Malakoff, Hauts-de-Seine
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Maison des Arts | |
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Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs | |
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| Coordinates: 48°49′01″N 2°17′40″E / 48.8169°N 2.2944°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine |
| Arrondissement | Antony |
| Canton | Montrouge |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacqueline Belhomme-Dupont[1] |
Area 1 | 2.07 km2 (0.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 30,557 |
| • Density | 14,800/km2 (38,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 92046 /92240 |
| Elevation | 67–80 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. As of 2023, the population of the commune was 30,557.[3] 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.[4]
The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1976.[5]
Population
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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 Vanves–Malakoff station on the Transilien Line N 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:[7]
- 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:[8]
- 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.[8]
Post-secondary
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.[9]
- 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.[10]
- 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
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ a b Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ^ Dictionnaire des noms de lieux de France (name on cover) alias Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieux en France (name on front endpaper), by A. Dauzat and Ch. Rostaing, publ. 1963 by Librairie Larousse
- ^ "Le bâti – Les deux Mairies". Malakoff Patrimoine et Memoire. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Malakoff, EHESS (in French).
- ^ "Les écoles primaires." Malakoff. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
- ^ a b "Les collèges et lycées." Malakoff. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
- ^ "Edmond Lachenal". Jason Jacques. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009.
- ^ Debailleux, Henri-François (29 October 1998). "Reinoso, Appel d'air. A Malakoff, l'Argentin expose des oeuvres magiques en toile de parachute". Libération (in French). Retrieved 26 February 2013.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Malakoff.
- Official website (in French)