Atlas of the heritage of Seine-Saint-Denis: Castle of La Motte. 2021-05-03. patrimoine.seinesaintdenis.fr. fr.
4. Web site: Stains, ville du monde. Stains, city of the world. June 9, 2020. fr.