| Thiais | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Thiais (Val-de-Marne).svg |
| Map: | Thiais_map.svg |
| Map Caption: | Paris and inner ring departments |
| Coordinates: | 48.765°N 2.3923°W |
| Arrondissement: | L'Haÿ-les-Roses |
| Canton: | Thiais |
| Insee: | 94073 |
| Mayor: | Richard Dell'Agnola[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Grand Paris |
| Area Km2: | 6.43 |
Thiais (in French pronounced as /tjɛ/) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.3km (06.4miles) from the center of Paris.[2]
The name Thiais comes from Medieval Latin Theodasium or Theodaxium, meaning "estate of Theodasius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
The Austrian writer Joseph Roth, exiled due to his opposition to the Nazi regime, lived at Thiais at the end of the 1930s and is buried at the local cemetery. The tomb of Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin is also there. Expatriate American journalist and novelist William Gardner Smith died there in 1974.[3]
Thiais is best known for its cemetery, the second largest of Paris.
Thiais is served by Pont de Rungis–Aéroport d'Orly station on Paris RER line C. It is also served by Choisy-le-Roi station on Paris RER line C. This station, although administratively located on the territory of Choisy-le-Roi, lies closer to the town center of Thiais than Pont de Rungis - Aéroport d'Orly station does, and is thus used by people in Thiais.
The commune has: