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Asnières-sur-Seine () is a
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in the
Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a Departments of France, département in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, Northern France. It covers Paris's western inner Banlieue, suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the e ...
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and
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of north-central
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. It lies on the left bank of the river
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, some eight kilometres from the centre of Paris in the north-western
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of the French capital. The inhabitants are called the ''Asniérois'' and the ''Asniéroises'' in French.


Name

Asnières-sur-Seine was originally known simply as Asnières. The name was recorded for the first time in a papal bull of 1158 – as ''Asnerias'', from
Medieval Latin Medieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages. In this region it served as the primary written language, though local languages were also written to varying degrees. Latin functioned ...
''asinaria'', meaning "donkey farm". The poor soil of Asnières, 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
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. On 15 February 1968 the commune was officially renamed Asnières-sur-Seine to distinguish it from other French communes also called Asnières.


Demographics


Immigration


Departmental representation

The commune is divided between two
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(departmental constituencies): *
Asnières-sur-Seine Asnières-sur-Seine () is a Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department and Île-de-France Regions of France, region of north-central France. It lies on the left bank of the river Seine, some eight kilometr ...
: composed of part of the commune of Asnières-sur-Seine. Currently represented by Josiane Fischer (
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) and André Mancipoz ( LR). * Courbevoie-1: composed of part of the commune of
Courbevoie Courbevoie () is a commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine Department of the Île-de-France region of France. It is in the suburbs of the city of Paris, from the center of Paris. The centre of Courbevoie is situated from the city limits of Par ...
and of the remainder of the commune of Asnières-sur-Seine. Currently represented by Daniel Courtès (LR) and Marie-Pierre Limoge (UDI).


Economy

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– a major producer of cooking and table oils and part of the
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– has its headquarters in Asnières.


Education


Public schools

(fully financed by the commune, department, or region): * 20 kindergarten / nursery schools (''écoles maternelles'');Ecoles maternelles
" Asnières-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
* 16 elementary / primary schools (''écoles élémentaires''); * 4 junior high schools: the Collège
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, the Collège
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, the Collège
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, and the Collège
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; * 3 senior high schools: the Lycée d'enseignement adapté Martin Luther King, the Lycée professionnel de Prony, and the Lycée général et technologique
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; * additionally, the Institut départemental médico-éducatif Gustave Baguer specializes in the education of
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children and young people.


Private schools

(partly financed by the commune, department, or region) include:
The École catholique Sainte-Agnès
(preschool and elementary school)
The Institution Saint-Joseph
(preschool through junior high school)
The Institution Sainte-Geneviève
(preschool through senior high school)


Communications


Public transport

Asnières-sur-Seine is served by three stations on
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, Les Agnettes, and Les Courtilles, the last named being the terminus of the line. Line 1 of the Île-de-France tramway also serves the metro station at Les Courtilles, connecting it to
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. Trains on Lines J (Gisors) and L (Cergy) of the
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suburban rail network call at Asnières-sur-Seine station, while those on Line L (Cergy) also serve
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which lies just outside the western limit of the commune. A number of bus routes – lines 140, 165, 175, 177, and 276 – run through Asnières and connect it to its neighbouring communes.


Roads

Car traffic in Asnières is difficult. Most of the traffic is on the banks of the Seine around the city. The crossing of the Asnières 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

In addition to the Courtilles
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, the town has ten
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s, six
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s, a
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, two
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clubs (Azur Tennis Club and the Tennis Club du Ménil), a
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, a Parisian
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court and a
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. The
Asnières Volley 92 Asnières Volley 92 is a French volleyball team based in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. The flagship men's team and its affiliates have historically formed one of the most successful organizations in French volleyball, claiming a total of 45 ...
participates in Ligue B (2nd national level) and plays at the Courtilles gymnasium. The city also has a
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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
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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
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and jujitsu club Arts Martiaux d'Asnières uses several of the town's gyms.


Asnières in art


Georges Seurat

''
Bathers at Asnières ''Bathers at Asnières'' (french: Une Baignade, Asnières) is an 1884 oil on canvas painting by French artist Georges Pierre Seurat, the first of his two masterpieces on the monumental scale. The canvas is of a suburban, placid Parisian riversid ...
'' by
Georges Seurat Georges Pierre Seurat ( , , ; 2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist artist. He devised the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism and used conté crayon for drawings on paper with a rough su ...
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
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– of forming an image from patterns of tiny coloured dots.


Vincent van Gogh

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made a series of paintings of Asnières. Influenced by
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and
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, 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. In Asnières, within walking distance of his brother Theo's flat in Montmartre, van Gogh painted parks, cafés, restaurants, and the river.


Twin towns – sister cities

Asnières-sur-Seine is twinned with: * Spandau (Berlin), Germany *
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, England, United Kingdom


Notable people

* Gaston Rivierre (1862–1942), cyclist *
Henri Barbusse Henri Barbusse (; 17 May 1873 – 30 August 1935) was a French novelist and a member of the French Communist Party. He was a lifelong friend of Albert Einstein. Life The son of a French father and an English mother, Barbusse was born in Asnièr ...
(1873–1935), politician and writer, a street in the town was named after him * Maurice Hewitt (1884–1971), violinist * Ginette Keller (born 1925), composer *
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(born 1973), actor *
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(born 1977), footballer *
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(born 1993), footballer *
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(born 1993), singer (born in the town but moved shortly after birth) The old château 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 Condé'', cousin to
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. The Franco-Irish composer and pianist
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died here in 1914.
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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). The
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Rwandan businessman and suspected war criminal
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was arrested here on 16 May 2020 after 26 years as a fugitive for
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committed during the
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. Specifically, he is accused of funding the genocide as well as buying thousands of
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s and importing them into Rwanda for use as weapons to kill
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s during the genocide.


Local landmarks

*The Château d'Asnières is a stately home dating from the mid 18th century. *The Cimetière des Chiens in Asnières, dating from 1899, is believed to be Europe's oldest public
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(or "zoological necropolis").


See also

*
Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department The following is a list of the 36 communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department of France. Since January 2016, all communes of Hauts-de-Seine are part of the intercommunality Métropole du Grand Paris The Métropole du Grand Paris (; "Metropol ...


References


External links


Asnières-sur-Seine official website
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