Châtenay-Malabry

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Châtenay-Malabry
Country	France
Région	Île-de-France
Départment	Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement	Antony
Canton	Chief town of 2 cantons
INSEE	92019
Postal Code	92290
Mayor Current Term	Georges Siffredi 2001-2008
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération des Hauts de Bièvre
Longitude	2°17' E
Latitude	48°46' N
Altitudes	average : 104m minimum : maximum :
Area	6.38 km²
Population without double-counting	30,621 inhab. (1999 census)
Population Density	4,800 inhab./km²

Châtenay-Malabry is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.8 km. (6.7 miles) from the center of Paris.

The commune includes the valley la vallée aux loups with green forests and pretty houses including Châteaubriand. It also includes the Butte Rouge, its most populated area. The Garden City in the Butte Rouge, the Cité Jardins, is one of the earliest housing at moderated rents (HLM).

Châtenay is the location of the École Centrale Paris and the URF de Pharmacie (Faculty of Pharmacy). The high-speed TGV Atlantique goes across the city through an underground railway called Coulée verte (greenway).

Since December 31, 2002, it is part of the Communauté d'agglomération des Hauts de Bièvre

Contents

1 History
2 Transportation
3 Town twinning
4 External link

History

Originally called simply Châtenay, the name of the commune became officially Châtenay-Malabry in 1920.

The name Châtenay comes from châtaigner (sweet chestnut tree) and Malabry comes from a deformation of badly located, spoiled ground; both can be found frequently in the commune.

Transportation

Châtenay-Malabry is served by Robinson station on Paris RER line B. This station is located at the border between the commune of Châtenay-Malabry and the commune of Sceaux, on the Sceaux side of the border.

Town twinning

Châtenay-Malabry is twinned with

Bergneustadt (Germany, Oberbergischer Kreis) since 1967, which is also twinned with Landsmeer

Landsmeer (Netherlands, North Holland) since 1986, which is also twinned with Bergneustadt

Wellington (United Kingdom, Shropshire) since 2001

External link

[Châtenay-Malabry official website]

Communes in the metropolitan area of Paris

Population over 2 million:	City of Paris
Population over 75,000:	Argenteuil \| Asnières-sur-Seine \| Aulnay-sous-Bois \| Boulogne-Billancourt \| Champigny-sur-Marne \| Colombes \| Créteil \| Montreuil \| Nanterre \| Rueil-Malmaison \| Saint-Denis \| Saint-Maur-des-Fossés \| Versailles \| Vitry-sur-Seine
Population over 50,000:	Antony \| Aubervilliers \| Le Blanc-Mesnil \| Bondy \| Cergy \| Clichy \| Courbevoie \| Drancy \| Évry \| Fontenay-sous-Bois \| Issy-les-Moulineaux \| Ivry-sur-Seine \| Levallois-Perret \| Maisons-Alfort \| Neuilly-sur-Seine \| Noisy-le-Grand \| Pantin \| Sarcelles \| Sartrouville \| Villejuif
Population over 25,000:	Alfortville \| Athis-Mons \| Bagneux \| Bagnolet \| Bezons \| Bobigny \| Champs-sur-Marne \| Charenton-le-Pont \| Châtenay-Malabry \| Châtillon \| Chatou \| Chelles \| Le Chesnay \| Choisy-le-Roi \| Clamart \| Clichy-sous-Bois \| Conflans-Sainte-Honorine \| Corbeil-Essonnes \| La Courneuve \| Draveil \| Élancourt \| Épinay-sur-Seine \| Ermont \| Franconville \| Fresnes \| Gagny \| Garges-lès-Gonesse \| Gennevilliers \| Goussainville \| Guyancourt \| L'Haÿ-les-Roses \| Houilles \| Livry-Gargan \| Malakoff \| Mantes-la-Jolie \| Massy \| Meaux \| Melun \| Meudon \| Montigny-le-Bretonneux \| Montrouge \| Les Mureaux \| Neuilly-sur-Marne \| Nogent-sur-Marne \| Noisy-le-Sec \| Palaiseau \| Le Perreux-sur-Marne \| Pierrefitte-sur-Seine \| Plaisir \| Poissy \| Pontault-Combault \| Pontoise \| Puteaux \| Rosny-sous-Bois \| Saint-Cloud \| Saint-Germain-en-Laye \| Saint-Ouen \| Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois \| Sannois \| Savigny-sur-Orge \| Savigny-le-Temple \| Sevran \| Stains \| Suresnes \| Taverny \| Thiais \| Trappes \| Tremblay-en-France \| Les Ulis \| Vanves \| Vigneux-sur-Seine \| Villemomble \| Villeneuve-Saint-Georges \| Villepinte \| Villiers-le-Bel \| Villiers-sur-Marne \| Vincennes \| Viry-Châtillon \| Yerres
Population under 25,000:	1,470 other communes, the most notable of which include Auvers-sur-Oise \| Bougival \| Le Bourget \| Chantilly \| Chessy \| Crépy-en-Valois \| Écouen \| Enghien-les-Bains \| Étampes \| Fontainebleau \| Gisors \| Maintenon \| Maisons-Laffitte \| Marly-le-Roi \| Montfermeil \| Montmorency \| Orly \| Orsay \| Le Raincy \| Rambouillet \| Roissy-en-France \| Rungis \| Saclay \| Saint-Cyr-l'École \| Sceaux \| Sèvres \| Le Vésinet

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