Vitry-sur-Seine
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Commune of Vitry-sur-Seine |
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| Paris and inner ring départements | |
| Coordinates | 48°47′22″N 2°23′22″E / 48.78944°N 2.38944°E |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-de-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Créteil |
| Intercommunality | none as of 2009 |
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| Land area1 | 11.67 km2 (4.51 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 82,902 (Jan. 1, 2006 census) |
| - Density | 7,104 /km² (18,400 /sq mi) |
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| Postal code | 94400 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Vitry-sur-Seine is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 7.5 km (4.7 mi) from the center of Paris.
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[edit] Name
Vitry-sur-Seine was originally called simply Vitry. The name Vitry comes from Medieval Latin Vitriacum, and before that Victoriacum, meaning "estate of Victorius", a Gallo-Roman landowner. In 1897 the name of the commune officially became Vitry-sur-Seine (meaning "Vitry upon Seine"), in order to distinguish it from other communes of France also called Vitry.
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[edit] Culture
Vitry sur Seine develops for some years a cultural policy allowing all to achieve art. So, more than 100 sculptures of contemporary art are established in the city, notably in the establishments of public education (schools, secondary schools and High Schools).
Vitry reception Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne (Val-de-Marne's Museum of Contemporary Art). Having inaugurated November 18, 2005, this museum offers in addition to the workshops of plastic arts, an auditorium and a cinema of art and tries.
Vitry is one of the cities that contributed to the development of movement Hip hop in France. Therefore it is normal that urban art has a very important place in the city
[edit] Transport
Vitry-sur-Seine is served by two stations on Paris RER line C: Vitry-sur-Seine and Les Ardoines.
Orly Airport is located near Vitry-sur-Seine.
[edit] Demographics
The city can be separated into two distinct parts, a north side containing numerous cités HLM (Housing projects) and a south side belonging to the middle class.
The bordering towns are Ivry-sur-Seine, Villejuif, Chevilly-Larue, Thiais, Choisy-le-Roi, Alfortville.
In 2008 the population of the city is estimated as 82,500 inhabitants. The rate of unemployment is 29.5%, while national average is 14% Vitry Sur Seine is the fiftieth city the most populated of France and the tenth of Ile de France.
[edit] Historical population
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[edit] Immigration
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[edit] Administration
Vitry is divided into three canton (districts):
- Vitry-sur-seine-Est counts 27 812 inhabitants
- Vitry-sur-seine-Nord counts 24 986 inhabitants
- Vitry-sur-seine-Ouest counts 26 110 inhabitants
(data dating from 1999)
[edit] Cités (Housing projects)
- Cité Balzac
- Cité Du Colonel Fabien
- Lucien Français
- Les Marronniers
- La Sablière 200
- La Commune de Paris
- Mario Capra
- Les Montagnards
- Les Montagnes (La Vanoise, Pelvoux, Annapurna)
- La Tourraine
- Le Mail
- Le Moulin Vert
- Les Toits et Joie
- Gabriel Peri
- Cité Robespierre
- Cité Barbusse
- Le Square de l'Horloge
- Cité Camille Groult
- Les Malassis
- Rouget de l'isle (Also named Cité Shaolin owed to the big number of Asians)
- La Glacière
- Cité Bourgogne
- Cité Verte
- Cité Bleu (Camille Blanc)
- Cité des Combattants
- Roger Derry
- Rosenberg
- Cité des Peupliers-Manouchians
- La Semise
- Couzy
[edit] Twin towns
Vitry-sur-Seine is twinned with:
Burnley, united Kingdom, from 1958 to 1974 and since 1995
Kladno, Czech Republic, since 1966
Meissen, Germany, since 1973
It has also a collaboration agreement with:
[edit] Famous people
- Jimmy Briand, Footballer
- Jimmy Kébé, Footballer
- 113, Rapper (Rim-K, AP and Mokobé
- Jérémy Menez, Footballer
- Rohff, Rapper
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