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For other places with the same name, see Saint-Ouen.

Commune of Saint-Ouen City hall of Saint-Ouen.
Location
Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates	48°54′22″N, 2°19′55″E
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement	Saint-Denis
Intercommunality	none as of 2005
Statistics
Land area¹	4.31 km²
Population² (Jan. 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census)	43,700 39,722
- Density (2005)	10,139/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	93071/ 93270
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Saint-Ouen is a commune (city) in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 6.6 km (4.1 miles) from the center of Paris.

The communes neighbouring Saint-Ouen are Paris to the south, Clichy to the west, Asnières-sur-Seine and L'Île-Saint-Denis to the north, and Saint-Denis to the east.

Saint-Ouen is home to Paris's flea market, the most important concentration of antique dealers and second-hand furniture dealers in the world. The flea market (marché aux puces) is held every Saturday, Sunday, and Monday; because of this high frequency, compared to other flea markets, it has for a long time consisted only of professionals renting their spot for a minimum term of three years.

Saint-Ouen also includes the Cimetière de Saint-Ouen, a Roman Catholic cemetery associated with Joan of Arc.

Contents 1 History 2 Administration 3 Transport 4 See also 5 External links

On January 1, 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, a part of the commune of Saint-Ouen was annexed to the city of Paris. At the same time, the commune of La Chapelle-Saint-Denis was disbanded and divided between the city of Paris, Saint-Ouen, Saint-Denis, and Aubervilliers. Saint-Ouen received a small part of the territory of La Chapelle-Saint-Denis. The commune of Montmartre was also disbanded. The city of Paris annexed the most part of Montmartre, but Saint-Ouen received a small northern part of the territory of the commune of Montmartre.

The canton of Saint-Ouen includes only part of the commune. The other part belongs to the canton of Saint-Denis-Sud (South).

Saint-Ouen is served by two stations on Paris Métro Line 13: Garibaldi and Mairie de Saint-Ouen.

Saint-Ouen is also served by Saint-Ouen station on Paris RER line C.

• Cimetière de Saint-Ouen, Saint-Ouen cemetery

• Website about Saint-Ouen's Marché aux Puces
• Website about Saint-Ouen's Interests

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 48.91111° 2.33344°
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