Malakoff

Malakoff in a painting by Henri Rousseau

The commune of Malakoff was created on 8 November 1883 by detaching its territory from the commune of Vanves. Its name was taken from an inn sign À la Tour de Malakoff ("At the Malakoff Tower"); the inn was so named in 1855 to commemorate the Battle of Malakoff, fought during the Crimean War.[2]

Malakoff is served by two stations on Paris Métro Line 13: Malakoff – Plateau de Vanves and Malakoff – Rue Étienne Dolet.

Malakoff is also served by the Gare de Vanves-Malakoff station on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse suburban rail line. This station is located on the border between the commune of Malakoff and the commune of Vanves, on the Vanves side.

Public primary schools:[3]

• Eight public preschools (maternelles): Georges-Cogniot, Fernand-Léger, Jean-Jaurès, Guy-Môquet, Paul-Bert, Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, Paul-Langevin, Henri-Barbusse
• Seven public elementary schools: Georges-Cogniot, Fernand-Léger, Jean-Jaurès, Guy-Môquet, Paul-Bert, Paul-Langevin, Henri-Barbusse

Public secondary schools:[4]

• Junior high schools: Collège Paul-Bert and Collège Henri-Wallon
• Senior high school: Lycée professionnel Louis-Girard

There is a private school, École privée Notre-Dame-de-France.[4]

Post-secondary

• ENSAE ParisTech

• Christian Boltanski, sculptor, photographer, painter and film maker, lives and works in Malakoff
• Charles Bourseul (1829–1912), scientist, a pioneer in development of the telephone, lived at 62 Rue d'Arcueil (renamed Rue Paul Vaillant-Couturier).
• Sophie Calle, artist, lives and works in Malakoff.
• Eugène Christophe (1885–1970), cyclist, winner of the Milan-San Remo race and first wearer of the yellow jersey in the Tour de France.
• Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault (1872–1934), was a psychiatrist, an ethnologist, and a photographer. Lived in a fine villa on Rue Vincent Moris.
• Pierre Curie (1859–1906) and Marie Curie (1867–1934) rented a house on Rue du Marché (renamed Rue Gabriel-Crié). They used a shed on the property for their radium experiments (1900 to 1904).
• Serge Danot (1931-1990), director and animator, creator of Le Manège enchanté
• Louis de Grandmaison, painter, lived in Malakoff.
• Edmond Lachenal, (1855–1948), potter who opened his first pottery works (from 1880 to 1887) in the city.
• Henri Désiré Landru (1869-1922), notorious serial killer, ran a car repair shop on Avenue de Châtillon (renamed Avenue Pierre Brossolette) in the 1910s.
• Roger Legris (1898–1981), stage and film actor.
• Annette Messager, artist, lives and works in Malakoff.
• Louise Michel (1830-1905), militant anarchist, feminist, important figure in the Paris Commune
• Pablo Reinoso, artist and designer, lives in Malakoff.[5]
• Henri Rousseau, called "The Customs Agent", (1844–1910), painter, took his nickname from the fact that his full-time job was as a Paris customs agent (the octroi) at the Porte de Vanves in Malakoff.
• Sanyu (1901–1966), painter, lived from 1928 to 1931 in Malakoff on Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
• Francesca Solleville, singer, lives in Malakoff.
• Sam Szafran (1934–2019), artist, lived and worked in Malakoff

• Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department

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• Official website (in French)