Issy-les-Moulineaux

Issy-les-Moulineaux
Val de Seine business district
Paris and inner ring départements
Administration
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement Boulogne-Billancourt
Intercommunality Arc de Seine
Mayor André Santini (NC)
Statistics
Elevation 28–96 m (92–315 ft)
Land area1 4.25 km2 (1.64 sq mi)
Population2 63,297  (2008)
 - Density 14,893 /km2 (38,570 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 92040/ 92130
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Issy-les-Moulineaux (French pronunciation: [isilemulino]) is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France. It is located 6.6 km (4.1 mi) from the centre of Paris. On 1 January 2003, Issy-les-Moulineaux became part of the Communauté d'agglomération Arc de Seine along with the other communes of Chaville, Meudon, Vanves and Ville-d'Avray. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.

Issy-les-Moulineaux has successfully moved its economy from an old manufacturing base to high value-added service sectors and is now located at the heart of the Val de Seine business district, the largest cluster of telecommunication and media businesses in France hosting the headquarters of most major French TV networks.

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Name

Originally, Issy-les-Moulineaux was simply called Issy. The name Issy comes from Medieval Latin Issiacum or Isciacum, perhaps meaning "estate of Isicius (or Iccius)", a Gallo-Roman landowner, although some think the name comes from a Celtic radical meaning "under the wood".

In 1893 Issy officially became Issy-les-Moulineaux. Les Moulineaux was the name of a hamlet on the territory of the commune, apparently named Les Moulineaux due to the windmills (French: moulins) that stood there in ancient times.

The town was once the location of the Château d'Issy, home of the Princes of Conti.

History

On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, about a third of the commune of Issy-les-Moulineaux was annexed to Paris, and forms now the neighborhood of Javel, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.

It hosted the trap shooting events for the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]

The firm of Appareils d'Aviation Les Freres Voisin, the world's first commercial airplane factory (1908) which was initially located in Boulogne-Billancourt, transformed itself into a luxury automobile manufacturing company named Avions Voisin in 1920. Most of Voisin's manufacturing facilities were then relocated in neighboring Issy-les-Moulineaux. Avions Voisin closed its doors in 1940.

Personalities

Demographics

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of Issy-les-Moulineaux in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France Born outside Metropolitan France
82.5% 17.5%
Born in
Overseas France		 Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ EU-15 immigrants² Non-EU-15 immigrants
1.3% 3.6% 3.7% 8.9%
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.
²An 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.

Administration

Issy is divided into two cantons (districts):

Mayors of Issy-les-Moulineaux:

Economy

The Canal+ Group,[2] France 24,[3] Sodexo,[4], Hewlett-packard France, Coca-Cola France, Steria and Technicolor SA are based in Issy-les-Moulineaux.[5]

Transport

Issy-les-Moulineaux is served by two stations on Paris Métro line 12: Corentin Celton and Mairie d'Issy.

It is also served by two stations on Paris RER line C: Issy – Val de Seine and Issy.

There is also a project of cable car. [1]

Twin towns

Sites of interest

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ 1924 Olympics official report. pp. 544-6. (French)
  2. ^ "Mentions legales." Canal+ Group. Retrieved on 5 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Contact Us." France 24. Retrieved on 29 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Contact Us." Sodexo. Retrieved on 1 June 2010.
  5. ^ "Legal." Technicolor SA. Retrieved on 23 March 2010.

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