Antony, Hauts-de-Seine

Antony
Saint-Saturnin
Paris and inner ring départements
Location within Île-de-France region  Antony
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement	Antony
Intercommunality	Hauts de Bièvre
Mayor	Jean-Yves Senant (since 2004)
Statistics
Elevation	45–103 m (148–338 ft) (avg. 74 m or 243 ft)
Land area1	9.56 km2 (3.69 sq mi)
Population2	62,460  (2006)
- Density	6,533 /km2 (16,920 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	92002/ 92160
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Antony (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃.tɔ.ni]) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.3 km (7.0 mi) from the center of Paris. Antony is a sub-prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department and the seat of the Arrondissement of Antony.

Name

The name Antony was recorded for the first time in a royal charter of 829 as Antoniacum, meaning "estate of Antonius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.

History

At the end of the Hundred Years' War, Antony counted around a hundred inhabitants.

The famous top-quality candle maker Trudon was established here in the early 18th century after buying the business of Pean de Saint Gilles, wax supplier to the King.

Administration

Antony is the seat of the Hauts de Bièvre association of communes. The association includes seven communes, five in Hauts-de-Seine and two in the Essonne department:

The canton of Antony includes a part of the commune of Antony, the other part is in Bourg-la-Reine.

Transport

Antony is served by five stations on Paris RER line B: Parc de Sceaux, La Croix de Berny, Antony, Fontaine-Michalon, and Les Baconnets.

Antony station is an interchange station with the Orlyval, which carries passengers to Orly Airport.

Finally, Antony is also served by Chemin d'Antony station on Paris RER line C.

Demographics

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of Antony in 1999 Born in Metropolitan France Born outside Metropolitan France 82.4% 17.6% Born in Overseas France Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ EU-15 immigrants² Non-EU-15 immigrants 1.6% 3.8% 3.0% 9.2% ¹This group is made up largely of pieds-noirs from Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), and to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. Note that a foreign country is understood as a country not part of France as of 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics. ²An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.

Personalities

Antony was the birthplace of:

• Nicola Sirkis (born 1959) singer with the French band Indochine
• Agnès Jaoui (born 1964) screenwriter, film director and actress
• Laurent Lafforgue (born 1966), mathematician

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Antony is twinned with:

Eleftheroupolis, Greece Collegno, Italy Turin, Italy Lewisham, UK Sderot, Israel

Hammam-Lif, Tunisia Protvino, Russia Olomouc, Czech Republic Lexington, Massachusetts, USA Reinickendorf, Germany

See also

• Orlyval
• Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Antony city council website (French)
• Antony - Cafe de la gare. Brewery located in front of the RER B (French)