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.jpg) TheChâteau de Sceaux, in the historic domain of lordJean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683), features gardens designed byAndré Le Nôtre. | |
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| Coordinates:48°46′43″N2°17′26″E / 48.7786°N 2.2906°E /48.7786; 2.2906 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine |
| Arrondissement | Antony |
| Canton | Châtenay-Malabry |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Philippe Laurent[1] (UDI) |
Area 1 | 3.60 km2 (1.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 20,740 |
| • Density | 5,760/km2 (14,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 92071 /92330 |
| Elevation | 53–103 m (174–338 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Sceaux (French pronunciation:[so]ⓘ) is acommune in theHauts-de-Seinedepartment in the southern suburbs ofParis,France. It is located 9.7 km (6.0 mi) from thecentre of Paris. In 2019, Sceaux had a population of 20,004. Sceaux is one of the most affluent areas of France and is known for its very high housing costs.
Sceaux is famous for theChâteau de Sceaux, set in its large park (Parc départemental de Sceaux), designed byAndré Le Nôtre, measuring 2 km2 (0.77 sq mi). The originalchâteau was transformed into a School of Agriculture during theRevolution and lost much of its luster. It was demolished at the beginning of the 19th century following its sale by the then French government. Sceaux castle was originally built byJean-Baptiste Colbert, the minister of finance toLouis XIV and purchased by Louis' illegitimate son, theDuke of Maine in 1699. His duchesse held court in a glitteringsalon at Sceaux in the first decades of the eighteenth century.
The present-day château, rebuilt between 1856 and 1862 in aLouis XIII style, is now the museum ofÎle-de-France open for visits.
Housing costs in the area are very high, higher than in many districts of the Paris area, especially with streets facing the Parc de Sceaux.
Sceaux is served by three stations on ParisRER line B:Sceaux,Robinson, andParc de Sceaux. The latter station is located at the border between the commune of Sceaux and the commune ofAntony, on the Antony side of the border. It is also close toParis-Orly Airport.
Sceaux is connected to theA86 motorway that circles around Paris. The commune also offers a developed network ofbuses which are often used by theScéens (the name given to the residents of Sceaux) and theRATP bus network.
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The commune has the following primary schools:[6]
Sceaux hosts two cités scolaires, combined junior high schools and public high schools/sixth-form colleges, thelycée Marie Curie and thelycée Lakanal.[7] The lycéeMarie Curie was named after the scientist who was married in, lived in, and was originally interred in Sceaux with her husbandPierre Curie. The lycée Lakanal was named after a French politician, and an original member of the Institut de France,Joseph Lakanal and has remained one of the most prestigious and hardest schools of Île-de-France. The school also offers amiddle school and highly ranked "classes préparatoires" undergraduate training. French scientists and writers have graduated fromlycée Lakanal, such as Nobel Prize winnersMaurice Allais,Jean Giraudoux,Alain-Fournier andFrédéric Joliot-Curie.
There is also a public vocational senior high,Lycée des métiers Florian.[7]
There is a private junior high school, Externat Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc.[7]
The Faculté Jean Monnet, the college of Law and Management ofUniversity of Paris-XI (Orsay), the Institut Universitaire de Technologie of this university and L'Ecole Polytechnique Féminine (EPF) are also located in Sceaux.[7]
The Bibliothèque municipale de Sceaux is the communal library.[8]
Sceaux is home to one highly active national theatre, the Théâtre des Gémeaux, located in the Blagis quarter, which is part of the "Scène Nationale" network of the major theatres in France. The Théâtre des Gémeaux attracts audiences from all over Île-de-France and Paris. Its main event is the Spring dance festival with an international program of the highest quality.
The commune also has a small movie theatre, the Trianon, where international movies are released in their respective language and subtitled in French. The theater is also known for showingindependent films and hosting special events.
Various music events take place at Sceaux. Theclassical music festival established byAlfred Loewenguth in 1969, the Festival de l'Orangerie, takes place in theOrangery[9] built byJules Hardouin-Mansart for the Marquis de Seignelay in 1686, in the Park at Sceaux.[10] The Park also houses an open air opera every summer at the end of June.
The Parc de Sceaux was the location ofMadonna's Parisian first visit with herWho's That Girl World Tour 29 August 1987, front 131,000 people, the largest crowd of any concert in French history.[11][12]
In the classic French O-Level textbook series for English-speaking pupils,Le Francais d'Aujourd-hui, the Bertillon family move out to Sceaux from inner-city Paris during the course of the book's main narrative.
The mathematicianAugustin-Louis Cauchy died in Sceaux in 1857.
Alain Delon (actor, singer, filmmaker, and businessman) was born in Sceaux in 1935.
Marie Curie andPierre Curie were married in, and lived in Sceaux.
The Parc de Sceaux is home to a population ofred squirrels estimated to number between 100 and 120.[13]
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