Issy-les-Moulineaux is a commune in the south-western suburban area of
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. On 1 January 2003, Issy-les-Moulineaux became part of the Communauté d'agglomération Arc de Seine along with the other communes of
ChavilleChaville is a commune in the south-western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the center of Paris.-Nearest communes:*Meudon*Sèvres*Vélizy-Villacoublay*Viroflay*Ville-d'Avray....
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MeudonMeudon is a municipality in the south-western suburbs of Paris, France. It is in the département of Hauts-de-Seine. It is located from the center of Paris.-Geography:...
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VanvesVanves is a commune in the south-western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.6 km from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe and the tenth in France -History:...
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Ville-d'AvrayVille-d'Avray is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the center of Paris. The commune is served by the Boulogne-Billancourt prefecture, of the Hauts-de-Seine department.-Transport:...
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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
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, the largest cluster of telecommunication and media businesses in France hosting the headquarters of most major French TV networks.
Issy-les-Moulineaux is a commune in the south-western suburban area of
ParisParis is the capital of France and the country's most populous city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
,
FranceFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
. It is located from the
centre of ParisIn many countries, Kilometre Zero or similar terms in other languages, is a particular location , from which distances are traditionally measured...
. On 1 January 2003, Issy-les-Moulineaux became part of the Communauté d'agglomération Arc de Seine along with the other communes of
ChavilleChaville is a commune in the south-western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the center of Paris.-Nearest communes:*Meudon*Sèvres*Vélizy-Villacoublay*Viroflay*Ville-d'Avray....
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MeudonMeudon is a municipality in the south-western suburbs of Paris, France. It is in the département of Hauts-de-Seine. It is located from the center of Paris.-Geography:...
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VanvesVanves is a commune in the south-western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.6 km from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe and the tenth in France -History:...
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Ville-d'AvrayVille-d'Avray is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the center of Paris. The commune is served by the Boulogne-Billancourt prefecture, of the Hauts-de-Seine department.-Transport:...
. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
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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 SeineThe Val de Seine is one of the more important business districts of the Paris agglomeration. Located southwest of the city, it spreads along a bend of the Seine, mainly in the municipalities...
business districtA central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city...
, the largest cluster of telecommunication and media businesses in France hosting the headquarters of most major French TV networks. Today, despite a population which is booming, Issy-les-Moulineaux harbours more jobs than inhabitants.
Name
Originally, Issy-les-Moulineaux was simply called Issy. The name Issy comes from
Medieval LatinMedieval Latin was the form of Latin used in the Middle Ages, primarily as a medium of scholarly exchange and as the liturgical language of the medieval Roman Catholic Church, but also as a language of science, literature, law, and administration. Despite the clerical origin of many of its authors,...
Issiacum or
Isciacum, perhaps meaning "estate of Isicius (or Iccius)", a Gallo-Roman landowner, although some think the name comes from a
CelticThe Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic", a branch of the greater Indo-European language family. The term "Celtic" was used to describe this language group by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, having much earlier been used by Greek and Roman writers to describe tribes in...
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 that stood there in ancient times.
The town was once the location of the
Château d'IssyThe Château d'Issy, at Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the Hauts-de-Seine department of France, was a small French Baroque château on the outskirts of Paris...
, 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 arrondissementThe 15th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France.Situated on the Rive Gauche of the River Seine and sharing the Montparnasse district with the 6th and 14th arrondissements, it is the city's most populous arrondissement...
of Paris.
Immigration
Administration
Issy is divided into two cantons (districts):
- Issy-les-Moulineaux East, part of the commune; pop: 25,399
- Issy-les-Moulineaux West, part of the commune and part of Meudon
Meudon is a municipality in the south-western suburbs of Paris, France. It is in the département of Hauts-de-Seine. It is located from the center of Paris.-Geography:...
; (pop: 34,120)
Mayors of Issy-les-Moulineaux:
- 1903 – 1908: Auguste Gervais
- 1908 – 1911: Henri Mayer
- 1911 – 1919: Léon-Victor Clément
- 1919 – 1922: Justin Oudin
- February – May 1923: Saint-Martin (Special delegation)
- May – October 1923: Eugène Demarne
- 1923 – 1935: Justin Oudin
- 1935 – 1939: Victor Cresson
- 1945 – 1949: Fernand Maillet
- 1949 – 1953: Jacques Madaule
- May – July 1953: Fernand Maillet
- 1953 – 1973: Bonaventure Leca
- 1973 – 1980: Raymond Menand
- 1980 – present: André Santini
André Santini is a French politician, mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux in the Paris suburbs.A former member of the UDF, he did not support François Bayrou, the candidate of his party for the first round of 2007 French presidential election, choosing instead to support Nicolas Sarkozy.After the...
Transport
Issy-les-Moulineaux is served by two stations on
Paris Métro line 12Paris Métro Line 12 is one of 16 metro lines in Paris, France. The line links Issy-les-Moulineaux in southern Paris to the Porte de la Chapelle in the north. This is one of two lines which were originated by the Nord-Sud Company, a competitor to the CMP...
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Corentin CeltonCorentin Celton is a station on line 12 of the Paris Métro in the commune of Issy-les-Moulineaux.-History:The station opened on 24 March 1934 as part of extension of the line from Porte de Versailles to Mairie d'Issy....
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Mairie d'IssyMairie d'Issy is a station on line 12 of the Paris Métro in the commune of Issy-les-Moulineaux. It is near Issy-les-Moulineaux town hall and the shops located in Avenue Victor Cresson and Avenue de la Répubique....
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It is also served by two stations on Paris
RER line CThe RER C is one of the five lines in the RER Rapid transit system serving Paris, France.The line runs from Pontoise , Versailles – Rive Gauche and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to Massy-Palaiseau , Dourdan-la-Forêt , Saint-Martin d'Étampes and Versailles – Chantiers * First inauguration : 1979*...
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Issy – Val de SeineIssy — Val de Seine is a station on RER C served by RER C5 and C7. Since 1997, it is also the terminus of Paris Tramway Line 2.Situated in Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the départment of Hauts-de-Seine, the station serves the business district of Val de Seine....
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IssyIssy is a station in Paris's express suburban rail system, the RER. It is situated in Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the département of Hauts-de-Seine.- See also :* List of stations of the Paris RER...
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There is also a project of
cable carAn aerial tramway or cable car is a type of aerial lift in which a cabin or other conveyance is suspended from a fixed cable and is pulled by another cable....
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http://www.telepherique-issy.com/index.html
Twinnings
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Sites of interest
- Île Saint-Germain
Île Saint-Germain is an island located in the Seine in Issy-les-Moulineaux in the département of Hauts-de-Seine near Paris, France. It once housed a military camp that was later abandoned, but the island was redeveloped in 1980. The island is divided into two parts. The developed side includes...
, an island located in the Seine. The island is divided into two parts, the urban side includes the offices and a residential area. The other side includes a part with the Tour aux Figures (Tower of Figures) http://194.254.135.72/parcs/parcs/germain/images/isgtour.jpg by Jean DubuffetJean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet was one of the most famous French painters and sculptors of the second half of the 20th century.-Life and work:...
. The Île SeguinÎle Seguin is an island on the Seine river between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the west suburbs of Paris, France. There was once a Renault factory on the island, constructed between 1929 and 1934, that, at its peak, had 30,000 laborers....
is downstream.
- Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer
The Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer is a museum of playing cards located at 16, rue Auguste Gervais, Issy-les-Moulineaux, a suburb of Paris, France...
, a museum of playing cardA playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper, thin card, or thin plastic, figured with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing card games...
s
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