Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine

Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine is a French commune located on the right bank of the Seine in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis , in the Île-de-France region .

Its inhabitants are called the Audoniens .

Government
Country	France
Region	Ile-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Canton	Saint-Ouen
Mayor (2020–2026)	Karim Bouamrane
Area¹	4.31 km ² (1.66 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)	51.108
Demonym (s)	Audonian
Time zone	UTC + 01: 00 ( CET )
Summer ( DST )	UTC + 02: 00 ( CEST )

Economy

Businesses and shops

The town’s economic development began in 1830, with the inauguration of the “water station” and the docks. The following decades saw the emergence of powerful metallurgical and chemical industries. This considerable economic boom was to be accentuated until the end of the First World War , still based on the three main branches of activity: chemicals and parachemistry, metallurgy and the energy sector.

Nevertheless, Saint-Ouen still hosts one of the last PSA factories in urban areas. The PSA factory in Saint-Ouen employs around 700 people and is specialized in stamping and assembly of parts.

The Saint-Ouen Docks are a major energy production hub in the inner suburbs. This energy production plant is surrounded by two sites belonging to the City of Paris. One of the land, 4.3 ha, near the Seine, is empty of any occupation. The second land, of 4 ha, facing Saint-Ouen and Boulevard Victor Hugo, is granted to EDF and RTE and accommodates electrical transformer stations which supply electricity to neighboring municipalities, including Paris.

Many audiovisual production companies, advertising agencies, design and structures specializing in art and antiques are already based in Saint-Ouen, as well as in the territory of Plaine Commune. Saint-Ouen also hosts the largest antique and second-hand market in the world: the Saint-Ouen flea market . With 11 million annual visitors, it is the main tourist hub of the city.

Education

Schools and High Schools

Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine has:

3 school groups of preschools and primary schools
9 pre-schools
8 primary schools
3 “colleges” (lower secondary schools)
2 High Schools / Sixth-form colleges

Further and higher education

Supméca , an accredited mechanical engineering school is located in the Vieux Saint Ouen quarter.

Health

Saint-Ouen is part of the health area of the Bichat-Claude-Bernard hospital which is located between Porte Montmartre and Porte Saint Ouen.

Local Culture and Heritage

Monuments and tourist places

Flea Market

The city hosts one of the flea markets of Paris. Around 1870, ragpickers from Paris settled in Saint-Ouen in the Malassis zone, a tax-free zone, located beyond the barriers of the Paris grant .

The Saint-Ouen flea market is the most important concentration of antique dealers and second-hand dealers in the world, totaling five million visitors per year among whom we meet many foreign tourists and very often even celebrities. This flea market is held every Saturday, Sunday and Monday and has for a long time only been made up of professionals renting out their site with leases for a minimum period of three years. It has fourteen indoor and outdoor markets, including:

the Biron market ,
on the warehouse market ,
the Vernaison market ,
the Malik market ,
the Dauphine market ,
the Paul-Bert market ,
the Serpette market

On the fringes of the antique market, abundant clothing and novelty shops occupy the surrounding streets. It is also the sales ground for certain “street vendors”.

A vintage travel gear seller at Marché Dauphine

The Castle

Centerpiece of the architectural heritage of Saint-Ouen, the castle of Saint-Ouen was built on the site of a residence belonging to Joachim Seiglières de Boisfranc.

Other places and monuments

Church of Old Saint-Ouen (4 Planty Street),
Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire church,
Church of the Sacred Heart,
The Macchiavelli room,
The Pierre-Cardin museum,
La Chope des Puces,
The Citroën factory 23, avenue du Capitaine-Glarner,
Two cemeteries:
- the municipal cemetery of Saint-Ouen , or communal cemetery ;
- the Parisian cemetery of Saint-Ouen . It is the property of the City of Paris, which manages it. Its main entrance is at the end of avenue du Cimetière located at 69 avenue Michelet.

South-eastern facade of the castle and its porch with two Doric columns

Sports

The city has a stadium, inaugurated on October 24, 1909, whose official name is the Stade de Paris but which is also known as the Bauer stadium, the host stadium of the Red Star team and which has hosted international matches.

The city also has an ice rink and the Auguste-Delaune nautical center, as well as the Grande Nef de l’Île-des-Vannes , a sports complex located on the territory of the municipality of Île-Saint-Denis .