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Saint-Ouen

City hall of Saint-Ouen.
	Commune of Saint-Ouen; ; City hall of Saint-Ouen.
	Location
	Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates	48°54′22″N 2°19′55″E / 48.90611°N 2.33194°E
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement	Saint-Denis
Statistics
Land area1	4.31 km2 (1.66 sq mi)
Population2	43,700 (2005 )
- Density	10,139 /km2 (26,260 /sq mi)
	Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	93071/ 93400
	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-Ouen.

Coordinates: 48°54′22″N 2°19′55″E / 48.90611°N 2.33194°E / 48.90611; 2.33194

Saint-Ouen is a commune of the Seine-Saint-Denis located in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. This Francilienne town is located 6.6 km (4.1 miles) from the center of Paris.

The communes neighbouring Saint-Ouen are Paris to the south, Clichy to the west, Asnières-sur-Seine and L'Île-Saint-Denis to the north, and Saint-Denis to the east.

Saint-Ouen is home to Paris's flea market, the most important 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 for a long time consisted only of professionals renting their spot for a minimum term of three years.

Saint-Ouen also includes the Cimetière de Saint-Ouen, a Roman Catholic cemetery associated with Joan of Arc.

[edit] History

On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring 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 the most part of Montmartre, but Saint-Ouen received a small northern part of the territory of the commune of Montmartre.

[edit] Heraldry

	the arms of Saint-Ouen are blazoned : Gules semy of big mullets of eight argent charged by a hurt overcharged by a sun Or.
motto: Monstrant regibus astra viam (stars show the way for kings)