Centre sportif Alain-Mimoun

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The Alain-Mimoun sports centre also known as the Porte-Dorée stadium and then the Paul-Valéry sports centre is a sports complex located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris near the Bois de Vincennes. In the past, he was attached to the commune of Saint-Mandé, and his first ground of honor was at the place of the current high school Paul-Valéry on the edge of the boulevard Soult according to the IGN and the digital library "Gallica" of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. This centre now bears the name of athlete Alain Mimoun (1921-2013), who died nearby at the Bégin military hospital in Saint-Mandé (Val-de-Marne).

History: By 1900, the field was used by the Nationale de Saint-Mandé for football, just created. Well located, close to the capital and easy to access to the image of the Parc des Princes to the west of the city of Paris, the stadium of the Porte-Dorée – thus called in the 1920s – quickly becomes multifunctional. It is used by several sports sections of many Parisian clubs including the Paris university club (PUC), before it settles permanently at the Charléty stadium in the 13th arrondissement a few years more...