Vitry-sur-Seine

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Coordinates: 48°47′22″N, 2°23′22″E

Commune of Vitry-sur-Seine

Val-de-Marne's Museum of Contemporary Art
located in Vitry.

Location
Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates 48°47′22″N, 2°23′22″E
Administration
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement Créteil
Intercommunality none as of 2005
Statistics
Land area¹ 11.67 km²
Population²
(Jan. 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census)

82,100
78,908
 - Density 7,035/km² (2005)
Miscellaneous
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.
France

Vitry-sur-Seine is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 7.5 km. (4.7 miles) 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.

[edit] Points of interest

[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

[edit] Immigration

Place of birth of residents of Vitry-sur-Seine in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France Born outside Metropolitan France
72.9% 27.1%
Born in
Overseas France
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ EU-15 immigrants² Non-EU-15 immigrants
2.7% 2.7% 5.9% 15.8%
¹This group is made up largely of pieds-noirs from Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), and to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. Note that a foreign country is understood as a country not part of France as of 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.
² An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.

[edit] Twin Town

Vitry-sur-Seine is twinned with:

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