Aubervilliers

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Aubervilliers
Housing projects at dusk
Paris and inner ring départements
Location within Île-de-France region  Aubervilliers
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Seine-Saint-Denis
Arrondissement	Saint-Denis
Canton	2 cantons
Intercommunality	Plaine Commune
Statistics
Land area1	5.76 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Population2	74,221  (2006)
- Density	12,886 /km2 (33,370 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	93001/ 93300
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′47″N 2°22′59″E / 48.9131°N 2.3831°E / 48.9131; 2.3831

Aubervilliers (French pronunciation: [obɛʁvilje]) is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 7.2 km (4.5 mi) from the center of Paris.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1059 as Albertivillare, meaning "estate of Adalbert". On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, a small part of the commune of Aubervilliers was annexed to the city of Paris. At the same time, the commune of La Chapelle-Saint-Denis was disbanded and divided between the city of Paris, Aubervilliers, Saint-Denis, and Saint-Ouen. Aubervilliers received a small part of the territory of La Chapelle-Saint-Denis.

Heraldry

The arms of Aubervilliers are blazoned[1] · [2] : Per pale gules in pale 3 bezants, and argent an arrow sable. The municipal assembly of Aubervilliers had engraved in 1790 an oval seal (kept in the National Archives), representing, together with the arms of France, a sun and a lion passant. While this was retained by the Commission d’héraldique urbaine de la Seine and proposed in 1942 as symbol of the commune, the municipality preferred the above arms, evoking la Compagnie des Chevaliers de l’Arc, which it had used since the end of the 19th century.

Monuments

The Stade de France and the district of La Plaine

• Fort d'Aubervilliers

Economy

At one time Fnac.com, a subsidiary of Fnac, had its head office in Aubervilliers. In 2008 the head office moved to Ivry-sur-Seine.^[3]

Demographics

Immigration

Administration

Aubervilliers

Aubervilliers is divided into two cantons:

• The canton of Aubervilliers-Est (East): 36,010 inhabitants;
• The canton of Aubervilliers-Ouest (West): 27,126 inhabitants.

Education

Aubervilliers has 14 kindergartens, 15 elementary schools, 5 collèges (middle schools), and 4 lycées (high schools). The city also has three private establishments and several specialized institutions.^[4] The collèges (middle schools) include Diderot, Rosa Luxemburg, Jean Moulin, Gabriel Péri, and Henri Wallon.^[5] The lycées include Lycée Polyvalent D'Alembert, Lycée d'enseignement général et technologique Le Corbusier ("Le Corbusier High School of General and Technological Education"), Lycée professionnel Jean-Pierre Timbaud ("Jean Pierre Timbaud Vocational High School"), and Lycée d'enseignement général et technologique Henri Wallon ("Henri Wallon High School of General and Technical Education").^[6]

Aubervilliers has four libraries, including André Breton, Paul Eluard, Henri Michaux, and Saint-John Perse.^[7]

Transport

Aubervilliers is served by two stations on Paris Métro Line 7: Aubervilliers – Pantin – Quatre Chemins and Fort d'Aubervilliers.

Aubervilliers is also served by La Courneuve – Aubervilliers station on Paris RER line B. This station, although administratively located on the territory of the neighboring commune of La Courneuve, lies in fact very close to the town center of Aubervilliers.

Notable people

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• Yasmine Belmadi, actor
• Didier Daeninckx, writer
• Abou Diaby, footballer
• Martin Ekani, footballer
• Steeve Elana, footballer
• Brice Jovial, footballer
• Virginie Ledoyen, (born November 15 1976), French actress,occasional singer.
• Isabelle Mergault (born 11 May 1958), French actress and director, was born in Aubervilliers.^{[8][citation needed]}
• Sony Mustivar, footballer
• Anatole Ngamukol footballer
• Edwin Ouon, footballer
• Ibrahim Tall, footballer
• Guillaume Yango, basketball player

See also

Paris portal

• Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Aubervilliers

• Aubervilliers city council website (in French)

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v t e Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department Aubervilliers Aulnay-sous-Bois Bagnolet Le Blanc-Mesnil Bobigny Bondy Le Bourget Clichy-sous-Bois Coubron La Courneuve Drancy Dugny Épinay-sur-Seine Gagny Gournay-sur-Marne L'Île-Saint-Denis Les Lilas Livry-Gargan Montfermeil Montreuil Neuilly-Plaisance Neuilly-sur-Marne Noisy-le-Grand Noisy-le-Sec Pantin Les Pavillons-sous-Bois Pierrefitte-sur-Seine Le Pré-Saint-Gervais Le Raincy Romainville Rosny-sous-Bois Saint-Denis Saint-Ouen Sevran Stains Tremblay-en-France Vaujours Villemomble Villepinte Villetaneuse