Vincennes

The University of Paris VIII, usually known as Vincennes after the suburb of eastern Paris where it was founded 1970 (following the 1968 student rebellion) for blue-collar workers. By 1980, it had 32,000 students. In June 1980, it was moved to the industrial suburb of St-Denis.

Vincennes

City in southwest Indiana, USA, on the border with Illinois, on the Wabash River, 80 km/50 mi north of Evansville; population (1990) 19,900. It is an agricultural and commercial centre with car-assembly and battery-manufacturing plants. Founded 1702, it is the oldest town in Indiana and the site of a French fort, taken in 1763 by the British and renamed Fort Sackville. Captured by General George Rogers Clark for the Americans during the American Revolution, it was ceded to the USA in 1783. It was the capital of the territory of Indiana 1800–1813.

Many visitors are attracted to the city's historic sites, including the old capitol, the 18th-century St Francis Xavier Cathedral, and George Rogers Clark national historical park.

Vincennes

Suburb of eastern Paris, France; population (1990) 43,000. The large castle was a royal residence and fortress in the Middle Ages, and was later a prison and a barracks. The area is now mainly residential, with tourism. The surrounding Bois de Vincennes parkland forms a recreation area for Parisians.