Stains () is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.
History
The Hôtel de Ville is the former stable block of the Château of Stains completed in 1750.
Heraldry
Population
Transport
Stains is served by Pierrefitte â 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:
- 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
Notable people
Twin towns â Sister cities
Stains is twinned with:
- 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.
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