Clamart
Clamart is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 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.
Geography
Nearest places
Les petits pois (peas)
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, Clamart's peas were the first of the season.Hôtel de Ville
The Hôtel [de Ville, Clamart|Hôtel de Ville] was created from an ancient château which was acquired by the town council in 1842.De Gaulle assassination attempt
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 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 remains the most recent person to be executed by firing squad in France.Population
Panorama
On a former EDF research site, construction on a new urban development, overlooking the man-made Panorama Lake and consisting of new homes, commercial and business space, two schools, and a nursery, began in summer 2018. 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.Transport
Clamart is served by Clamart station on the Transilien Line N suburban rail line. There are also several bus lines connecting Clamart to neighbouring towns.Education
Clamart has multiple primary schools, and attendance is determined by one's residence.Middle schools:
- Collège Alain Founier
- Collège Maison Blanche
Notable people
- Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, died in the Hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy in 2004.
- Hatem Ben Arfa, footballer
- Jean Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, artists, lived in Clamart in the 1930s.
- Gabriel Attal, French Prime Minister
- Éliane Basse, French paleontologist and geologist, died in Clamart
- Jean Bastien-Thiry, leader of 1962 assassination attempt against Charles de Gaulle.
- Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian philosopher and theologian, died here.
- Alexander Blonz, Norwegian handball player, lived here the first year of his life.
- Céline Boutier, French golfer, was born here.
- Teddy Clairet, French racing driver
- Roger Cotte, French recorder player and musicologist, was born in Clamart.
- Beauford Delaney, American artist, moved to Clamart in 1953.
- Julien Kapek, French athlete.
- Henri Matisse, French painter, lived in Clamart before the First World War.
- Vincent Poirier, French basketball player was born here.
- Owen Tangavelou, Vietnamese-French racing driver
- Theofan (Bystrov), Russian archbishop and theologian, lived here in 1931.
International relations
- Lüneburg, Germany since 1975
- Scunthorpe, United Kingdom, since 1976
- Majadahonda, Spain, since 1988
- Artashat, Armenia, since 2003
- Penamacor, Portugal, since 2006