Ivry-sur-Seine

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Ivry-sur-Seine Ivry-sur-Seine town hall covered in snow
Country	France
Région	Île-de-France
Départment	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	Créteil
Canton
INSEE
Postal Code	94200
Mayor Current Term
Intercommunality	none as of 2005
Longitude
Latitude
Altitudes	average : minimum : maximum :
Area	6.10 km²
Population without double-counting	56,400 50,972 inhab. (July 1, 2004 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census)
Population Density	9,246 inhab./km²

Ivry-sur-Seine is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.3 km. (3.3 miles) from the center of Paris.

The largest Chinatown of Paris, located in the 13th arrondissment of Paris, has now spread to the northern parts of Ivry. Many overseas Chinese companies and Asian food warehouses are located in Ivry.

Contents

1 Name
2 History
3 Transportation
4 External links

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 January 1, 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 forms now 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.

Transportation

Ivry-sur-Seine is served by two stations on Paris Metro line 7: Pierre Curie and Mairie d'Ivry.

It is also served by Ivry-sur-Seine station on Paris RER line C.

External links

[Ivry-sur-Seine city council website] (in French)

Communes in the metropolitan area of Paris

Population over 2 million:	City of Paris
Population over 75,000:	Argenteuil \| Asnières-sur-Seine \| Aulnay-sous-Bois \| Boulogne-Billancourt \| Champigny-sur-Marne \| Colombes \| Créteil \| Montreuil \| Nanterre \| Rueil-Malmaison \| Saint-Denis \| Saint-Maur-des-Fossés \| Versailles \| Vitry-sur-Seine
Population over 50,000:	Antony \| Aubervilliers \| Le Blanc-Mesnil \| Bondy \| Cergy \| Clichy \| Courbevoie \| Drancy \| Évry \| Fontenay-sous-Bois \| Issy-les-Moulineaux \| Ivry-sur-Seine \| Levallois-Perret \| Maisons-Alfort \| Neuilly-sur-Seine \| Noisy-le-Grand \| Pantin \| Sarcelles \| Sartrouville \| Villejuif
Population over 25,000:	Alfortville \| Athis-Mons \| Bagneux \| Bagnolet \| Bezons \| Bobigny \| Champs-sur-Marne \| Charenton-le-Pont \| Châtenay-Malabry \| Châtillon \| Chatou \| Chelles \| Le Chesnay \| Choisy-le-Roi \| Clamart \| Clichy-sous-Bois \| Conflans-Sainte-Honorine \| Corbeil-Essonnes \| La Courneuve \| Draveil \| Élancourt \| Épinay-sur-Seine \| Ermont \| Franconville \| Fresnes \| Gagny \| Garges-lès-Gonesse \| Gennevilliers \| Goussainville \| Guyancourt \| L'Haÿ-les-Roses \| Houilles \| Livry-Gargan \| Malakoff \| Mantes-la-Jolie \| Massy \| Meaux \| Melun \| Meudon \| Montigny-le-Bretonneux \| Montrouge \| Les Mureaux \| Neuilly-sur-Marne \| Nogent-sur-Marne \| Noisy-le-Sec \| Palaiseau \| Le Perreux-sur-Marne \| Pierrefitte-sur-Seine \| Plaisir \| Poissy \| Pontault-Combault \| Pontoise \| Puteaux \| Rosny-sous-Bois \| Saint-Cloud \| Saint-Germain-en-Laye \| Saint-Ouen \| Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois \| Sannois \| Savigny-sur-Orge \| Savigny-le-Temple \| Sevran \| Stains \| Suresnes \| Taverny \| Thiais \| Trappes \| Tremblay-en-France \| Les Ulis \| Vanves \| Vigneux-sur-Seine \| Villemomble \| Villeneuve-Saint-Georges \| Villepinte \| Villiers-le-Bel \| Villiers-sur-Marne \| Vincennes \| Viry-Châtillon \| Yerres
Population under 25,000:	1,470 other communes, the most notable of which include Auvers-sur-Oise \| Bougival \| Le Bourget \| Chantilly \| Chessy \| Crépy-en-Valois \| Écouen \| Enghien-les-Bains \| Étampes \| Fontainebleau \| Gisors \| Maintenon \| Maisons-Laffitte \| Marly-le-Roi \| Montfermeil \| Montmorency \| Orly \| Orsay \| Le Raincy \| Rambouillet \| Roissy-en-France \| Rungis \| Saclay \| Saint-Cyr-l'École \| Sceaux \| Sèvres \| Le Vésinet

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