Levallois-Perret () is a commune in the

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a département in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west ...

department and

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of north-central France. It lies some from the centre of Paris in the north-western suburbs of the French capital. It is the most densely populated town in Europe and, together with neighbouring

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...

, one of the most expensive suburbs of Paris.

Name

The name Levallois-Perret comes from two housing developments, ''Champerret'' (started by landowner Jean-Jacques Perret in 1822) and ''Village Levallois'' (founded by developer Nicolas-Eugène Levallois in 1845), which resulted in the incorporation of the commune.

History

On the territory of what is now Levallois-Perret, before the

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, stood the village of Villiers and the hamlet of Courcelles (or La Planchette). They now give their names to two Paris Métro stations. At the time of the creation of French communes during the French Revolution, they were part of the commune of

Clichy Clichy may refer to: In Paris Region, France * Canton of Clichy, an administrative division of the Hauts-de-Seine department, in northern France * Clichy-sous-Bois, commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis ''département'' * Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, comm ...

, and the commune of

extended over what is now the south-western part of Levallois-Perret. Landowner Jean-Jacques Perret initiated a number of housing developments in 1822 in the northeast of the commune of Neuilly-sur-Seine, in a place which soon came to be known as Champerret ("champ Perret": "Perret field") and would later give its name to a station on the Paris Métro. Later in 1845, Nicolas-Eugène Levallois began to develop housing on behalf of André Noël, who owned land near La Planchette (in the commune of Clichy). The land developed by Levallois soon became known as the Village Levallois. In the 1860s, the village had grown to the point of forming a single built-up area and several requests were made to the authorities for the area to be incorporated as a commune. Levallois streets

Eventually the requests were acceded to and on 30 June 1866 the commune of Levallois-Perret was eventually created by detaching that part of the territory of Clichy on which the Village Levallois stood and merging it with that part of Neuilly-sur-Seine occupied by Champerret. The Eiffel company had its factory in the commune, and it was therefore in Levallois-Perret that the structures of both the

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and the

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were built. Levallois-Perret became an important centre of the early French automotive industry with the establishment there of such companies as

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Delage Delage was a French luxury automobile and racecar company founded in 1905 by Louis Delâge in Levallois-Perret near Paris; it was acquired by Delahaye in 1935 and ceased operation in 1953. On 7 November 2019, the association "Les Amis de D ...

, and the coachbuilders Chapron and Faget & Varnet.

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purchased the Clément-Bayard factory and produced the famous Citroën 2CV there for nearly forty years. Levallois-Perret was also an important centre of the cosmetics industry in the early 20th century. It is also home to the large European commercial real estate company Atisreal and to the conglomerate

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. The northern part of the famous Île de la Jatte in the river

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, is where French

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painters created many of their masterpieces.

Patrick Balkany Patrick Balkany (born 16 August 1948 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French politician. He is a former member of the National Assembly of France. He was representing the 5th constituency of the Hauts-de-Seine department, and is a member of The R ...

has been the mayor of Levallois-Perret from 2001 until 2020. He was also mayor during the period 1983–95. The current mayor, elected in 2020, is Agnès Pottier-Dumas.

Demographics

Immigration

Twin towns

* Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium *The Schöneberg district of Berlin, Germany

Adjoining communes

Clockwise from the north: * Asnières-sur-Seine *

*Paris *

Courbevoie Courbevoie () is a commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine Department of the Île-de-France region of France. It is in the suburbs of the city of Paris, from the center of Paris. The centre of Courbevoie is situated from the city limits of Pa ...

Administration

Levallois-Perret makes up the whole of the canton of Levallois-Perret.

Economy

has its headquarters in Levallois-Perret.

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also has its headquarters in the commune.

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has its Paris office in Levallois-Perret. According to ''Le Journal du Net'', the debt per inhabitant of Levallois is 9,030 euros, the French record. Saft Groupe S.A., a subsidiary of Total S.A. in the battery manufacturing industry, is also based in Levallois-Perret. Previously,

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had its head office in Levallois-Perret.

Education

Public preschools and elementary schools:Ecoles maternelles
" Commune of Levallois-Perret. Retrieved on 27 July 2016.Ecoles élémentaires
" Commune of Levallois-Perret. Retrieved on 27 July 2016. * Alfred-de-Musset * Anatole-France * Buffon * George-Sand * Jules-Ferry * Maurice-Ravel * Saint-Exupéry * Edith Gorce-Franklin (intercommunal school in

which serves residents of Levallois in île de la Jatte, quai Charles-Pasqua, and adjacent and/or parallel streets) Public preschools: * Charles-Perrault * Jean-Jaurès * Louis-Pasteur Public elementary schools: * Françoise-Dolto * Jean-de-La-Fontaine Private preschools and elementary schools: * Ecole maternelle et élémentaire Sainte-Marie-de-la-Providence * Ecole maternelle et élémentaire Emilie-Brandt Junior high schools (public junior high schools are operated by the department of Hauts-de-Seine):Collèges publics et privé
" Commune of Levallois-Perret. Retrieved on 27 July 2016. * Collège Danton * Collège Jean-Jaurès * Collège Louis-Blériot * Collège privé Saint-Justin Senior high schools/sixth-form collegesLycées public et privé
" Commune of Levallois-Perret. Retrieved on 27 July 2016. (public high schools/sixth-form colleges are operated by the Île-de-France region): * Lycée Léonard de Vinci Lycée Montalembert is in nearby

Post-secondary: * École supérieure des techniques aéronautiques et de construction automobile ( FR) are in the city.

Transport

Levallois-Perret is served by three stations on Paris Métro Line 3: Louise Michel, Anatole France, and Pont de Levallois – Bécon. It is also served by Clichy – Levallois station on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. The municipality of Levallois-Perret operates two free bus lines circulating the town.

Sport

Levallois Sporting Club is one of the most important sports club in France with 14500 members. Among them you can find notable sportsperson like

Teddy Riner Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner (, ; born 7 April 1989) is a French judoka. He has won ten World Championships gold medals, the first and only judoka (male or female) to do so, and three Olympic gold medals (two individual, one team). He has also won ...

, Gauthier Grumier and

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. During his youth

Didier Drogba Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (; born 11 March 1978) is an Ivorian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team. He is best known for his career at ...

played for the football section, as Joakim Noah did in basketball before moving to the United States for high school and

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play and eventually the NBA. LSC continues to operate teams in a wide variety of sports, but basketball is no longer among them. In 2007, the LSC basketball section merged with Paris Basket Racing, creating Paris-Levallois Basket, which after two name changes in the last half of the 2010s is now known as

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Coat of arms

The traditional coat of arms for the municipality puts emphasis on the importance of industry in its history. The centre of the arms consists of a shield with red background; a yellow

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wheel in the bottom left and a yellow perfume diffuser in the top right represent the

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and perfume industries. Three red

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s, are depicted on a silver bend from the top left to bottom right of the shield, these are another symbol of work in the city,

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taking place at the ''île de la Jatte''. The coat of arms also has a wreath at the bottom around the shield and three castles topping the shield; both in yellow. VILLE DE / LEVALLOIS – PERRET, is inscribed in black letters above the coat of arms. A cartoon-style bee is used in the modern emblem of the municipality.

Personalities

*Clare Anderson (1909–1996), performer at the Casino de Paris, lived here *

Richard Aurili Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...

, sculptor, lived here * Olivier Besancenot (1974), politician *

Freda Betti Freda Betti (26 February 1924 – 13 November 1979), whose birth name was Frédérique Thérèse Augusta Betti, was a French mezzo-soprano singer whose career was mainly confined to France.

(1924–1979), opera singer married in Levallois-Perret in 1949 * Henri Betti (1917–2005), composer resident in Levallois-Perret when he married in 1949 * Clotilde Courau (1969), actress * Jules David (1848–1923), photographer *

Danièle Delorme Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard (9 October 1926 – 17 October 2015), known by her stage name Danièle Delorme, was a French actress and film producer, famous for her roles in films directed by Marc Allégret, Julien Duvivier or Yv ...

(1926–2015), actress and film producer *

Gauthier Diafutua Bolomba Diafutua Ngudiangani (born 14 November 1985 in Levallois-Perret France), commonly known as Gauthier Diafutua, is a French former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the differe ...

(1985), footballer * Sofiane Feghouli (1989), footballer *

René Hervil René Hervil (1881–1960) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director.Goble p.322 Most of his films were made during the silent era. He directed the ''Maud'' series of films between 1912 and 1915 starring the Anglo-French actress Aimée C ...

(1881–1960), actor, screenwriter and film director * Pascal Lamy (1947),

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of the

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* Renald Metelus, footballer * Louise Michel (1830–1905), French anarchist, is buried in the local cemetery *

William Snook William Snook (3 February 1861–9 December 1916) was an English running champion, whose life was mired in controversy and ended in poverty. Early life Snook was born on 3 February 1861 at Belle Vue, then in the parish of St Julian's, Shrew ...

(1861–1916), English running champion, was living in the town in September 1895, when he was accused of theft. He was subsequently acquitted, although his English landlord was convicted *

Louis Trousselier Louis Trousselier (; 1881 – 24 April 1939) was a French racing cyclist who won the 1905 Tour de France. His other major wins were Paris–Roubaix, also in 1905, and the 1908 Bordeaux–Paris. He came third in the 1906 Tour de France and won 13 ...

(1881–1939), cyclist * Roger Rabiniaux (1914–1986), prefect, writer and poet *

Gustave Eiffel Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (born Bonickhausen dit Eiffel; ; ; 15 December 1832 – 27 December 1923) was a French civil engineer. A graduate of École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, he made his name with various bridges for the French railway ...

(1832–1923), architect; in 1866, set up his own workshops at 48 Rue Fouquet

References

External links

Levallois-Perret Official Website

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