Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine

The town was named after Saint Audoin, a famous 7th century AD Frankish bishop. On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighbouring communes. On that occasion, a part of the commune of Saint-Ouen was annexed to the city of Paris. At the same time, the commune of La Chapelle-Saint-Denis was disbanded and divided between the city of Paris, Saint-Ouen, Saint-Denis, and Aubervilliers. Saint-Ouen received a small part of the territory of La Chapelle-Saint-Denis. The commune of Montmartre was also disbanded; the city of Paris annexed most of Montmartre, but Saint-Ouen did receive a small northern part of the territory of that commune. The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1868. ==Population==

Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine is home to Paris' flea market, the highest concentration of antique dealers and second-hand furniture dealers in the world. The flea market (marché aux puces) is held every Saturday, Sunday, and Monday; because of this high frequency, compared to other flea markets, it has tended to consist only of professionals who rent their spot for a minimum term of three years. In 2014 the flea market site was acquired by Jean-Cyrille Boutmy from Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster. ==Transport==

Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine is served by three stations of the Paris Metro: Garibaldi (line 13), Saint-Ouen (line 14 and RER line C) and Mairie de Saint-Ouen (lines 13 and 14). ==Education==

Schools and High Schools Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine has: • 3 school groups of preschools and primary schools • 9 pre-schools • Collège Jean Jaurès • Collège Joséphine Baker • Collège Jules Michelet • 2 high schools/Sixth-form colleges The business school Audencia opened a campus in Saint-Ouen in 2023. ==Notable people==

• Jacques Gondouin (1737–1818), architect • Alphonse Halimi (1932–2006), boxer • Louis Stettner (1922–2016), American photographer of "everyday poetry" • Karim Bouamrane (b. 1973), politician • Dany Bill (b. 1973), seven-times Muaythai world champion. • Benjamin Cuq (b. 1974), journalist-writer • Abdoulaye Soumare (b. 1980), footballer • Djimi Traore (b. 1980), footballer • Richard Clayderman (b. 1953), pianist • Tchavolo Schmitt (b. 1954), manouche swing guitarist (Porte de Montreuil and Chope des Puces) • Éric Angelvy (b. 1968), racing driver • Nosfell (b. 1977), musician == Sport ==

The Stade de Paris (also called the Stade Bauer) is located in the town. ==Twin towns – sister cities==

Saint-Ouen is twinned with: • Terni, Italy • Salford, England, United Kingdom • Ruse, Bulgaria • Podolsk, Russia ==See also==