Sèvres
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For other uses, see Sèvres (disambiguation).
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Commune of Sèvres |
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 Vue de Pont de Sèvres, by Henri Rousseau (1908) |
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| Paris and inner ring départements | |
| Coordinates | 48°49′0″N 2°13′0″E / 48.816667°N 2.216667°E |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-Billancourt |
| Intercommunality | Val de Seine |
| Statistics | |
| Land area1 | 3.91 km2 (1.51 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 23,800 (2005 [1]) |
| - Density | 6,087 /km2 (15,770 /sq mi) |
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| Postal code | 92310 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Sèvres is a commune in the south-western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.9 km (6.2 miles) from the center of Paris.
The town is known for its porcelain manufacture, the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, making the famous Sèvres porcelain, as well as being the location of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.
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[edit] History
- May 20, 1875: The Convention du Mètre is signed in Sèvres. This convention is an international treaty that established three organizations to oversee the keeping of metric standards.
- After the First World War, in Sèvres the peace treaty with the Ottoman Empire was signed.
[edit] Main sights
- Pavillon de Breteuil
- The Musée national de céramique de Sèvres ("national museum of ceramic"), located in front of the manufacture nationale (see next section).
- Île Seguin is an island between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sèvres
[edit] Institutions
- The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres is a public establishment manufacturing ceramic in the tradition of the 18th century.
- The Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (International Bureau of Weights and Measures), located in the Pavillon de Breteuil in Sèvres, keeps the measurement standards of the International System of Units (SI): the standard kilogram, atomic clocks, and other metrological devices. The estate on which the Bureau is located is international territory outside of French sovereignty. As such it was not occupied by German troops during World War II.[citation needed]
[edit] Twin towns
Sèvres is twinned with:
[edit] Transport
Sèvres is served by Sèvres – Rive Gauche station on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse suburban rail line.
It is also served by Sèvres – Ville d'Avray station on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.
[edit] Sport
Sèvres is hosting the French Federation of Sport Blowgun (France Sport Blowgun Association), founded in 2004 by Stéphane Jouanneau (Blowgun Long-Distance Vice World Champion)
[edit] Notable residents
- Karim Ziani, Franco-Algerian football player who now plays for the Marseille team as a side-forward.
- Manu Chao, Hispano-French musician.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ July 1 2005 estimate, 22,534 at the March 8 1999 census
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sèvres |
- Sèvres city council website
- Unofficial website about Sèvres (in French)
- Another unofficial website about Sèvres (in French)
- Friends of the ceramics museum website (in French)
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