Commune in Ile-de-France, France
Asnieres-sur-Seine
(
French pronunciation:
[?nj??
sy?
s?n]
ⓘ
) is a
commune
in the
Hauts-de-Seine
department
and
Ile-de-France
region
of north-central
France
. It lies on the left bank of the river
Seine
, some eight kilometres from the
centre of Paris
in the north-western
suburbs
of the French capital. The area should receive the lign 15 of Paris metro by 2030.
The inhabitants are called the
Asnierois
and the
Asnieroises
in French.
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Name
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Asnieres-sur-Seine was originally known simply as Asnieres. The name 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 Asnieres, where
heather
grew in medieval times, was probably deemed suitable only for the breeding of donkeys. By the early 20th century it had become a favourite boating centre for Parisians, and its industries included
boat building
.
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On 15 February 1968 the commune was officially renamed Asnieres-sur-Seine to distinguish it from other French communes also called Asnieres.
Demographics
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Historical population
Year
| Pop.
| ±% p.a.
|
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1793
| 345
| ?
|
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1800
| 334
| ?0.46%
|
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1806
| 316
| ?0.92%
|
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1821
| 386
| +1.34%
|
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1831
| 514
| +2.91%
|
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1836
| 556
| +1.58%
|
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1841
| 702
| +4.77%
|
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1846
| 925
| +5.67%
|
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1851
| 1,186
| +5.10%
|
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1856
| 1,822
| +8.97%
|
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1861
| 3,213
| +12.01%
|
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1866
| 5,455
| +11.17%
|
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1872
| 6,236
| +2.26%
|
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1876
| 8,278
| +7.34%
|
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1881
| 11,352
| +6.52%
|
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1886
| 15,203
| +6.02%
|
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1891
| 19,575
| +5.19%
|
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1896
| 24,317
| +4.43%
|
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| Year
| Pop.
| ±% p.a.
|
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1901
| 31,336
| +5.20%
|
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1906
| 36,482
| +3.09%
|
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1911
| 42,583
| +3.14%
|
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1921
| 49,607
| +1.54%
|
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1926
| 52,609
| +1.18%
|
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1931
| 63,654
| +3.89%
|
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1936
| 71,831
| +2.45%
|
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1946
| 72,273
| +0.06%
|
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1954
| 77,838
| +0.93%
|
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1962
| 81,768
| +0.62%
|
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1968
| 80,113
| ?0.34%
|
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1975
| 75,431
| ?0.86%
|
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1982
| 71,077
| ?0.85%
|
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1990
| 71,850
| +0.14%
|
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1999
| 75,837
| +0.60%
|
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2007
| 82,056
| +0.99%
|
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2012
| 83,845
| +0.43%
|
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2017
| 85,191
| +0.32%
|
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Source: EHESS
[5]
and INSEE (1968?2017)
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Immigration
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Place of birth of residents of Asnieres-sur-Seine in 1999
Born in
metropolitan France
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Born outside metropolitan France
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78.3%
|
21.7%
|
Born in
overseas France
|
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth
1
|
EU-15
immigrants
2
|
Non-EU-15 immigrants
|
1.7%
|
2.9%
|
3.5%
|
13.6%
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1
This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as
pieds-noirs
in
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), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 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. 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.
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Departmental representation
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The commune is divided between two
cantons
(departmental constituencies):
- Asnieres-sur-Seine
: composed of part of the commune of Asnieres-sur-Seine. Currently represented by Josiane Fischer (
UDI
) and Andre Mancipoz (
LR
).
- Courbevoie-1
: composed of part of the commune of
Courbevoie
and of the remainder of the commune of Asnieres-sur-Seine. Currently represented by Daniel Courtes (LR) and Marie-Pierre Limoge (UDI).
Economy
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Lesieur
? a major producer of cooking and table oils and part of the
Avril Group
? has its headquarters in Asnieres.
Education
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Public schools
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(fully financed by the commune, department, or region):
Private schools
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(partly financed by the commune, department, or region) include:
Communications
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Public transport
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Asnieres-sur-Seine is served by three stations on
Paris Metro Line 13
:
Gabriel Peri
,
Les Agnettes
, and
Les Courtilles
, the last named being the terminus of the line.
Line 1 of the Ile-de-France tramway
also serves the metro station at Les Courtilles, connecting it to
Noisy-le-Sec
.
Trains on Lines
J (Gisors)
and
L (Cergy)
of the
Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare
suburban rail network call at
Asnieres-sur-Seine station
, while those on Line L (Cergy) also serve
Bois-Colombes station
which lies just outside the western limit of the commune.
A number of bus routes ? lines 140, 165, 175, 177, and 276 ? run through Asnieres and connect it to its neighbouring communes.
Roads
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Car traffic in Asnieres is difficult. Most of the traffic is on the banks of the Seine around the city. The crossing of the Asnieres bridge is extremely crowded and slow during peak hours. The Grand rue Charles-de-Gaulle then the Avenue d'Argenteuil are also difficult to pass because serving Bois-Colombes and northern towns. Moreover, the city has very few parking spaces, and garages and private parking spaces are scarce and expensive.
Between 2010 and 2013, there was a development plan to change the streets of the city being one-way and become practicable in both directions for bicycles.
Sport
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In addition to the Courtilles
ice rink
, the town has ten
gyms
, six
stadiums
, a
shooting range
, two
tennis
clubs (Azur Tennis Club and the Tennis Club du Menil), a
skate park
, a Parisian
boules
court and a
swimming pool
.
The
Asnieres Volley 92
participates in
Ligue B
(2nd national level) and plays at the Courtilles gymnasium. The city also has a
handball
club in agreement with neighboring cities. For the 2017?2018 season, the first team evolves in Pool 2 in National 2. Finally, the city counts, with the Molosses, an
American football
club, created in 1992, evolving in Casque d'Or (D2), 2-time vice-champion of France of D1 (1999, and 2014).
A full-contact club, known as ABC (Asnieres Boxing Club) is also managed by a coaching team composed with ex-France and European champions. Around 100 members take part in trainings three times a Week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). The
judo
and
jujitsu
club Arts Martiaux d'Asnieres uses several of the town's gyms.
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Asnieres in art
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Georges Seurat
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Bathers at Asnieres
by
Georges Seurat
depicts a scene of 19th century leisure and developing industry in this suburb of Paris.
Between 1884 and 1886 Seurat painted
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte
, using a new technique ? which came to be known as
pointillism
? of forming an image from patterns of tiny coloured dots.
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Vincent van Gogh
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Exterior of a Restaurant at Asnieres
, summer 1887 (
Van Gogh Museum
, Amsterdam)
The Rispal Restaurant at Asnieres
, summer 1887(Nelson-Atkins Museum of Fine Art, Kansas City)
The Seine with the Pont de la Grande Jatte
, summer 1887 (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
Vincent van Gogh
made a
series of paintings of Asnieres
. Influenced by
impressionism
and
pointillism
, he modified his traditional style and used vivid colour, shorter brushstrokes, and perspective to engage the viewer. His views of the banks of the Seine represent an important progression towards his later landscape paintings.
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In Asnieres, within walking distance of his brother Theo's flat in Montmartre, van Gogh painted parks, cafes, restaurants, and the river.
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Twin towns ? sister cities
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Asnieres-sur-Seine is
twinned
with:
Notable people
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- Vincent van Gogh
(1853?1890), Famous Painter
- Gaston Rivierre
(1862?1942), cyclist
- Henri Barbusse
(1873?1935), politician and writer, a street in the town was named after him
- Maurice Hewitt
(1884?1971), violinist
- Ginette Keller
(born 1925), composer
- Frederic Gorny
(born 1973), actor
- William Gallas
(born 1977), footballer
- Axel Ngando
(born 1993), footballer
- Barbara Pravi
(born 1993), singer (born in the town but moved shortly after birth)
The old chateau was the death place of
Anne Marie Victoire de Bourbon
(1675?1700), daughter of
Henri Jules de Bourbon
and thus grand daughter of
le Grand Conde
, cousin to
Louis XIV
.
The Franco-Irish composer and pianist
George O'Kelly
died here in 1914.
Louis Vuitton
opened his first workshop and resided here until his death. The workshop still stands today and some emblematic pieces are still made there (rigid trunks, leather models).
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The
Hutu
Rwandan businessman and suspected war criminal
Felicien Kabuga
was arrested here on 16 May 2020 after 26 years as a fugitive for
crimes against humanity
committed during the
Rwandan genocide
. Specifically, he is accused of funding the genocide as well as buying thousands of
machetes
and importing them into Rwanda for use as weapons to kill
Tutsis
during the genocide.
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Local landmarks
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See also
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References
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- ^
"Repertoire national des elus: les maires"
(in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des donnees publiques francaises. 6 June 2023.
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"Populations legales 2021"
.
The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies
. 28 December 2023.
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"Hauts-de-Seine (92)"
.
www.habitants.fr
.
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Chisholm, Hugh
, ed. (1911).
"Asnieres"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 764.
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Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui
:
Commune data sheet Asnieres-sur-Seine
,
EHESS
(in French)
.
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Population en historique depuis 1968
, INSEE
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a
b
c
d
"
Ecoles maternelles
." Asnieres-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
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"
Ecoles elementaires
." Asnieres-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
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"
Les colleges publics
Archived
2015-10-19 at the
Wayback Machine
." Asnieres-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
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"
Les lycees publics
Archived
2015-10-19 at the
Wayback Machine
." Asnieres-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
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Website of the Institut Baguer
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"A.M ASNIERES"
.
ffjudo.org
(in French)
. Retrieved
2017-11-06
.
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The First Moderns: Profiles in the Origins of Twentieth-century Thought
, p. 63?64, at
Google Books
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Hansen; Nichols; Sund; Knudsen; Bremen (2003).
Van Gogh: Fields
. Hatje Cantz Publishers for Toledo Museum of Art Exhibition. p. 10.
ISBN
3-7757-1131-7
.
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"The Seine with the Pont de la Grande Jatte, 1887"
.
Permanent Collection
. Van Gogh Museum. 2005?2011
. Retrieved
2011-04-30
.
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"Restaurant at Asnieres, 1887"
.
Permanent Collection
. Van Gogh Museum. 2005?2011
. Retrieved
2011-04-30
.
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"Comite de jumelage d'Asnieres-sur-Seine"
.
cdjasnieres.blogspot.com
(in French). Comite de jumelage d'Asnieres-sur-Seine
. Retrieved
2021-04-26
.
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"What town is Stockton on Tees twinned with?"
.
stocktonteesside.co.uk
. Discover Stockton-on-Tees
. Retrieved
2021-04-26
.
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"News by Louis Vuitton: Asnieres: the Heart of Louis Vuitton"
.
eu.louisvuitton.com
.
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Martin, Hannah (July 2015).
"Look Inside Louis Vuitton's Home, Now the Site of La Galerie"
.
Architectural Digest
. Retrieved
4 August
2020
.
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"Mechanism fugitive Felicien Kabuga arrested today"
.
United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
. 2020-05-16. Archived from
the original
on 2020-05-17
. Retrieved
2020-05-17
.
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