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Antony, Hauts-de-Seine

 
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Coordinates: 48°45′14″N 2°17′51″E / 48.75389°N 2.2975°E / 48.75389; 2.2975

Commune of Antony

Location
Antony map.svg
Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates 48°45′14″N 2°17′51″E / 48.75389°N 2.2975°E / 48.75389; 2.2975
Administration
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement Antony
Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération
des Hauts de Bièvre
Mayor Jean-Yves Senant
(since 2004)
Statistics
Elevation 45–103 m (150–340 ft)
(avg. 74 m/240 ft)
Land area1 9.56 km2 (3.69 sq mi)
Population2 60,000  (2005 [1])
 - Density 6,276 /km2 (16,250 /sq mi)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 92002/ 92160
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.

Antony is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.3 km (7.0 mi). (7 miles) from the center of Paris. Antony is a sub-prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department and the seat of the Arrondissement of Antony.[2]

Contents

Name

The name Antony was recorded for the first time in a royal charter of 829 as Antoniacum, meaning "estate of Antonius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.

History

At the end of the Hundred Years' War, Antony counted around a hundred inhabitants.

Demographics

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of Antony in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France Born outside Metropolitan France
82.4% 17.6%
Born in
Overseas France
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ EU-15 immigrants² Non-EU-15 immigrants
1.6% 3.8% 3.0% 9.2%
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.

Administration

Saint-Saturnin church

Antony is the seat of the Communauté d'agglomération des Hauts de Bièvre. The Communauté covers 7 communes, 5 in Hauts-de-Seine and two in Essonne département:

The canton of Antony includes a part of the commune of Antony, the other part is in Bourg-la-Reine.

Transport

Antony is served by five stations on Paris RER line B: Parc de Sceaux, La Croix de Berny, Antony, Fontaine-Michalon, and Les Baconnets.

Antony station is an interchange station with the Orlyval, which carries passengers to Orly Airport.

Finally, Antony is also served by Chemin d'Antony station on Paris RER line C.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Antony is twinned with:

Miscellaneous

Antony was the birthplace of:

See also

References

  1. ^ 2005 estimate, 59,855 at 1999 census
  2. ^ INSEE

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