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in the

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in the southeastern suburbs of

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. It is located from the centre of Paris. Ablon has been awarded one flower in the ''

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'' ("towns and villages in bloom competition").

Geography

Ablon-sur-Seine is an urban commune located some to the south-east of the centre of

immediately to the east of

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. As it is an urban commune there are numerous roads in the commune with the most important being the D266 going north to the ''Centre de Finances Publiques'' and the D29 / D246 / D2498 which run west to east along the south of the commune parallel with the

The main railway from the

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runs south-west through the commune, and Ablon station is served by regional express trains on ( RER) Line C.Google Maps
/ref> The Seine river forms the whole southern border of the commune. The whole of the western border and the Seine are also the border between the

and

Essonne Essonne () is a department of France in the southern Île-de-France region. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659 across 194 communes.leagues from Paris, that is .

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, by the

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in March 1598, allowed

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to practice their faith outside the walls of Paris. He authorized the construction of a Protestant church at Ablons. There was a castle built in Ablon by

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and a Protestant church which was frequented until the

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by the

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Parisians. The economic activity Ablon has always been linked to the river but a cropping part of its economy was favoured by its loamy soils. It has been traditionally a residential commune, with the urban area mainly residential.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Ablon-sur-Seine ;

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from 1941

Twinning

Ablon-sur-Seine has twinning associations with: *

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(United Kingdom) since 1986 *

Neubiberg Neubiberg is a municipality and a village in south-east of Munich, Germany, founded in 1912. It used to have an airport that was used as a Luftwaffe-base in the Third Reich and after the war as a U.S. airbase and in the following years as the Germa ...

(Germany) since 1975.

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Ablonais'' or ''Ablonaises'' in French.

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has many buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: *A House at 16 Rue du Bac (19th century) *A House at 16ter Rue du Bac (19th century) *A House at 33bis Rue du Bac (19th century) *The Station Cafe-Restaurant at 37 Rue du Bac (19th century) *A Building at 42 Rue du Bac (19th century) *The Boulangerie Pelloile at 35 Quai de la Baronne (19th century) *A Building at 3 Place Chollet (1896) *The Château Corpet at Sentier de la Courre aux Lièvres (1884) *A House at 15 Rue Edouard Juvigny (19th century) *A Château at 5 Rue de l'Eglise (1348) *The Château Magne at Rue d'Estienne d'Orves (1856) *A Railway Station at Rue Gabriel Péri (20th century) *The War Memorial at Rue du Général de Gaulle (1922) *A Cafe-Restaurant at 10 Rue du Général de Gaulle (19th century) *A House at 15 Place Henri Duru (1893) *A Railway Station at Place de la Libération (19th century) *A Weir with Lock at Quai Magné (1863) *The Town Hall / Groupe Scolaire Pasteur School at 17 Rue du Maréchal Foch (1883) *Twinned Houses at 25-27 Rue Simon (19th century) *The Pont du Diable (Devil's Bridge) at Route de Villeneuve (20th century) *Houses and Buildings (19th-20th centuries) *A House (20th century) *Ancient Town Remains (12th-20th centuries)

Religious heritage

*The Parish Church of Our Lady of the Assumption (1842) is registered as an historical monument. The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects: *A Painting: Christ before the Sanhedrin (16th century) *A Tombstone for Philippe de Douzonville (1458) *A Ciborium (19th century) *A Sunburst

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(19th century) *A

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with

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(20th century) *A

with

(1) (19th century) *A Painting: Descent from the Cross (19th century) *A Painting: Saint Geneviève (18th century) *A Painting: Jesus before the

Sanhedrin The Sanhedrin (Hebrew and Aramaic: סַנְהֶדְרִין; Greek: , ''synedrion'', 'sitting together,' hence 'assembly' or 'council') was an assembly of either 23 or 71 elders (known as "rabbis" after the destruction of the Second Temple), ap ...

(17th century) *A

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(18th century) *A Tombstone (15th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy

Education

Public schools:Vie scolaire
" Ablon-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 10, 2016. * Preschools: Ecole maternelle Marie Curie and Ecole maternelle Saint-Exupéry * Elementary schools: Ecoles élémentaire Louis Pasteur A and Ecoles élémentaire Louis Pasteur B Students in this commune are served by Collège Jean Macé (junior high school) and Collège / Lycée Georges Brassens (junior and senior high school), both in

Villeneuve-le-Roi Villeneuve-le-Roi () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. The early 19th-century French orientalist Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1780–1831) was born in Villeneuve-le-Roi on the boat that arr ...

. There is one private school called Sacré-Cœur (Sacred Heart), which serves preschool through junior high school.

Cultural events and festivals

From 2001 to 2008, Ablon has organised various cultural events. An independent association, ''It was once Ablon'', organised these events to enable people to experience the history of the town and its inhabitants arouse a community spirit in Ablon people. Some events have left their mark on the town including the grand historical rally with themes such as "Discovering neighbourhoods", "the old trades of Ablon", "a Castle Mystery", etc.. Other cultural activities include the festival "Your Neighbours Have Talent", which hosted painters, sculptors, photographers, and musicians from the region. This festival also hosted young artists from the National Conservatory of Paris, artists, and recent graduates from fine art schools. Another event highly appreciated by all generations of the city was ''cyber-Ablon'', organized over a whole weekend. This event allowed the even the oldest people to learn office skills such as Internet browsing, email, Word, Excel etc. and for younger ones to come together for network games. For 8 March, the association proposed an event to mark the International Day of Women's Rights (films, exhibition of paintings and photographs, conferences etc.). The municipal council took this activity under consideration. Dormant since 2008, the life of the association has been suspended.

Picture Gallery

File:Gare d'Ablon 04.jpg, Ablon Railway Station File:Gare d'Ablon 05.jpg, Ablon Station platforms File:Maison 6 Rue Albert Larmé Villeneuve-le-Roi (1).jpg, Chinese House File:Maison 6 Rue Albert Larmé Villeneuve-le-Roi (3).jpg, Chinese House File:Soirée local 039.jpg, Chinese House File:Ablon, le barrage.jpg, The weir at Ablon-sur-Seine File:Ablon-sur-Seine - 16 ter Rue du Bac - 20131206 (1)jpg.jpg, The House at 16ter Rue de Bac

Notable people linked to the commune

Jacques-Antoine de Chambarlhac de Laubespin Jean Jacques-Antoine Vital François de Chambarlhac (August 2, 1754 – February 23, 1826) was a French infantry commander during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Biography Before the French Revolution On May 1, 1769, Chambarlha ...

, born at Les Estables 2 August 1754, died in Paris 23 February 1826, a General of the Empire *

Claudine Guérin de Tencin Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de Tencin, Baroness of Saint-Martin-de-Ré (27 April 1682 – 4 December 1749) was a French salonist and author. She was the mother of Jean le Rond d'Alembert, who later became a prominent mathematician, '' philosophe ...

(1682-1749) owned a house in Ablon where she loved to come on holiday *

Alain Poher Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher (; 17 April 1909 – 9 December 1996) was a French politician who briefly served as President of France twice, in 1969 and 1974. He held the office ''ad interim'' as President of the Senate following the resignati ...

(1909-1996), former president of the Senate, born in Ablon he was Mayor from 1946 to 1983

References

External links

Ablon-sur-Seine official website

Ablon-sur-Seine on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Ablon'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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