Malakoff, Hauts-de-Seine
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Malakoff | |
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 Maison des Arts | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs | |
 Location of Malakoff | |
  Malakoff  Malakoff | |
| Coordinates: 48°49′01″N 2°17′40″E / 48.8169°N 2.2944°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine |
| Arrondissement | Antony |
| Canton | Montrouge |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacqueline Belhomme-Dupont[1] |
Area 1 | 2.07 km2 (0.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 30,557 |
| • Density | 14,800/km2 (38,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 92046 /92240 |
| Elevation | 67–80 m (220–262 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Malakoff (French pronunciation: [malakɔf] ⓘ) is a suburban commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department southwest of Paris, France, located 5 km (3.1 mi) from the centre of the city. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 30,557.[3] The European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE) is based in Malakoff.
The commune of Malakoff was created on 8 November 1883 by detaching its territory from the commune of Vanves. Its name was taken from an inn sign À la Tour de Malakoff ("At the Malakoff Tower"); the inn was so named in 1855 to commemorate the Battle of Malakoff, fought during the Crimean War.[4]
The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1976.[5]
Population
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Transport
Malakoff is served by two stations on Paris Métro Line 13: Malakoff–Plateau de Vanves and Malakoff–Rue Étienne Dolet.
Malakoff is also served by Vanves–Malakoff station on the Transilien Line N suburban rail line. This station is located on the border between the commune of Malakoff and the commune of Vanves, on the Vanves side.
Education
Public primary schools:[7]
- Eight public preschools (maternelles): Georges-Cogniot, Fernand-Léger, Jean-Jaurès, Guy-Môquet, Paul-Bert, Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, Paul-Langevin, Henri-Barbusse
- Seven public elementary schools: Georges-Cogniot, Fernand-Léger, Jean-Jaurès, Guy-Môquet, Paul-Bert, Paul-Langevin, Henri-Barbusse
Public secondary schools:[8]
- Junior high schools: Collège Paul-Bert and Collège Henri-Wallon
- Senior high school: Lycée professionnel Louis-Girard
There is a private school, École privée Notre-Dame-de-France.[8]
Post-secondary
Notable residents
- Christian Boltanski, sculptor, photographer, painter and film maker, lives and works in Malakoff
- Charles Bourseul (1829–1912), scientist, a pioneer in development of the telephone, lived at 62 Rue d'Arcueil (renamed Rue Paul Vaillant-Couturier).
- Sophie Calle, artist, lives and works in Malakoff.
- Eugène Christophe (1885–1970), cyclist, winner of the Milan-San Remo race and first wearer of the yellow jersey in the Tour de France.
- Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault (1872–1934), was a psychiatrist, an ethnologist, and a photographer. Lived in a fine villa on Rue Vincent Moris.
- Pierre Curie (1859–1906) and Marie Curie (1867–1934) rented a house on Rue du Marché (renamed Rue Gabriel-Crié). They used a shed on the property for their radium experiments (1900 to 1904).
- Serge Danot (1931-1990), director and animator, creator of Le Manège enchanté
- Louis de Grandmaison, painter, lived in Malakoff.
- Edmond Lachenal, (1855–1948), potter who opened his first pottery works (from 1880 to 1887) in the city.[9]
- Henri Désiré Landru (1869-1922), notorious serial killer, ran a car repair shop on Avenue de Châtillon (renamed Avenue Pierre Brossolette) in the 1910s.
- Roger Legris (1898–1981), stage and film actor.
- Annette Messager, artist, lives and works in Malakoff.
- Louise Michel (1830-1905), militant anarchist, feminist, important figure in the Paris Commune
- Pablo Reinoso, artist and designer, lives in Malakoff.[10]
- Henri Rousseau, called "The Customs Agent", (1844–1910), painter, took his nickname from the fact that his full-time job was as a Paris customs agent (the octroi) at the Porte de Vanves in Malakoff.
- Sanyu (1901–1966), painter, lived from 1928 to 1931 in Malakoff on Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
- Francesca Solleville, singer, lives in Malakoff.
- Sam Szafran (1934–2019), artist, lived and worked in Malakoff
