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Joinville-le-Pont ( French pronunciation: [ʒwɛ̃vil lə pɔ̃] ) is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris , France . It is located 9.4 km (5.8 mi) from the center of Paris .

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19-548: The commune was created in 1791 under the name La Branche-du-Pont-de-Saint-Maur (literally "The Branch of Saint-Maur's Bridge") by detaching its territory from the commune of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés . The commune was renamed Joinville-le-Pont (literally "Joinville the Bridge") on 29 August 1831. Under Louis-Philippe of France , the Redoute de Gravelle was built in the commune. In 1929, the commune of Joinville-le-Pont lost more than

38-472: A legendary reputation as defenders of Christians against Roman persecution. Massive foundations, sited so far from a Roman frontier , were attributed by C. Jullian to a temple or a villa instead. In Merovingian times, Gallo-Roman villas in the royal fisc were repeatedly donated as sites for monasteries under royal patronage. The abbey, dedicated to Saint Peter , Saint Paul and the Virgin Mary ,

57-498: A place called Fossati in Medieval Latin and Les Fossés in modern French , meaning "the moats". This place, located at the narrow entrance of a loop where the river Marne made its way round a rocky outcrop, was probably named after the moats of an ancient Celtic oppidum and later a Roman castrum ; the site was known in medieval documents as Castrum Bagaudarum , at a time when the marauding Bagaudae had developed

76-826: A third of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes , a part of which belonged to Joinville-le-Pont. Joinville-le-Pont has an oceanic climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfb ). The average annual temperature in Joinville-le-Pont is 12.9 °C (55.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 654.0 mm (25.75 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.3 °C (70.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Joinville-le-Pont

95-513: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Saint-Maur-des-Foss%C3%A9s Saint-Maur-des-Fossés ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ mɔʁ de fose] ) is a commune in Val-de-Marne , the southeastern suburbs of Paris , France , 11.7 kilometres (7.3 miles) from the centre of Paris . Saint-Maur-des-Fossés owes its name to Saint-Maur Abbey , founded in 638 by Queen Nanthild , regent for her son Clovis II , at

114-615: Is a French racing driver. Manu Katché (born 27 October 1958 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) is a French drummer and songwriter. Vincenzo Peruggia (1881–1925), an Italian thief who stole the Mona Lisa on 21 August 1911, died in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. Laurent Pimond (born 6 April 1965 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) is a former French footballer . Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983) was the only woman in

133-505: Is one of the bus terminal. There are 25 public preschools ( écoles maternelles ) and primary schools in the commune. Public junior high schools: Public senior high schools: Private schools: Saint-Maur-des-Fossés organizes an annual Short Subject Festival. Saint-Maur-des-Fossés was the filming location for the old-Paris sections of the 1958 Academy award winning film Mon Oncle by Jacques Tati . A statue of Tati in character as Monsieur Hulot along with two other characters from

152-512: The Middle Ages , the relics of Saint Maurus became very famous as they were supposed to heal gout and epilepsy , and Saint Pierre des Fossés became one of the most famous pilgrimage centers of medieval France. The rededication to Saint Maurus, in which abbey was renamed Saint-Maur-des-Fossés ("Saint Maurus of the Moats"), was justified by the story that during a drought in 1137, prayers to

171-550: The château de Vincennes ; in 1563 she acquired this "château du Bellay" , and substantially rebuilt it. On September 23, 1568, her teenage son, King Charles IX , issued the Edict of Saint-Maur , which prohibited all religions but Catholicism . It prompted fierce religious intolerance in Paris and eventually led to the 1572, St. Bartholomew's Day massacre . Building projects at the site were only interrupted by Catherine's death (1589);

190-452: The Virgin and Saints Peter and Paul having been ineffective, prayer to Saint Maur brought the needed rainfall. The abbey was secularised in 1535, and in 1541, the architect Philibert Delorme designed a château on the site for Cardinal Jean du Bellay , bishop of Paris, on four ranges of building around a square central court. Catherine de' Medici was a frequent visitor, preferring it to

209-541: The abbey itself was abandoned, its church providing building materials in the town. During the French Revolution , Saint-Maur-des-Fossés was temporarily renamed Vivant-sur-Marne (meaning "Alive upon Marne") in a gesture of rejection of religion. After the Revolution, the official name of the commune was simply Saint-Maur; it is only in 1897 that "des-Fossés" was re-added to the name, probably to conform to

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228-461: The abbey, known as Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, developed a market during the thirteenth century. The present territory also includes a formerly distinct village, La Varenne-Saint-Hilaire , against the perimeter of the nearby game preserve of Saint-Hilaire, part of the abbey's domaines. In 1791, part of the territory of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés was detached and became the commune of La Branche-du-Pont-de-Saint-Maur , later renamed Joinville-le-Pont . After

247-590: The château was sold to the Condé family and was eventually completed, and furnished with extensive parterres , at the end of the seventeenth century. The Château de Saint-Maur, still in the possession of the Condé family, was nationalised during the French Revolution , emptied of its contents, and its terrains divided up among real-estate speculators. The structure was demolished for the value of its materials; virtually nothing remains. The little settlement that grew around

266-659: The film is visible in the Commune at Place d'Arme. US Lusitanos Saint-Maur  was founded in 1966 by Portuguese immigrants who worked in a factory in the town. They play their games at the Stade Adolphe-Chéron. Saint-Maur-des-Fossés is twinned with: Le Thoureil Le Thoureil ( French pronunciation: [lə tuʁɛj] ) is a village and former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France . On 1 January 2016,

285-611: The group of composers known as Les Six . Saint-Maur-des-Fossés is almost entirely surrounded by a loop of the river Marne . An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. Saint-Maur leans to

304-477: The historical name and also to distinguish Saint-Maur-des-Fossés from other communes of France also called Saint-Maur. In 1924, a few vestiges of the abbey were collected in the newly established Musée du vieux Saint-Maur. Philippe Diolé (1908 – 1977), diver, writer and explorer, was born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. Roland Douce (1939–2018), plant biologist, was born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. Fabien Giroix (born 17 September 1960 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés)

323-474: The right in presidential elections, giving François Fillon 33% of its votes in the first round of the 2017 French presidential election . Saint-Maur-des-Fossés is served by four stations on Paris RER line A : Saint-Maur – Créteil , Le Parc de Saint-Maur , Champigny , and La Varenne – Chennevières . Saint-Maur-des-Fossés is also served by many buses, like the TVM (Trans-Val-de-Marne), where Saint-Maur-Créteil

342-434: Was 42.5 °C (108.5 °F) on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.6 °C (3.9 °F) on 17 January 1985. Joinville-le-Pont is served by Joinville-le-Pont station on Paris RER line A . Public schools include: There is a private school, Groupe Scolaire A.P.E.P. , which runs from preschool to senior high school/sixth-form college ( lycée). This Val-de-Marne geographical article

361-839: Was called Sanctus Petrus Fossatensis in Medieval Latin ( Saint Pierre des Fossés in French), meaning "Saint Peter of the Moats". It was founded by Blidegisil, archdeacon of Paris, in 638. One of the early abbots was Saint Babolen (died c.  671 ). In 868, King Charles the Bald invited the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur de Glanfeuil (in Le Thoureil , Maine-et-Loire , western France), who had fled their abbey due to Viking invasion, to relocate to Saint Pierre des Fossés with their precious relics of Saint Maurus . Later in

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