- Location:
- Chief town of the Hauts-de-Seine (92), Saint-Cloud is located 5 kilometers west of Paris.
- On the hillside, overlooking the city and the capital is located at the crossroads of many routes.
- Saint-Cloud enjoys an excellent public transport including the tram from the Val-de-Seine (which connects Defense in Issy-les-Moulineaux), the SNCF towards Saint-Lazare, Defense, Versailles, Saint-Nom - la-Breteche and the new town of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, or the A13 motorway which allows Ile quickly reach Normandy.
- History:
- Saint-Cloud owes its name to Clodoald little son of Clovis threatened by his uncles, Clodoald away from power struggles and settled in Novigentum hamlet of loggers and fishermen, where he built a monastery which is still a wall . The village is named "Sanctus Clodoaldus. Therefore, the city is often at the heart of history: the assassination of Henri III, the castle built by Philippe d'Orleans, brother of Louis XIV, coup d'état of 18 Brumaire ...
- Saint-Cloud reflects a rich and famous, despite the destruction in 1870 of her chateau that the high-profile project of the association "Rebuild Saint-Cloud!" seeks to rebuild.
