# Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis

Stains (French pronunciation: ) is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.6 km (7.2 mi) from the center of Paris.

## Heraldry

| Arms of Stains | Argent with two wavy vert fesses, a chief Gules charged with three ears of wheat stalked and leaves with gold |
| motto: semina metes (sow and you shall reap) ||

## Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 1,080 | — |
| 1800 | 987 | −1.28% |
| 1806 | 809 | −3.26% |
| 1821 | 829 | +0.16% |
| 1831 | 946 | +1.33% |
| 1836 | 936 | −0.21% |
| 1841 | 993 | +1.19% |
| 1846 | 1,046 | +1.05% |
| 1851 | 932 | −2.28% |
| 1856 | 1,038 | +2.18% |
| 1861 | 1,280 | +4.28% |
| 1866 | 1,571 | +4.18% |
| 1872 | 1,448 | −1.35% |
| 1876 | 1,577 | +2.16% |
| 1881 | 1,868 | +3.44% |
| 1886 | 2,288 | +4.14% |
| 1891 | 2,500 | +1.79% |
| 1896 | 2,707 | +1.60% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 2,959 | +1.80% |
| 1906 | 3,102 | +0.95% |
| 1911 | 3,584 | +2.93% |
| 1921 | 5,641 | +4.64% |
| 1926 | 10,081 | +12.31% |
| 1931 | 14,539 | +7.60% |
| 1936 | 17,604 | +3.90% |
| 1946 | 18,382 | +0.43% |
| 1954 | 19,028 | +0.43% |
| 1962 | 27,503 | +4.71% |
| 1968 | 32,169 | +2.65% |
| 1975 | 35,545 | +1.44% |
| 1982 | 36,079 | +0.21% |
| 1990 | 34,879 | −0.42% |
| 1999 | 32,839 | −0.67% |
| 2007 | 34,663 | +0.68% |
| 2012 | 36,155 | +0.85% |
| 2017 | 38,720 | +1.38% |
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## Transport

Stains is served by Pierrefitte – Stains station on Paris RER line D. This station is located at the border between the commune of Stains and the commune of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, on the Pierrefitte-sur-Seine side of the border.

## Education

Schools in Stains:
* 11 public preschools/nursery schools (maternelles)
* 13 public elementary schools
* 3 public junior high schools: Barbara, Joliot Curie, and Pablo Neruda
* 1 public senior high school/sixth-form college: Lycée polyvalent Maurice Utrillo
* 1 private junior high school: Collège privé Sainte-Marie.

## Monuments

* Château de Stains (transl. Castle of Stains, destroyed in the War of 1870)
* Cité-jardin de Stains (transl. Garden City of Stains)
* Town hall of Stains
* Château de la Motte (transl. Castle of La Motte, destroyed in 1819 with the exception of a few outbuildings)
* L'église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Stains (Church of Our Lady of the Assumption of Stains)
* Château de Stains in 1870
* Town Hall of Stains in the 1920s.
* Detail of the pediment of the Château de La Motte.

## Notable people

* Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe, footballer
* Mohamed-Ali Cho, footballer

## Twin towns — Sister cities

Stains is twinned with:
* Saalfeld ( Germany ) since May 4, 1964: Twinning for joint projects of peace and collaboration between the German and French people.
* Cheshunt ( United Kingdom ) since 1965: Traditional twinning
* Luco dei Marsi ( Italy ) since December 15, 2000: Multilateral collaboration in the fields of sport, tourism, environment and development in the field of NICTs, allowing the enhancement of reciprocal cultural wealth.
* Am'ari ( Palestine ) since January 15, 1999: Multilateral cooperation with the Palestinian refugee camp of Am'ari in the West Bank, in solidarity with the peace forces in the region.
* Mengueme ( Cameroon ) since 2000: Cooperation agreement on health, education, sanitation, rural electrification, ecosystem preservation, development of agriculture, livestock but also culture, sport and tourism.
* Figuig ( Morocco ) since October 18, 2002: Cooperation agreement on youth citizenship, cultural exchanges, health and prevention, local development, town planning and the environment.