Asnières-sur-Seine

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Commune of Asnières-sur-Seine Avenue de la Marne in Asnières.
Location
Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates	48°55′05″N, 2°17′01″E
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement	Nanterre
Intercommunality	none as of 2005
Statistics
Land area¹	4.82 km²
Population² (Jan. 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census)	83,300 75,837
- Density (2005)	17,282/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	92004/ 92600
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Asnières-sur-Seine is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 7.9 km. (4.9 miles) from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.

Contents 1 Name 2 Demographics 2.1 Immigration 3 Administration 4 Economy 5 Transport 6 Trivia 7 External links

[edit] Name

Asnières-sur-Seine was originally called simply Asnières. The name 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 February 15, 1968 the name of the commune became officially Asnières-sur-Seine (meaning "Asnières upon Seine"), in order to distinguish it from other communes of France also called Asnières.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Immigration

Place of birth of Asnières-sur-Seine's residents in 1999 Born in Metropolitan France Born outside of Metropolitan France 78.3% 21.7% Born in Overseas France Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ EU-15 immigrants² Non-EU-15 immigrants 1.7% 2.9% 3.5% 13.6% ¹This group is made up in large part of pieds-noirs from Northwest Africa, then also of former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for native elites in the French colonies), and in a smaller measure of 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, at which time Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country by French statistics. ² An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country and who did not have French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant by French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with a foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.

[edit] 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).

[edit] Economy

• L'Oréal - cosmetics
• Lucas
• Lesieur
• Louis Vuitton - luxury products

[edit] 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.

[edit] Trivia

The Post-impressionist painting by Georges-Pierre Seurat Bathing at Asnières depicts a scene of 19th century leisure and developing industry in this suburb of Paris.

The Cimetière des Chiens is believed to be the first zoological necropolis in the world.

[edit] External links

(in French)

• Asnières-sur-Seine official website