Ivry-sur-Seine

Ivry-sur-Seine
Town hall
Paris and inner ring departments
Location within Île-de-France region  Ivry-sur-Seine
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	Créteil
Mayor	Pierre Gosnat
Statistics
Elevation	28–68 m (92–223 ft)
Land area1	6.10 km2 (2.36 sq mi)
Population2	55,978  (2006)
- Density	9,177 /km2 (23,770 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	94041/ 94200
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.

Ivry-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: ​[i.vʁi.syʁ.sɛn]) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.3 km (3.3 mi) from the center of Paris.

Paris's Chinatown, located in the 13th arrondissment the city which borders the commune of Ivry, has now spread to the northern parts of Ivry. Many overseas Chinese companies and Asian food warehouses are located in Ivry.^{[citation needed]}

Politically, Ivry-sur-Seine has historically been a highly supportive pocket for the French Communist Party (PCF). Since 1925, only three individuals have held the office of mayor, Georges Marrane, Jacques Laloë, and Pierre Gosnat, all of which have been Communist Party members.

Name

Originally, Ivry-sur-Seine was called simply Ivry. The name Ivry comes from Medieval Latin Ivriacum or Ibriacum, perhaps meaning "estate of Eburius (the Latinized form of the Gallic patronym Eburos)", a Gallo-Roman landowner.

In 1897 the name of the commune officially became Ivry-sur-Seine (meaning "Ivry upon Seine"), in order to distinguish it from other communes of France also called Ivry.

History

On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, about a third of the commune of Ivry-sur-Seine was annexed to Paris, and now forms the Chinatown area of the 13th arrondissement of Paris.

Ivry-sur-Seine is perhaps most famous as the place of execution of Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry in March 1963. Richard Ellman also notes that James Joyce's daughter, Lucia, received psychiatric treatment in the commune's hospital in 1936 and was visited by both Joyce and Samuel Beckett.

Economy

Fnac has its head office in the commune. The head office moved there in 2008. E.Leclerc's head office is in the commune.

Transport

Ivry-sur-Seine is served by two railway stations on the Paris Métro Line 7: Pierre et Marie Curie and Mairie d'Ivry.

The east of the commune is served by Ivry-sur-Seine station on Paris RER line C with stops at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the city centre.

Orly Airport is located to the south of Ivry-sur-Seine.

Colleges and universities

• ESME Sudria
• École des technologies numériques appliquées
• Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées
• IONIS School of Technology and Management

Images from Ivry

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  Ivry RER Railway Station

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  Old Windmill near the 13th Arrondisement

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  Port à l'anglais Bridge

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  October Sky
  Ivry sur Seine Church

Demographics

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of Ivry-sur-Seine in 1999 Born in Metropolitan France Born outside Metropolitan France 73.5% 26.5% Born in Overseas France Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ EU-15 immigrants² Non-EU-15 immigrants 2.2% 2.7% 4.7% 16.9% ¹This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as pieds-noirs in 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

• Pierre Contant d'Ivry (1698–1777), architect born in Ivry-sur-Seine.
• Maurice Thorez, former leader of the French Communist Party, elected deputy for d'Ivry-sur-Seine in 1932 until his death in 1964.
• Jean Renaudie, architect and founder of the Atelier de Montrouge who was responsible for the complete renovation of Ivry town centre.
• Paul Boccara, economist and historian.
• Nicolas Appert (1749–1841), inventor, spent a number of years in Ivry-sur-Seine
• Jean Ferrat, singer, spent a number of years in Ivry-sur-Seine before settling in Ardèche.
• Antoine Spire, sociologist and writer.
• Antonin Artaud, writer, died in Ivry-sur-Seine on 4 March 1948.
• Makan Traore (footballer born 1992), footballer
• Dany N'Guessan, footballer, currently playing for Leicester City F.C. in the English Coca Cola Championship.
• Bakary Sako, footballer
• Luc Abalo, handball player
• Tripy Makonda,footballer
• Souleymane Bamba,footballer
• Mana Dembele,footballer
• Mickael Toti,basketball player
• Yannick Bonheur figure skater
• Bano Traore, athlete

See also

• Communes of the Val-de-Marne department

References

• INSEE
• Mayors of Essonne Association (French)

External links

• Ivry-sur-Seine city council website (in French)