Le Kremlin Bicetre

Le Kremlin Bicetre is a commune inside the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is 4.5 km from the middle of Paris. It is one of the maximum densely populated municipalities in Europe. Le Kremlin Bicetre is maximum famous as the location of the Bicetre Hospital, in which Superintendent Philippe Pinel is credited as being the first to introduce humane methods into the remedy of the mentally sick, in 1793. Its most infamous visitor was the Marquis de Sade. The call has roots each in England and Russia.

Le Kremlin Bicetre turned into initially a hamlet referred to as in reality Bicetre and placed in the commune of Gentilly. The call Bicetre comes from the manor constructed there with the aid of John of Pontoise, Bishop of Winchester in the long run of the 13th century. The name of this Manor of Winchester changed into corrupted into Vinchestre, then Bichestre and sooner or later Bicetre. The Bicetre Hospital turned into built beginning in 1634 at the ruins of the manor. The commune of Le Kremlin Bicetre turned into created on 13 December 1896 through detaching its territory from the commune of Gentilly.