Thiais

Thiais
Commune
The church Saint-Leu

Coat of arms

Paris and inner ring departments
Coordinates: 48°45′54″N 2°23′32″E / 48.765°N 2.3923°E / 48.765; 2.3923Coordinates: 48°45′54″N 2°23′32″E / 48.765°N 2.3923°E / 48.765; 2.3923
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement L'Haÿ-les-Roses
Canton Thiais
Intercommunality Grand Paris
Government
 • Mayor Richard Dell'Agnola
Area1 6.43 km2 (2.48 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 29,709
 • Density 4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 94073 /

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Thiais (French pronunciation: ​[tjɛ]) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.3 km (6.4 mi) from the center of Paris.[1]

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.[2]

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:

Monuments

See also

References

  1. ↑ Official website (in French) (requires Flash)
  2. ↑ Jackson, Jacquelyn. "William Gardner Smith" from Dictionary of Literary Biography. Thomson Gale, Thomson Corporation ©2005-2006.
  3. ↑ "Ecoles maternelles." Thiais. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ecoles elementaires." Thiais. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Collèges." Thiais. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Lycée." Thiais. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.


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