Thiais | |
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 The church Saint-Leu | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Paris and inner ring departments | |
Location of Thiais  | |
  Thiais  Thiais | |
| Coordinates: 48°45′54″N 2°23′32″E / 48.765°N 2.3923°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-de-Marne |
| Arrondissement | L'Haÿ-les-Roses |
| Canton | Thiais |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Richard Dell'Agnola[1] |
| Area 1 | 6.43 km2 (2.48 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 31,097 |
| • Density | 4,800/km2 (13,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 94073 / |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Thiais (French pronunciation: [tjɛ] ) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.3 km (6.4 mi) from the center of Paris.[3]
The name Thiais comes from Medieval Latin Theodasium or Theodaxium, meaning "estate of Theodasius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
The Austrian writer Joseph Roth, exiled due to his opposition to the Nazi regime, lived at Thiais at the end of the 1930s and is buried at the local cemetery. The tomb of Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin is also there. Expatriate American journalist and novelist William Gardner Smith died there in 1974.[4]
Thiais is best known for its cemetery, the second largest of Paris.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Official website (in French) (requires Flash)
- ^ Jackson, Jacquelyn. "William Gardner Smith" from Dictionary of Literary Biography. Thomson Gale, Thomson Corporation ©2005-2006.