Suresnes

Suresnes is a city of the Hauts-de-Seine in Île-de-France, located in the western suburbs of Paris, on left bank of the the Seine.

It belongs to the urban Unité and urban Aire of Paris. Suresnes is surrounded by Puteaux and Nanterre in North, Saint-Cloud in the South, Rueil-Malmaison in the West and the Seine in the East. Its inhabitants are called the Suresnoises and the Suresnois . Its currency is: No one does not leave Suresnes, which often does not return there.

History

August 1st

In 1844 on the ruins of the abbey of the congregation of the priests of the martyrdom extremely start the building work of the of the Mount Valérien thus making place with religious vocation a military fortress. In 1914 when the war bursts, Suresnes becomes one of the principal centers of manufacture of the Obus. At the time of the second world war, the fort of the Valérien Mount was occupied by German and was the theater of the execution of more than 1000 prisoners and hostages. The memorial of fighting France Valérien Mount is a national place of pilgrimage today.

Municipal administration

List mayors

Mayors of Suresnes:
  • Victor Diederich: (… - 1919)
  • Henri Saddler (PS): (1919-1941)
  • Paul Pages (PC): (1945-1947)
  • Louis Bert: (1947-1953)
  • Raymond Cosson: (1953-1956)
  • Marcel Legras: (1956-1965)
  • Robert Pontillon (PS): (1965-1983)
  • Christian Dupuy (RPR then UMP): since 1983

Elections

For the electoral deadlines of 2007 Suresnes belongs to the 82 communes of more than 3500 inhabitants having used the machines to vote.

Demography

Transport

The commune is rather well served by public transport:

  • the Transilien lines and: '' Suresnes - Mount Valérien ''
  • two stations of the tram: Suresnes - Longchamp and '' Belvédère ''

Monuments

  • the College Paul Langevin, at the request of Henri Sellier is created by Maurice Payret-Dortail in 1927. The college, in the past nursery school and primary, has a swimming pool and a gymnasium classified historic building.
  • Extremely of the Mount Valérien (Memorial of Fighting France)
  • American Military Cemetery
  • Theater Jean Vilar of Suresnes
  • the Garden city (1921 - 1939): built by the architects Alexandre Maistrasse, Julien Quoniam, Felix Dumail and Louis Bazin, on the initiative of the mayor Henri Saddler. The city includes/understands, in addition to the multifamily apartments and individual (2.500 before war, including 2.327 collectives), a dispensary, a crib, school complexes, sports equipment, places of catholic worship and Protestant, a theater, a co-operative store, a hearth for single people and a house for elderly. The city includes/understands trade, a crib, a nursery school and a house for all. Dumail then Bazin rebuild residences and aggrandissement the city (of more than 500 residences) after the Second world war
  • the school of outdoor, built 1932 with 1936 by the architects Eugene Beaudouin and Marcel Lods (registered MH)

Culture

Suresnes accommodates, each year with the Théâtre Jean Vilar since 1993, the festival of Contemporary dance Suresnes Cités Dance , of international repute.

Sport

  • Rugby Club Suresnois, club of Rugby playing in Federal 2
  • Suresnes Tennis shoe Club, club of tennis shoe evolving/moving in Promotion of Excellence area

Twinnings

The town of Suresnes maintains the relations of twinning with:

Famous characters

With Suresnes was born:

Personalities:

  • Holy Catherine Labouré also called Holy Catherine de Suresnes (1806 - 1876)
  • Gerard de Suresnes (1961 - 2005), organizer radio operator
  • the Tennis man French Michael Llodra currently lives in Suresnes in company of his Camille wife and her Manon daughter.
  • Gerald De Palmas currently lives in Suresnes
  • Alexandre Delpérier currently lives in Suresnes in company of his Johanna wife and her 3 children: Pauline, Louis and small Valentine
  • Cauet, the radio operator organizer, currently live in Suresnes
  • Maureen Dor currently lives in Suresnes
  • Sophie Lelouche currently live in Suresnes
  • Pedro Alves, singer of the spectacle the ten commands, currently live in Suresnes

Died with Suresnes:

In July 1980, the ex-first Iranian minister Shapour Bakhtiar escapes an attempted murder in the Neuilly-on-Seine, which cost the life a police officer and a neighbor. Finally, it is in Suresnes (street Cluseret) that he was assassinated in August 1991.

Gastronomical specialities

  • the Wine of Suresnes (Festivals of the grape harvest of Suresnes each October, Suresnes also has its Brotherhood of the wine)
  • the Sarments (chocolates)
  • the dawdlings suresnoises

Economy

August 1st

Notes, sources and references

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