Ivry-sur-Seine () is a

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in the

Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southeast of the City of Paris. In 2019, Val-de-Marne had a pop ...

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in the southeastern suburbs of

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. It is located from the centre of Paris. Paris's main Asian district, the

Quartier Asiatique The Quartier asiatique (Asian Quarter), also called Triangle de Choisy or Petite Asie (Chinese: 巴黎唐人街, Vietnamese: ''Phố Tàu Paris'') is the largest commercial and cultural center for the Asian community of Paris. It is located in t ...

in the 13th arrondissement, borders the commune and now extends into the northern parts of Ivry. Asian commercial activity, especially Chinese and Vietnamese, has greatly increased in Ivry-sur-Seine during the past two decades. The commune contains one of the highest concentrations of Vietnamese in France, who began settling in the city in the late 1970s after the

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. Politically, Ivry-sur-Seine has historically demonstrated strong electoral support for the

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(PCF). Between 1925 and today (except for the period of German occupation in World War II), the office of

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was held by just four individuals:

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, Jacques Laloë, Pierre Gosnat and Philippe Bouyssou, all members of the Communist Party. Ivry-sur-Seine is twinned with

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in County Durham, England.

Name

Originally, Ivry-sur-Seine was called simply Ivry. The name Ivry comes from

Medieval Latin Medieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages. In this region it served as the primary written language, though local languages were also written to varying degrees. Latin functioned ...

''Ivriacum'' or ''Ibriacum'', perhaps meaning "estate of Eburius (the Latinized form of the Gallic

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Eburos)", a

Gallo-Roman Gallo-Roman culture was a consequence of the Romanization of Gauls under the rule of the Roman Empire. It was characterized by the Gaulish adoption or adaptation of Roman culture, language, morals and way of life in a uniquely Gaulish context ...

landowner. In 1897, the name of the commune officially became Ivry-sur-Seine (meaning "Ivry upon

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"), 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 neighbouring 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 Bastien-Thiry Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry (; 19 October 1927 – 11 March 1963) was a French Air Force lieutenant-colonel and military air-weaponry engineer. He was the creator of the Nord SS.10/SS.11 missiles. He attempted to assassinate French President ...

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 Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal and tragicomic expe ...

Economy

Fnac Fnac () is a large French retail chain selling cultural and electronic products, founded by André Essel and Max Théret in 1954. Its head office is in ''Le Flavia'' in Ivry-sur-Seine near Paris. It is an abbreviation of Fédération Nationale d ...

has its head office in the commune. The head office moved there in 2008. E.Leclerc's head office is in the commune.Conditions Générales d'Utilisation
" E.Leclerc. Retrieved on 1 May 2011. "26, quai Marcel Boyer 94 200 Ivry-sur-Seine"

Transport

Ivry-sur-Seine is served by two railway stations on the

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: Pierre et Marie Curie and Mairie d'Ivry. The east of the commune is served by

Ivry-sur-Seine Ivry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Paris's main Asian district, the Quartier Asiatique in the 13th arrondissement, borders the ...

station on Paris

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with stops at the

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and the city centre.

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

Education

Senior high schools: * Collège et lycée Romain Rolland * Lycée technique Fernand Léger Colleges and universities: *

ESIEA (university) The École supérieure d'informatique, électronique, automatique (ESIEA) is a French engineering school. Its five-year general engineering program focuses on the fields of Science and Technology relating to computing, electronics and automation. ...

* ESME Sudria * École des technologies numériques appliquées *

Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées The Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées (IPSA), ( en, Institute of Polytechnic Science and Aeronautics) is a French private ''grande école'' in aerospace engineering located at Ivry-sur-Seine, Lyon and Toulouse, recognized by the Frenc ...

IONIS School of Technology and Management IONIS School of Technology and Management (IONIS STM) is a French private graduate school, part of the IONIS Education Group, that offers instruction in information technology, computer science, energy, biotechnology and management. It was estab ...

Images from Ivry

Image:Gare Ivry-sur-Seine.JPG, Ivry RER Railway Station Image:Moulin d'Ivry.jpg, Old Windmill ( Moulin de la Tour) near the 13th Arrondissement Image:Pont du port à l'anglais.JPG, Port à l'anglais Bridge Image:Eglise Ivry Seine.jpg, October Sky
Ivry sur Seine Church Image:Bâtiment Campus IPSA Paris à Ivry-sur-Seine.jpg, Main Building IPSA Paris

Demographics

Immigration

As of circa 1998 Ivry and

Vitry-sur-Seine Vitry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Name Vitry-sur-Seine was originally called simply Vitry. The name Vitry comes from Medieval Latin ''Vitriacum'', and before that ''Victoria ...

had a combined Asian population of 3,600. That year about 250 Asians from those communes worked in the

13th arrondissement of Paris The 13th arrondissement of Paris (''XIIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''treizième''. The arrondissement, called Gobelins, is situated ...

, and the overall demographics of Ivry and Vitry Asians were similar to those in the 13th arrondissement.Guillon, Michelle. "The Chinese and Chinese Districts in Paris" (Chapter 11). In: Sinn, Elizabeth (editor). ''The Last Half Century of Chinese Overseas''.

Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong University Press is the university press of the University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine ...

, 1 January 1998. , 9789622094468. CITED: p
197

Notable people

Luc Abalo Luc Kangny Abalo (born 6 September 1984) is a French handball player who plays for Zeekstar Tokyo and the French national team. Being a member of the national team since 2005, he won gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, 2009, 2011 and ...

, handball player *

Nicolas Appert Nicolas Appert (17 November 1749 – 1 June 1841) was the French inventor of airtight food preservation. Appert, known as the "father of Food Science", was a confectioner. Appert described his invention as a way "of conserving all kinds of food ...

(1749–1841), inventor, spent a number of years in Ivry-sur-Seine *

Antonin Artaud Antoine Marie Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (; 4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948), was a French writer, poet, dramatist, visual artist, essayist, actor and theatre director. He is widely recognized as a major figure of the E ...

, writer, died in Ivry-sur-Seine on 4 March 1948. *

Yohann Auvitu Yohann Auvitu (born July 27, 1989) is a French professional ice hockey defenceman for Genève-Servette HC of the National League (NL). Playing career Auvitu left his native France in 2008 to continue his development with JYP Jyväskylä of Finl ...

, ice hockey player *

Souleymane Bamba Souleymane Bamba (born 13 January 1985) is a professional footballer who last played for club Middlesbrough and the Ivorian national team as a centre-back. Bamba started his career in his native France with Paris Saint-Germain, but failed to ...

, footballer * , economist and historian. * Pierre-Claude-Victor Boiste (1765–1824), lexicographer and editor of the ''Dictionnaire universel de la langue française'' * Yannick Bonheur, figure skater *

Pierre Contant d'Ivry Pierre Contant d'Ivry (11 May 1698 in Ivry-sur-Seine – 1 October 1777 in Paris), was a French architect and designer working in a chaste and sober Rococo style and in the ''goût grec'' phase of early Neoclassicism. Early career An ''Architecte ...

(1698–1777), architect born in Ivry-sur-Seine. * Mana Dembele, footballer *

Kadidiatou Diani Kadidiatou Diani (born 1 April 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. International career Diani has played for France at several you ...

, footballer *

Jean Ferrat Jean Ferrat (born Jean Tenenbaum; 26 December 1930 – 13 March 2010) was a French singer-songwriter and poet. He specialized in singing poetry, particularly that of Louis Aragon. He had a left-wing sympathy that found its way into a few songs. ...

, singer, spent a number of years in Ivry-sur-Seine before settling in Ardèche. * Catherine Ferry, singer *

Reda Kateb Reda Kateb ( ar, رضا كاتب; born 27 July 1977) is a French actor. Life and career Kateb was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, to an Algerian actor, Malek-Eddine Kateb, and a French nurse of Czech and Italian origin. He is a grandnephew of t ...

, actor * Tripy Makonda, footballer * Dany N'Guessan, footballer *

Doriane Pin Doriane Pin (born 6 January 2004 in Paris) is a racing driver from France. She is the reigning Ferrari Challenge Europe champion and is competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series. Career Karting Having started ...

, racing driver * Jean Renaudie, architect and founder of the Atelier de Montrouge who was responsible for the complete renovation of Ivry town centre. * Bakary Sako, footballer * , sociologist and writer. *

Maurice Thorez Maurice Thorez (; 28 April 1900 – 11 July 1964) was a French politician and longtime leader of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1930 until his death. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister of France from 1946 to 1947. Pre-War Thorez, ...

, former leader of the French Communist Party, elected deputy for d'Ivry-sur-Seine in 1932 until his death in 1964. * Mickael Toti, basketball player * Makan Traore, footballer * Bano Traore, athlete

References

External links

Ivry-sur-Seine city council website
(in French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivrysurseine Communes of Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia Little Saigons