Clamart (French pronunciation: [klamaʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 8.7 km (5.4 mi) from the centre of Paris.

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Clamart
Commune
Clamart Town Hall
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Paris and inner ring départements
Location of Clamart
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Coordinates: 48°48′05″N 2°15′46″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement	Antony
Canton	Clamart
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Didier Berger[1] (DVD)
Area 1	8.77 km2 (3.39 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	54,491
• Density	6,200/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	92023 /92140
Elevation	64–175 m (210–574 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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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.

On a former EDF research site, construction on a new urban development (zone d'aménagement concerté or ZAC), overlooking the man-made Panorama Lake (Lac du Panorama) and consisting of new homes, commercial and business space, two schools, and a nursery, began in summer 2018.^[6] The land had been purchased by the city in 2017, and the project was designed by A26. The first residents moved in in late 2019, and the schools were two thirds full by 2021 when the second phase of construction was underway.^[7]

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.

Clamart has multiple primary schools, and attendance is determined by one's residence.^[8]

Middle schools:

• Collège Alain Founier^[9]
• Collège Maison Blanche^[10]

High school: Clamart has one single high school, located near the haut de Clamart': the Lycée Jacques Monod^[11]

• Yasser Arafat (1929–2004), Palestinian leader, died in the Hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy in 2004.
• Hatem Ben Arfa (born 1987 in Clamart) footballer
• Jean Arp (1886–1966) and Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943), artists, lived in Clamart in the 1930s.^[12]
• Gabriel Attal (born 1989), French Prime Minister
• Éliane Basse (1899–1985), French paleontologist and geologist, died in Clamart
• Jean Bastien-Thiry (1927–1963), leader of 1962 assassination attempt against Charles de Gaulle.
• Nikolai Berdyaev (1874–1948), Russian philosopher and theologian, died here.
• Alexander Blonz (born 2000), Norwegian handball player, lived here the first year of his life.
• Céline Boutier (born 1993), French golfer, was born here.
• Roger Cotte (1921–1999), French recorder player and musicologist, was born in Clamart.
• Beauford Delaney (1901–1979), American artist, moved to Clamart in 1953.
• Julien Kapek (born 1979), French athlete.
• Henri Matisse (1869–1954), French painter, lived in Clamart before the First World War.^[13]
• Vincent Poirier (born 1993), French basketball player was born here.
• Owen Tangavelou (born 2004), Vietnamese-French racing driver
• Theofan (Bystrov) (1875–1940), Russian archbishop and theologian, lived here in 1931.

Clamart is twinned with:

• Lüneburg, Germany since 1975
• Scunthorpe, United Kingdom, since 1976
• Majadahonda, Spain, since 1988
• Artashat, Armenia, since 2003
• Penamacor, Portugal, since 2006

• Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department
• The statue La Source in Clamart is by Pierre Charles Lenoir