Cachan
Script error: No such module "Settlement short description".Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".Expression error: Unexpected < operator.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".
Cachan (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located Script error: No such module "convert". from the center of Paris.
The prestigious École Spéciale des Travaux Publics is located there.
Name
Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Template other During the Middle Ages, Cachan was referred to in Medieval Latin texts as Caticantum, later corrupted into Cachentum, Cachant, and then Cachan. Some understand Caticantum as meaning "singing of the cat", "mewing of the cat", but this is not certain. Some others see a connection with the verb "to hunt" (captiare in Vulgar Latin, chacier in Old French).
History
Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Template other Cachan was originally a hamlet within the commune of Arcueil, later renamed Arcueil-Cachan. The commune of Cachan was created on 26 December 1922 when it seceded from the commune of Arcueil-Cachan, which was renamed back to Arcueil.
Population
<templatestyles src="Module:Historical populations/styles.css"/>Script error: No such module "Historical populations".
Neighboring communes
- Arcueil - north
- Villejuif - east
- L'Haÿ-les-Roses - southeast
- Bourg-la-Reine - southwest
- Bagneux - west
Transport
Cachan is served by two stations on Paris RER line B: Arcueil–Cachan and Bagneux.
Education
Primary schools:[2]
- Six public preschools (écoles maternelles): Belle Image, Carnot, Coteau, Paul-Doumer, La Plaine, and Pont-Royal
- Five public elementaries: Belle Image, Carnot, Coteau, Paul-Doumer, La Plaine
- One private preschool and elementary: École Saint-Joseph
Secondary schools:[3]
- Public junior high schools: Collège Victor-Hugo and Collège Paul-Bert
- Private junior high: Collège Saint-Joseph
- Public high schools/sixth-form colleges: Lycée Gustave Eiffel, Lycée Maximilien Sorre, Le foyer de Cachan
See also
- Communes of the Val-de-Marne department
- École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay
- François Bazin (sculptor)Sculptor Cachan War Memorial
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ "Les établissements scolaires ." Cachan. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Etablissements secondaires ." Cachan. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
Script error: No such module "Navbox". Script error: No such module "Navbox".