Asnières-sur-Seine
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Asnières-sur-Seine
For other places named Asnières, see Asnières. For the series of paintings, see Asnières (Van Gogh series).
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Location within Île-de-France region
 Asnières-sur-Seine
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine |
| Arrondissement | Nanterre |
| Mayor | Sébastien Pietrasanta |
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| Elevation | 22–43 m (72–141 ft) |
| Land area1 | 4.82 km2 (1.86 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 82,720 (2006) |
| - Density | 17,162 /km2 (44,450 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 92004/ 92600 |
| 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. | |
Coordinates: 48°54′39″N 2°17′20″E / 48.9108°N 2.2889°E
Asnières-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: [a.njɛʁ.syʁ.sɛn]) is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France, along the river Seine. It is located 7.9 km (4.9 mi) from the center of Paris.
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Name
Asnières-sur-Seine was originally called simply Asnières. Asnières was recorded for the first time in a papal bull of 1158 as Asnerias, from Medieval Latin asinaria, meaning "donkey farm". The poor soil of Asnières, where heather grew in Medieval times, was probably deemed only suitable for the breeding of donkeys.
On 15 February 1968 the commune was officially renamed Asnières-sur-Seine (meaning "Asnières upon Seine"), in order to distinguish it from other communes of France also called Asnières.
Demographics
Immigration
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Administration
Asnières-sur-Seine is divided into two cantons:
- Asnières-sur-Seine-Nord: 43,453 inhabitants (57.3% of the total).
- Asnières-sur-Seine-Sud: 32,384 inhabitants (42.7% of the total).
Economy
- L'Oréal - cosmetics
- Lucas
- Lesieur
- Louis Vuitton - luxury products
The Cimetière des Chiens is believed to be the first zoological necropolis in the world.
Transport
Asnières-sur-Seine is served by Gabriel Péri - Asnières - Gennevilliers station on Paris Métro Line 13
It is also served by Asnières-sur-Seine station on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.
Art
Georges Seurat
Asnières
Bathers at Asnières by Georges-Pierre Seurat
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte - 1884
by Georges-Pierre Seurat
Art Institute of Chicago
by Georges-Pierre Seurat
Art Institute of Chicago
Bathers at Asnières by Georges-Pierre Seurat depicts a scene of 19th century leisure and developing industry in this suburb of Paris.
In 1885 Seurat made Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte used a technique of placing colored dots on a work which led a movement called "Pointillism".[1]
Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh paintings of Asnières
The Rispal Restaurant at Asnières
Summer, 1887
Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Fine Art (F355)
Summer, 1887
Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Fine Art (F355)
Vincent van Gogh made a series of paintings of Asnières. Influenced by Impressionism and Pointillism, van Gogh modified his traditional style and used vivid color, shorter brushstrokes and perspective to engage the viewer. His views of the banks of the Seine are an important progression for his later landscape paintings.[2][3] In Asnières, within walking distance of Theo's flat in Montmartre, van Gogh painted parks, cafés, restaurants and the river.[4]
Notable residents
The old château was the death place of Anne Marie Victoire de Bourbon, daughter of Henri Jules de Bourbon and thus grand daughter of le Grand Condé
Asnières is the birthplace of Henri Barbusse, 1873, writer of Under Fire.
Tottenham Hotspur defender William Gallas was born in this suburb of Paris.
See also
References
- ^ Everdell, W (1997). The First Moderns: Profiles in the Origins of Twentieth-century Thought. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0-226-22480-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=yVRb9sJ2KjEC&pg=PA63.
- ^ Hansen, Nichols, Sund, Knudsen, Bremen (2003). Van Gogh: Fields. Hatje Cantz Publishers for Toledo Museum of Art Exhibition. p. 10. ISBN [[Special:BookSources/3-7757-1131-5|3-7757-1131-5]].
- ^ "The Seine with the Pont de la Grande Jatte, 1887". Permanent Collection. Van Gogh Museum. 2005-2011. http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=2009&collection=621&lang=en. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
- ^ "Restaurant at Asnières, 1887". Permanent Collection. Van Gogh Museum. 2005-2011. http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=2021&collection=621&lang=en. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
External links
- Asnières-sur-Seine official website (French)
Media related to Asnières-sur-Seine at Wikimedia Commons 
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Asnières". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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