# Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine

Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: ; literally "St. Audoin on Seine") is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France, located 6.6 kilometres (4.1 miles) from the centre of Paris. It is part of the Seine-Saint-Denis department, in the Île-de-France region, and of the Métropole du Grand Paris. The commune was called Saint-Ouen until 2018, when it obtained a change of name by ministerial order.
The communes neighbouring Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine are Paris, to the south, Clichy, to the west, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, Gennevilliers and L'Île-Saint-Denis, to the north, and Saint-Denis to the east. The commune of Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine is part of the canton of Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, which also includes L'Île-Saint-Denis and part of Épinay-sur-Seine. Saint-Ouen also includes the Cimetière de Saint-Ouen.

## History

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.

## Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1793 | 845 | — |
| 1800 | 602 | −4.73% |
| 1806 | 649 | +1.26% |
| 1821 | 612 | −0.39% |
| 1831 | 981 | +4.83% |
| 1836 | 983 | +0.04% |
| 1841 | 1,196 | +4.00% |
| 1846 | 1,316 | +1.93% |
| 1851 | 1,507 | +2.75% |
| 1856 | 2,262 | +8.46% |
| 1861 | 3,294 | +7.81% |
| 1866 | 5,804 | +12.00% |
| 1872 | 8,091 | +5.69% |
| 1876 | 11,255 | +8.60% |
| 1881 | 17,718 | +9.50% |
| 1886 | 21,404 | +3.85% |
| 1891 | 25,969 | +3.94% |
| 1896 | 30,715 | +3.41% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1901 | 35,436 | +2.90% |
| 1906 | 37,866 | +1.34% |
| 1911 | 41,904 | +2.05% |
| 1921 | 50,848 | +1.95% |
| 1926 | 52,467 | +0.63% |
| 1931 | 53,146 | +0.26% |
| 1936 | 51,106 | −0.78% |
| 1946 | 45,465 | −1.16% |
| 1954 | 48,112 | +0.71% |
| 1962 | 51,956 | +0.97% |
| 1968 | 48,886 | −1.01% |
| 1975 | 43,588 | −1.63% |
| 1982 | 43,606 | +0.01% |
| 1990 | 42,343 | −0.37% |
| 1999 | 39,722 | −0.71% |
| 2007 | 43,954 | +1.27% |
| 2012 | 47,499 | +1.56% |
| 2017 | 51,108 | +1.48% |
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## Flea market

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
* 8 primary schools
* 3 "collèges" (lower secondary schools)
** Collège Jean Jaurès
** Collège Joséphine Baker
** Collège Jules Michelet
* 2 high schools/Sixth-form colleges
** Lycée Marcel Cachin
** Lycée Auguste Blanqui

### Further and higher education

Supméca, an accredited mechanical engineering school is located in the Vieux Saint Ouen quarter. It was created in 1948, is member of the university of Paris-Seine and now part of the ISAE Group, which has a total of 6000 students. One literary and humanities Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles is offered on the Lycée Blanqui high school's premises. 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