Clamart

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Clamart ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located Template:Convert 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.

GeographyEdit

Nearest placesEdit

HistoryEdit

Les petits pois (peas)Edit

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.

Hôtel de VilleEdit

The Hôtel de Ville was created from an ancient château which was acquired by the town council in 1842.<ref>Template:Base Mérimée</ref>

De Gaulle assassination attemptEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} 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<ref>"Objective: De Gaulle", Time, 9 October 1973</ref> 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.

PopulationEdit

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PanoramaEdit

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New urban development (ZAC) in the Panorama district.

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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite journal Template:Subscription required</ref>

TransportEdit

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.

EducationEdit

Clamart has multiple primary schools, and attendance is determined by one's residence.<ref>" 2013-2014 perimetre scolaire Template:Webarchive." Clamart. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.</ref>

Middle schools:

Collège Alain Founier<ref>"Collège Alain Founier Template:Webarchive." French Ministry of Education. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.</ref>
Collège Maison Blanche<ref>Home. Collège Maison Blanche. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.</ref>

High school: Clamart has one single high school, located near the haut de Clamart: the Lycée Jacques Monod<ref>Home. Lycée Jacques Monod. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.</ref>

Notable peopleEdit

Yasser Arafat (1929–2004), Palestinian leader, died in the Hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy in 2004.
Hatem Ben Arfa (born 1987 in Clamart) footballer
Jean Arp (1886–1966) and Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943), artists, lived in Clamart in the 1930s.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Gabriel Attal (born 1989), French Prime Minister
Éliane Basse (1899–1985), French paleontologist and geologist, died in Clamart
Jean Bastien-Thiry (1927–1963), leader of 1962 assassination attempt against Charles de Gaulle.
Nikolai Berdyaev (1874–1948), Russian philosopher and theologian, died here.
Alexander Blonz (born 2000), Norwegian handball player, lived here the first year of his life.
Céline Boutier (born 1993), French golfer, was born here.
Roger Cotte (1921–1999), French recorder player and musicologist, was born in Clamart.
Beauford Delaney (1901–1979), American artist, moved to Clamart in 1953.
Julien Kapek (born 1979), French athlete.
Henri Matisse (1869–1954), French painter, lived in Clamart before the First World War.<ref>Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, New York City: The Bodeley Head, Reprint: London: Penguin Classic, 2001, p. 102</ref>
Vincent Poirier (born 1993), French basketball player was born here.
Owen Tangavelou (born 2004), Vietnamese-French racing driver
Theofan (Bystrov) (1875–1940), Russian archbishop and theologian, lived here in 1931.