Maisons-Alfort () is a
commune in the southeastern suburbs of
Paris,
France. It is located from the
center of Paris.
Maisons-Alfort is famous as the location of the
National Veterinary School of Alfort
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. The
Fort de Charenton, constructed between 1841 and 1845, has since 1959 housed the ''Commandement des Écoles de la
Gendarmerie Nationale''.
Name
Originally, Maisons-Alfort was called simply Maisons. The name Maisons comes from
Medieval Latin ''Mansiones'', meaning "the houses".
At the creation of the commune during the
French Revolution, the name of the hamlet of Alfort was joined with the name of Maisons. The name Alfort comes from the manor built there by
Peter of Aigueblanche,
Bishop of Hereford
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(
England), in the middle of the 13th century. The name of this Manor of Hereford was corrupted into ''Harefort'', then ''Hallefort'', and eventually Alfort. The
National Veterinary School of Alfort
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was settled several centuries later in the manor and its estate.
History
On 1 April 1885, 40% of the territory of Maisons-Alfort was detached and became the commune of
Alfortville.
In 1905,
Buffalo Bill
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stayed two months in Maisons-Alfort while his famous ''Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show'' performed in Paris.
September 1944 explosion
At 8.39am on 8 September 1944 a
V-2 rocket landed and killed six people at Charentonneau, launched from Petites-Tailles, near
Houffalize, in south-east Belgium by ''Lehr und Versuchsbatterie 444''. This was the first destruction caused by a V-2 rocket.
Later that day, a V-2 rocket from
Wassenaar in the Netherlands, launched by 485 Artillerie Abteilung at 6.37pm, would hit
Staveley Road
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History
Staveley Road was built between 1927 and 1931 as part of the Chiswick Park Estate.
S ...
in west London.
Demographics
The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Maisons-Alfort proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Maisons-Alfort ceded the commune of
Alfortville in 1885.
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Immigration
Administration
Maisons-Alfort is part of the arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne. It is the only commune of the canton of Maisons-Alfort.
Points of interest
* École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort
* Fort de Charenton
* Jardin botanique de l'École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort
* Musée Fragonard d'Alfort
* Château de Réghat
Education
The commune has:Les écoles à Maisons-Alfort
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*13 public preschools (''écoles maternelles'')
*12 public elementary schools
*Three private preschools and elementary schools: Ecole Privée Notre-Dame, Ecole et collège Privée Sainte-Thérèse
*Four public junior high schools: Collège Condorcet, Collège Edouard Herriot, Collège Jules Ferry, Collège Nicolas de Staël
*One private elementary and junior high school, Ecole et collège Privée Sainte-Thérèse
*Two public senior high schools/sixth-form colleges:
Lycée Eugène Delacroix and
Lycée Professionnel Paul Bert
Personalities
*
Tariq Abdul-Wahad, basketball player
*
Thomas N'Gijol, comedian
*
Ladjie Soukouna, footballer
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Nicole Tourneur, women writer
International relations
Maisons-Alfort is twinned with
Moers in the German state of
North Rhine-Westphalia.
Transport
Maisons-Alfort is served by three stations on
Paris Métro Line 8:
École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort,
Maisons-Alfort — Stade, and
Maisons-Alfort — Les Juilliottes.
It is also served by two stations on Paris
RER line D:
Maisons-Alfort – Alfortville and
Le Vert de Maisons.
See also
*
Communes of the Val-de-Marne department
References
External links
Official website
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Communes of Val-de-Marne
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