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Saint-Maurice

Île-de-France, France · Europe

About Saint-Maurice

Saint-Maurice works well as a base: 7km from Notre-Dame de Paris.

Saint-Maurice is a town located in Île-de-France, France. With a population of 14,282, it is an important destination in Europe.

On a road trip, Saint-Maurice sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Saint-Maurice to your route.

About Saint-Maurice

Charenton was a lunatic asylum founded in 1645 by the Frères de la Charité (Brothers of Charity) in Charenton-Saint-Maurice, now Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, France. Charenton was first under monastic rule, then Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul took over the asylum after their founding. Although the town

Read more itself was the location of the headquarters of the French Huguenots in the 1500s and 1600s, the founders of Charenton were Catholic. At the time, many hospitals and asylums were Catholic institutions after the Council of Trent and the Counter-Reformation. Charenton was known for its humanitarian treatment of patients, especially under its director the Abbé de Coulmier in the early 19th century. He showed a remarkable aptitude for understanding Psychoanalytic theory. He used the technique of art therapy to help patients manifest their madness through physical art forms. Now merged under a new official name with the neighboring general hospital, the psychiatric hospital was known as the Esquirol Hospital (French: l'Hôpital Esquirol or Établissement public de santé Esquirol), after Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol who directed the institution in the 19th century. The 1845 structure's architect was Émile Gilbert.

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Where is Saint-Maurice located?

Saint-Maurice is located in Île-de-France, France, Europe. The coordinates are 48.8218 latitude, 2.4272 longitude.

What is the population of Saint-Maurice?

Saint-Maurice has a population of approximately 14,282 people, making it a town in France.

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Quick Information

Population
14,282
Continent
Europe
Country
France
Region
Île-de-France
Timezone
Europe/Paris
Coordinates
48.8218, 2.4272

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in France

Police
17
Ambulance
15
Fire
18
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

Carrying a warning triangle and hi-vis vest in your vehicle is mandatory. Motorway emergency phones connect to official breakdown services only.

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Worth the detour from Saint-Maurice

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

cathedral

Notre-Dame de Paris

Gothic masterpiece on the Île de la Cité, one of the most famous cathedrals in the world.

7 km · about 10 min drive

museum

Centre Pompidou

An iconic inside-out building housing Europe's largest collection of modern and contemporary art.

7 km · about 15 min drive

landmark

Jardin du Luxembourg

Paris's most elegant formal garden, where Parisians sail toy boats around a fountain below the Senate palace.

7 km · about 15 min drive

landmark

Louvre Pyramid

Striking glass and metal pyramid serving as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum, the world's largest art museum.

8 km · about 15 min drive

museum

Louvre Museum

The world's largest and most visited art museum, home to the Mona Lisa and over 380,000 objects spanning thousands of years.

8 km · about 15 min drive

museum

Musée d'Orsay

Housed in a stunning Beaux-Arts railway station, it holds the world's finest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces.

8 km · about 15 min drive

cafe

Cafe de Flore

Legendary Saint-Germain cafe, open since the 1880s, where Sartre, de Beauvoir and Picasso held court; its green-and-gold terrace remains an essential Paris stop for people-watching over a cafe creme.

8 km · about 15 min drive

museum

Musée de l'Orangerie

A jewel of a museum in the Tuileries housing Monet's monumental Water Lilies murals in two purpose-built oval rooms.

9 km · about 15 min drive

Driving in France

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.85/litre
Motorway tolls
~€10.00/100km

When to drive here

April to October

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