Clamart is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 8.7 km (5.4 mi) from the center of Paris.

The town is divided into two parts, separated by a forest: bas Clamart, the historical centre, and petit Clamart with urbanization developed in the 1960s replacing pea fields. The canton of Clamart includes only a part of the commune. The other part of the commune belongs to the canton of Le Plessis-Robinson.

Transport

Clamart is served by Clamart station on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse suburban rail line. There are also several bus lines connecting Clamart to neighbouring towns.

Cycle paths 

There are a few cycle paths in the city. Since May 6, 2010, the entire municipal road limited to 30  km / h has been authorized for cyclists in both directions (systematic two-way cycling in one-way streets) as required by regulation.

Bus 

The town is connected to Paris and to neighboring towns, via the Île-de-France bus and tram network.

Education

Clamart has multiple primary schools, and attendance is determined by one’s residence.

Junior high schools:

• Collège Alain Founier
• Collège Maison Blanche

Senior high school: Lycée Jacques Monod

Health 

At the bottom of Clamart is the large Percy army training hospital . It is one of the two large military hospitals in the Paris region with the Bégin Hospital . Among other things, it has one of the most efficient major burns services in Europe.

On the heights of Clamart, the Antoine-Béclère hospital is a public university hospital (CHU) of the Public Assistance – Hospitals of Paris (AP-HP) located in Petit-Clamart. It has a capacity of 411 beds.

Environmental policy 

Clamart is home to many parks and gardens spread over the entire territory of the town:

• The intercommunal landscaped cemetery;
• 2 stages:
  • Plain of leisures of the stadium of the Plain:
    • A skate park
    • 3 synthetic football pitches
    • 2 synthetic rugby pitches
    • 2 small synthetic football pitches
    • A peerage away from the noise of the city
  • Hunebelle Stadium:
    • A large grassy playground
    • 12 tennis courts
    • A bowling alley
• 2 parks: Maison Blanche and Robert-Auzelle;
• 7 gardens: D ^r  Damlamian the Haydamilles, the Village, the Lyciets the Noise, instead Ferrari Penamacor;
• 17 squares:
  • Square Plaisance
  • Square Condorcet
  • Square Corby
  • Square of the appeal of June 18, 1940
  • Square Debry
  • Square des Haydamilles
  • Square des leux
  • Square des petits pois
  • Square of March 19, 1962
  • Damlamian Garden Square
  • Square du jardin de la noise
  • Square du jardin des Lyciet
  • Square of the village garden
  • Square Ernest de Saint-Etienne
  • Square gaîté
  • Square Missak Manouchian
  • Square monplaisir

The State administers, through the National Forestry Office , the Bois de Clamart , resulting from the eastern branch of the Meudon national forest and which extends over a large western part of the town.

Culture

Places and monuments 

The town includes many monuments listed in the general inventory of the cultural heritage of France .

• City Hall, with 3 different rooms: the room of the commissions, the marriage room, the board room.
• Place Maurice-Gunsburg, fountain inaugurated in 1943, evoking the woodland and bucolic life of Clamart.
• Retirement home Ferrari, the xix ^th  century, built by architect Leon Ginain in an Italian Renaissance style.
• Buanderie-Anne Capezzuoli media library, building listed in the supplementary inventory of historic monuments and part of the Clamart media library network
• Arp Foundation , located in the places where the artist lived.
• Center for Contemporary Plastic Arts Albert-Chanot .
• Funeral chapel of Jules Hunebelle, etc.