Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis

Stains is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.6 km from the center of Paris.

Transport
Stains is served by Pierrefitte – Stains station on Paris RER line D. This station is located at the border between the commune of Stains and the commune of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, on the Pierrefitte-sur-Seine side of the border.

Education
Schools in Stains:
 * 11 public preschools/nursery schools (maternelles)
 * 13 public elementary schools
 * 3 public junior high schools: Barbara, Joliot Curie, and Pablo Neruda
 * 1 public senior high school/sixth-form college: Lycée polyvalent Maurice Utrillo
 * 1 private junior high school: Collège privé Sainte-Marie.

Monuments

 * Château de Stains (, destroyed in the War of 1870)
 * Cité-jardin de Stains
 * Town hall of Stains
 * Château de la Motte (, destroyed in 1819 with the exception of a few outbuildings)
 * L'église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Stains (Church of Our Lady of the Assumption of Stains)

Notable people

 * Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe, footballer
 * Mohamed-Ali Cho, footballer

Twin towns — Sister cities
Stains is twinned with:
 * 🇩🇪 Saalfeld ( Germany ) since May 4, 1964: Twinning for joint projects of peace and collaboration between the German and French people.
 * 🇬🇧 Cheshunt ( United Kingdom ) since 1965: Traditional twinning
 * 🇮🇹 Luco dei Marsi ( Italy ) since December 15, 2000: Multilateral collaboration in the fields of sport, tourism, environment and development in the field of NICTs, allowing the enhancement of reciprocal cultural wealth.
 * Am'ari ( Palestine ) since January 15, 1999: Multilateral cooperation with the Palestinian refugee camp of Am'ari in the West Bank, in solidarity with the peace forces in the region.
 * 🇨🇲 Mengueme ( Cameroon ) since 2000: Cooperation agreement on health, education, sanitation, rural electrification, ecosystem preservation, development of agriculture, livestock but also culture, sport and tourism.
 * 🇲🇦 Figuig ( Morocco ) since October 18, 2002: Cooperation agreement on youth citizenship, cultural exchanges, health and prevention, local development, town planning and the environment.