Malakoff, Hauts-de-Seine

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Paris and inner ring départements

(2020–2026) Jacqueline Belhomme-Dupont^[1]Area2.07 km² (0.80 sq mi)Population30,292 • Density15,000/km² (38,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation67–80 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, it had a population of 30,286 in 2016. The European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE) is based in Malakoff.

History

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.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1886 8,118 —     1891 9,144 +2.41% 1896 11,027 +3.82% 1901 14,341 +5.40% 1906 16,630 +3.01% 1911 19,789 +3.54% 1921 22,494 +1.29% 1926 23,817 +1.15% 1931 27,464 +2.89% 1936 28,439 +0.70% 1946 27,459 −0.35%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1954 28,876 +0.63% 1962 33,603 +1.91% 1968 36,198 +1.25% 1975 34,121 −0.84% 1982 32,553 −0.67% 1990 30,959 −0.63% 1999 29,402 −0.57% 2007 30,735 +0.56% 2012 30,420 −0.21% 2017 30,720 +0.20%
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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

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 the Gare de Vanves-Malakoff station on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse 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:^[6]

• 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:^[7]

• 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.^[7]

Post-secondary

• ENSAE ParisTech

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.[1]
• 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.^[8]
• 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

See also

• Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department

References

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