Vanves
Vanves (Fr-Paris--Vanves.ogg) is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.6 km from the centre of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe and the tenth in France.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Vanves • Commune Status — Commune • Arrondissement — Boulogne-Billancourt • Canton — Clamart • Insee — 92075 • Postal Code — 92170 • Mayor — Bernard Gauducheau • Term — 2026–32 • Intercommunality — Grand Paris • Elevation Min M — 35 • Elevation Max M — 78 • Area Km2 — 1.56
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Vanves appears in the authority records of the Etalab API Découpage administratif and the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names as a place. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Vanves as an inhabited place. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Vanves as a commune. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Île-de-France as the administrative unit of Vanves. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Hauts-de-Seine as the administrative unit of Vanves. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Île-de-France as the administrative region of Vanves. Etalab API Découpage administratif records France as the country of Vanves.
History
History
• Illustration — The Hôtel de Ville On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, about a third of the commune of Vanves was annexed to Paris, and forms now essentially the neighborhood of Plaisance, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. On 8 November 1883, about half of the territory of Vanves was detached and became the commune of Malakoff. The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1898.
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The area of Vanves is 155.5 hectares, according to the Etalab API Découpage administratif. The Etalab API Découpage administratif records the postal code 92170 for Vanves.
Transport
Transport
Vanves is served by Malakoff – Plateau de Vanves station on Paris Métro Line 13. This station is located at the border between the commune of Vanves and the commune of Malakoff, on the Malakoff side of the border. Vanves is also served by Vanves–Malakoff station on the Transilien Paris-Montparnasse suburban rail line.
Education
Education
Preschools/nurseries: • École maternelle Cabourg • École maternelle Forestier • École maternelle Gambetta • École maternelle Lemel • École maternelle Marceau • École maternelle du Parc Elementary schools: • École élémentaire Cabourg • École élémentaire Forestier • École élémentaire Gambetta • École élémentaire Larmeroux • École élémentaire Marceau • École élémentaire du Parc Junior high schools: • Collège Michelet • Collège Saint-Exupéry Senior high schools/sixth form colleges: • Lycée Michelet • Lycée professionnel Louis Dardenne
Twin towns – sister cities
Twin towns – sister cities
Vanves is twinned with: • union Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (since 2000) • Lehrte, Germany (since 1963) • Rosh HaAyin, Israel (since 2009)
Notable people
Notable people
• Jacques Jubé (1674–1745), priest, teacher and memoirist • Bonawentura Niemojowski (1787–1835), Polish politician, lived here • Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941), Russian poet and writer, lived here • Albert Gazier (1908–1997), politician, died here • Guy Môquet (1924–1941), member of the Resistance and martyr, lived here • André du Bouchet (1924–2001), poet, lived here • Gérard Jouannest (1933–2018), pianist and composer • Marie-José Pérec (born 1968), track athlete, lived here • Jérôme Rothen (born 1978), footballer, lived here
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- 1.Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 5 May 2026.
- 2.List of French cities ordered by population density
- 3.Base Mérimée IA00060613
- 4.Cassini-Ehess 38848 Vanves
- 5.Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- 6."Écoles maternelles ." Vanves. Retrieved on 28 July 2018.
- 7."Les écoles élémentaires de Vanves ." Vanves. Retrieved on 28 July 2018.
- 8."Les collèges de Vanves ." Vanves. Retrieved on 28 July 2018.
- 9."Les lycées de Vanves ." Vanves. Retrieved on 28 July 2018.
- 10.Vanves. Villes jumelles. vanves.fr.
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