town, a southwestern industrial suburb of Paris, Hauts-de-Seine département, Île-de-France région, north-central France. Malakoff has an electrical-engineering school, and electrical equipment, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and precision instruments are manufactured there. The town was created in 1883 and was named for the fortress of Malakhov at Sevastopol, which was captured by the French (Sept. 8, 1855) during the Crimean War. Pop. (1999) 29,402; (2005 est.) 30,500.