Thiais

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Thiais

|commune status = Commune

|image = 94-Thiais-église-St-Leu.jpg

|caption = The church Saint-Leu

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Thiais (Val-de-Marne).svg

|map = Thiais_map.svg

|map caption = Paris and inner ring departments

|coordinates = {{coord|48.765|2.3923|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|arrondissement = L'Haÿ-les-Roses

|canton = Thiais

|INSEE = 94073

|postal code =

|mayor = Richard Dell'Agnola{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Grand Paris

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|area km2 = 6.43

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Thiais ({{IPA|fr|tjɛ|-|Fr-Paris--Thiais.ogg}}) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located {{convert|10.3|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the center of Paris.[http://www.ville-thiais.fr/ Official website] {{in lang|fr}} (requires Flash)

The name Thiais comes from Medieval Latin Theodasium or Theodaxium, meaning "estate of Theodasius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.

The Austrian writer Joseph Roth, exiled due to his opposition to the Nazi regime, lived at Thiais at the end of the 1930s and is buried at the local cemetery. The tomb of Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin is also there. Expatriate American journalist and novelist William Gardner Smith died there in 1974.Jackson, Jacquelyn. "William Gardner Smith" from Dictionary of Literary Biography. Thomson Gale, Thomson Corporation ©2005-2006.

Thiais is best known for its cemetery, the second largest of Paris.

Population

{{Historical populations

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| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|37407|Thiais}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-94073#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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|1793 |1028

|1800 |653

|1806 |760

|1821 |620

|1831 |1032

|1836 |1086

|1841 |1172

|1846 |1140

|1851 |1099

|1856 |1155

|1861 |1268

|1866 |1462

|1872 |1364

|1876 |1760

|1881 |2120

|1886 |2591

|1891 |2616

|1896 |2771

|1901 |3018

|1906 |3477

|1911 |4036

|1921 |4469

|1926 |5787

|1931 |7034

|1936 |8246

|1946 |8350

|1954 |10026

|1962 |15116

|1968 |22481

|1975 |27298

|1982 |26637

|1990 |27515

|1999 |28232

|2007 |29273

|2012 |29422

|2017 |29017

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Transport

Thiais is served by Pont de Rungis–Aéroport d'Orly station on Paris RER line C. It is also served by Choisy-le-Roi station on Paris RER line C. This station, although administratively located on the territory of Choisy-le-Roi, lies closer to the town center of Thiais than Pont de Rungis – Aéroport d'Orly station does, and is thus used by people in Thiais.

Education

The commune has:

Seven preschools (écoles maternelles): Jeanne d'Arc, Romain Gary, Charles Péguy, Jacques Prévert, Saint Exupéry, Robert Schuman, and des Tilleuls"[http://www.ville-thiais.fr/ecoles_maternelles.html Ecoles maternelles]." Thiais. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
Six elementary schools: Charles Péguy, Romain Gary, Camille Claudel, Paul Éluard, Saint-Exupéry, and Robert Schuman"[http://www.ville-thiais.fr/ecoles_elementaires.html Ecoles elementaires]." Thiais. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
Three junior high schools: Collège Albert Camus, Collège Paul Valéry, and Collège Paul Klee"[http://www.ville-thiais.fr/colleges.html Collèges]." Thiais. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
Lycée Guillaume Apollinaire, a senior high school/sixth-form college"[http://www.ville-thiais.fr/lycee.html Lycée]." Thiais. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.

Monuments

Paul Celan's grave.
Farhad Mehrad's grave. Farhad was cremated and is buried in the Thiais.
Yevgeny Zamyatin's grave.

References

External links

[http://www.ville-thiais.fr/ Home page] {{in lang|fr}}

Category:Communes of Val-de-Marne