Coordinates: 48°45′58″N 2°15′39″E / 48.76611, 2.26083
Châtenay-Malabry is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.8 km (6.7 mi) from the center of Paris.
The commune includes the valley la vallée aux loups with green forests and pretty houses including the estate of French writer Chateaubriand. It also includes the Butte Rouge, its most populated area. The Garden City in the Butte Rouge, the Cité Jardins, is one of the earliest housing at moderated rents (HLM).
Châtenay is the location of École Centrale Paris, of an UFR de Pharmacie (Faculty of Pharmacy) and of French national laboratory of doping detection. The high-speed TGV Atlantique goes across the city through an underground railway covered with a park called Coulée verte (greenway).
Since December 31, 2002, it is part of the Communauté d'agglomération des Hauts de Bièvre
History
Originally called simply Châtenay, the name of the commune became officially Châtenay-Malabry in 1920.
The name Châtenay comes from castellanum = petit château (little castle) and Malabry comes from a deformation of badly located, spoiled ground.
Transportation
Châtenay-Malabry is served by Robinson station on Paris RER line B. This station is located at the border between the commune of Châtenay-Malabry and the commune of Sceaux, on the Sceaux side of the border.
Town twinning
Châtenay-Malabry is twinned with
Famous persons in Châtenay-Malabry
- François-René de Chateaubriand (1768, 1848) writer, politician and diplomat
- Sully Prudhomme (1839-1907), french poet and essayist, winner of the first Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901
- Jean Fautrier (1898-1964), painter and sculptor
- Emmanuel Mounier (1905-1950), christian philosopher
- Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005), christian philosopher
- Jérôme Rothen (born 1978), French international football player
- Clémence Poésy (born 1982), actress
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