Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis
Commune in Île-de-France, France
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Stains (French pronunciation: [stɛ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.6 km (7.2 mi) from the center of Paris.[citation needed]
Stains | |
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Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs | |
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| Coordinates: 48°57′00″N 2°23′00″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-Saint-Denis |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Denis |
| Canton | Saint-Denis-2 |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Azzédine Taïbi[1] |
Area 1 | 5.39 km2 (2.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 41,388 |
| • Density | 7,680/km2 (19,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 93072 /93240 |
| Elevation | 46 m (151 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Toponymy
History

The Hôtel de Ville is the former stable block of the Château of Stains completed in 1750.[5]
Heraldry
| Argent with two wavy vert fesses, a chief Gules charged with three ears of wheat stalked and leaves with gold | ||
| motto: semina metes (sow and you shall reap) | ||
Population
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Transport
Stains is served by Pierrefitte – 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.[citation needed]
Education
Schools in Stains:[8]
- 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
- Château de Stains (transl. Castle of Stains, destroyed in the War of 1870)
- Cité-jardin de Stains (transl. Garden City of Stains)
- Town hall of Stains
- Château de la Motte (transl. Castle of La Motte, destroyed in 1819 with the exception of a few outbuildings)[9]
- L'église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Stains (Church of Our Lady of the Assumption of Stains)
- Château de Stains in 1870
- Town Hall of Stains in the 1920s.
- Detail of the pediment of the Château de La Motte.
Notable people
- Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe, footballer
- Mohamed-Ali Cho, footballer
- Dany Bill, Muay Thai champion, kickboxer
Twin towns — Sister cities
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.


