The northern part of the suburban city wsa marked by the combat of January 19, 1871 when the Parisian besieged and tried to force the German blockade to join the French troops of Versailles. The monuments that commemorate to this event are two streets, Rue du 19 janvier and Rue du Colonel de Rochebrune.
GARCHES, France (AP) -- A team of scientists hopes to crack one of the layers of mystery surrounding 15th-century French heroine
The tests, which will take six months, will not be able to say with certainty that the remains are Joan of Arc's, because there is no known DNA sample from her to compare them with, said Dr.
Philippe Charlier of the Raymond-Poincare Hospital in Garches, west of Paris.
Garches is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France.
Garches is served by Garches – Marnes-la-Coquette station on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.
This station is located at the border between the commune of Garches and the commune of Marnes-la-Coquette, on the Marnes-la-Coquette side of the border.