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Saint-Maurice
	Commune of Saint-Maurice
	Location
	Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates	48°48′56″N 2°27′33″E / 48.81556°N 2.45917°E
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	Créteil
Intercommunality	Communauté; de communes; de Charenton-le-Pont -; Saint-Maurice
Statistics
Land area1	1.43 km2 (0.55 sq mi)
Population2	12,748 (1999 census)
- Density	8,915 /km2 (23,090 /sq mi)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
	2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

For other places with the same name, see Saint-Maurice.

Coordinates: 48°48′56″N 2°27′33″E / 48.81556°N 2.45917°E / 48.81556; 2.45917

Saint-Maurice is a commune in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 6.8 km (4.2 mi). (4.2 miles) from the center of Paris. The insane asylum Charenton was located in Saint-Maurice; it is now a psychiatric hospital.

[edit] History

Originally called Charenton-Saint-Maurice, the name of the commune was officially shortened to Saint-Maurice in 1842.

In 1929, the commune of Saint-Maurice lost half of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, a part of which belonged to Saint-Maurice.

[edit] Transport

Saint-Maurice is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Saint-Maurice is Charenton – Écoles station on Paris Métro Line 8. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Charenton-le-Pont, 0.6 km (0.37 mi).(0.4 miles) from the town center of Saint-Maurice.

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