Neuilly-sur-Seine (; 'Neuilly-on-

Seine The Seine ( , ) is a river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plat ...

'), also known simply as Neuilly, is an urban commune in the

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a department in the Île-de-France region of France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west and ...

department just west of

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

in France. Immediately adjacent to the city, north of the

Bois de Boulogne The Bois de Boulogne (, "Boulogne woodland") is a large public park that is the western half of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and Neuilly-sur-Seine. The land was ceded to the city of Paris by the Em ...

, the area is composed of mostly select residential neighbourhoods, as well as many corporate headquarters and a handful of foreign embassies. One of the most affluent areas of France, it is the wealthiest and most expensive suburb of Paris. Together with the 16th and

7th arrondissement of Paris The 7th arrondissement of Paris (''VIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of the capital city of France. It is known for being, along with the 16th arrondissement and the ''commune'' of Neuilly-sur-Sein ...

, the town of Neuilly-sur-Seine forms the most affluent residential area in France. , it is the commune with the fourth highest median

per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...

(€52,570 per year) in France.

History

Originally, Pont de Neuilly was a small hamlet under the jurisdiction of Villiers, a larger settlement mentioned in medieval sources as early as 832 and now absorbed by the commune of

Levallois-Perret Levallois-Perret () 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 right bank of the Seine, some from the Kilometre z ...

. It was not until 1222 that the little settlement of Neuilly, established on the banks of the

, was mentioned for the first time in a

charter A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty), and that the ...

of the

Abbey of Saint-Denis The Basilica of Saint-Denis (, now formally known as the ) is a large former medieval abbey church and present cathedral in the commune of Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris. The building is of singular importance historically and archite ...

: the name was recorded in

Medieval Latin Medieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages. It was also the administrative language in the former Western Roman Empire, Roman Provinces of Mauretania, Numidi ...

as ''Portus de Lulliaco'', meaning "Port of Lulliacum". In 1224 another charter of Saint-Denis recorded the name as ''Lugniacum''. In a sales contract dated 1266, the name was also recorded as ''Luingni''. The proper spelling would have been ''Liljakumpu''. In 1316, however, in a ruling of the ''

parlement Under the French Ancien Régime, a ''parlement'' () was a provincial appellate court of the Kingdom of France. In 1789, France had 13 ''parlements'', the original and most important of which was the ''Parlement'' of Paris. Though both th ...

'' of Paris, the name was recorded as ''Nully''. In a document dated 1376, the name was again recorded as ''Nulliacum'' (the Medieval Latin version of ''Nully''). Then in the following centuries the name recorded alternated between ''Luny'' and ''Nully'', and it is only after 1648 that the name was definitely set as ''Nully''. Various explanations and etymologies have been proposed to explain these discrepancies in the names of Neuilly recorded over the centuries. The original name of Neuilly may have been ''Lulliacum'' or ''Lugniacum'', and that it was only later corrupted into ''Nulliacum'' / ''Nully''. Some interpret ''Lulliacum'' or ''Lugniacum'' as meaning "estate of Lullius (or Lunius)", probably a

Gallo-Roman Gallo-Roman culture was a consequence of the Romanization (cultural), Romanization of Gauls under the rule of the Roman Empire in Roman Gaul. It was characterized by the Gaulish adoption or adaptation of Roman culture, Roman culture, language ...

landowner. This interpretation is based on the many placenames of France made up of the names of Gallo-Roman landowners and suffixed with the traditional placename suffix "-acum". Other researchers, however, object that it is unlikely that Neuilly owes its name to a Gallo-Roman

patronym A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, ...

, because during the Roman occupation of

Gaul Gaul () was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Roman people, Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy. It covered an area of . Ac ...

the area of Neuilly was inside the large Forest of Rouvray, of which the

is all that remains today, and was probably not a settlement. These researchers contend that it is only after the fall of the Roman Empire and the Germanic invasions that the area of Neuilly was deforested and settled. Thus, they think that the name ''Lulliacum'' or ''Lugniacum'' comes from the ancient Germanic word ''lund'' meaning "forest", akin to

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

''lundr'' meaning "grove", to which the placename suffix "-acum" was added. The Old Norse word ''lundr'' has indeed left many placenames across Europe, such as the city of

Lund Lund (, ;"Lund"
(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...

in Sweden, the Forest of the Londe in

Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...

, or the many English placenames containing "lound", "lownde", or "lund" in their name, or ending in "-land". This interesting theory, however, fails to explain why the "d" of ''lund'' is missing in ''Lulliacum'' or ''Lugniacum''. Concerning the discrepancy in names over the centuries, the most probable explanation is that the original name ''Lulliacum'' or ''Lugniacum'' was later corrupted into ''Nulliacum'' / ''Nully'' by inversion of the consonants, perhaps under the influence of an old Celtic word meaning "swampy land, boggy land" (as was the land around Neuilly-sur-Seine in ancient times) which is found in the name of many French places anciently covered with water, such as Noue, Noë, Nouan, Nohant, etc. Or perhaps the consonants were simply inverted under the influence of the many settlements of France called Neuilly (a frequent place name whose etymology is completely different from the special case of Neuilly-sur-Seine). Until the French Revolution, the settlement was often referred to as ''Port-Neuilly'', but at the creation of French communes in 1790 the "Port" was dropped and the newly born commune was named simply Neuilly. On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighbouring communes. On that occasion, a part of the territory of Neuilly-sur-Seine was annexed by the city of Paris, and forms now the neighbourhood of Ternes, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. On 11 January 1867, part of the territory of Neuilly-sur-Seine was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Clichy to create the commune of

. On 4 June 1878, the Synagogue de Neuilly was founded on Rue Ancelle, the oldest synagogue in the Paris suburbs. On 2 May 1897, the commune name officially became Neuilly-sur-Seine (meaning "Neuilly upon

"), in order to distinguish it from the many communes of France also called Neuilly. Most people, however, continue to refer to Neuilly-sur-Seine as simply "Neuilly". During the

1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 14 May to 28 October 1900. No opening or closin ...

, it hosted the

basque pelota Basque pelota (Basque: '' pilota'', Spanish: '' pelota vasca'', French: '' pelote basque'') is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall (''frontis or fronto ...

events. The

American Hospital of Paris The American Hospital of Paris (''Hôpital américain de Paris''), founded in 1906, is a private, not-for-profit, community hospital certified under the French healthcare system. Located in Neuilly-sur-Seine, in the western suburbs of Paris, Fra ...

was founded in 1906. In 1919, the Treaty of Neuilly was signed with Bulgaria in Neuilly-sur-Seine to conclude its role in World War I. In 1929, the

, which was previously divided between the communes of Neuilly-sur-Seine and

Boulogne-Billancourt Boulogne-Billancourt (; often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine, ) is a wealthy and prestigious Communes of France, commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris ...

, was annexed in its entirety by the city of Paris.

Politics

Neuilly is one of the most right-wing towns in France; regularly voting for the candidate of the traditional right in landslide margins. Former president

Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa ( ; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. In 2021, he was found guilty of having tried to bribe a judge in 2014 to obtain information ...

was mayor of Neuilly from 1983 to 2007. Amidst a poor national showing of 20%, Neuilly gave right-wing candidate

François Fillon François Charles Amand Fillon (; born 4 March 1954) is a French retired politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 2007 to 2012 under President Nicolas Sarkozy. He was the nominee of The Republicans (previously known as the Union ...

65% of its vote in the first round of the 2017 presidential election.

Logos of the city council

Logo-neuilly-sur-seine-officiel.svg, Logo until 2022 Neuilly-sur-Seine Logo 2022.svg, Logo since 2022

Population

The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Neuilly-sur-Seine proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Neuilly-sur-Seine ceded part of its territory to the new commune of

in 1866.

Main sites

It was the site of the Château de Neuilly, an important royal residence during the

July Monarchy The July Monarchy (), officially the ''Kingdom of France'' (), was a liberalism, liberal constitutional monarchy in France under , starting on 9 August 1830, after the revolutionary victory of the July Revolution of 1830, and ending 26 Februar ...

. The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1886.

Transport

Neuilly-sur-Seine is served by three stations on

Paris Métro Line 1 Paris Métro Line 1 (French language, French: ''Ligne 1 du métro de Paris'') is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. It connects in the northwest and in the southeast. With a length of , it constitutes an important east–west transp ...

: Porte Maillot (with a direct access to RER line C), Les Sablons and Pont de Neuilly. RATP Bus service includes the lines 43, 73, 82, 93, 157, 158, 163, 164, 17

Night Bus lines include N11 and N24.

Economy

Located near France's main business district

La Défense La Défense () is a major business district in France's Paris metropolitan area, west of the city limits. It is located in Île-de-France region's Departments of France, department of Hauts-de-Seine in the Communes of France, communes of Courbe ...

, Neuilly-sur-Seine also hosts several corporate headquarters:

Bureau Veritas Bureau Veritas is a French company specialized in testing, inspection and certification founded in 1828. It operates in a variety of sectors, including building and infrastructure (27% of revenue), agri-food and commodities (23% of revenue), mar ...

Chanel Chanel ( , ) is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1910 by Coco Chanel in Paris. It is privately owned by French brothers, Alain and Gérard Wertheimer, through the holding company Chanel Limited, established in 2018 and headquarte ...

, Marathon Media, JCDecaux,

Thales Group Thales S.A., Trade name, trading as Thales Group (), is a French multinational corporation, multinational aerospace and defence industry, defence corporation specializing in electronics. It designs, develops and manufactures a wide variety of aer ...

, M6 Group,

Sephora Sephora is a French multinational retailer of personal care and beauty products, offering nearly 340 brands alongside its own private label, the Sephora Collection. Its product range includes cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, nail color, beauty t ...

PricewaterhouseCoopers PricewaterhouseCoopers, also known as PwC, is a multinational professional services network based in London, United Kingdom. It is the second-largest professional services network in the world and is one of the Big Four accounting firms, alon ...

France, Parfums Christian Dior (in 2019),

Orangina Orangina () is a lightly carbonated beverage made from carbonated water, 12% citrus juice (10% from concentrated Orange juice, orange, 2% from a combination of concentrated Lemon juice, lemon, concentrated mandarin orange, mandarin, and concentr ...

France,

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France.

Education

Public schools in Neuilly:Etablissements scolaires publics
" Neuilly-sur-Seine. Retrieved on 2 May 2015. * Eight ''écoles maternelles'' (preschools): Achille Peretti, Charcot, Dulud, Gorce-Franklin, Michelis, Poissoniers, Roule, Saussaye * Ten elementary schools: Charcot A, Charcot B, Gorce-Franklin, Huissiers, Poissoniers, Peretti, Michelis A, Michelis B, Saussaye A, and Saussaye B * Two lower secondary schools: Collège André Maurois and Collège Théophile Gautier. * Collège et Lycée Pasteur * Lycée Saint-James * Lycée professionnel Vassily Kandinsky Domestic private schools:Etablissements scolaires privés
" Neuilly-sur-Seine. Retrieved on 2 May 2015. * École primaire Sainte-Croix * École primaire Sainte-Marie * École primaire Saint-Dominique * École Saint-Pierre / Saint Jean * Collège Saint-Pierre / Saint-Jean * Collège et Lycée Sainte-Croix * Collège et Lycée Sainte-Marie * Collège et Lycée Saint-Dominique * Lycée professionnel Georges Guérin International private schools: * Liceo Español Luis Buñuel, Spanish international secondary and baccalaureate school *

Marymount School, Paris Marymount International School Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France is an international school in the Paris metropolitan area and is part of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary network of Marymount schools. The history of Marymount Paris can ...

, a Catholic, co-educational, day school for 2-14 year olds Post-secondary: * Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne CELSA * Institut Européen des Affaires * École supérieure de Santé

Notable residents

* Adrien Étienne Gaudez (1845–1902), French sculptor *

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(1898–1930), the last king of

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's Qajar dynasty * Alex Goude (born 1975), actor and television host * Albert de Bailliencourt (1908-1994), politician *

Albert Uderzo Alberto Aleandro Uderzo (; 25 April 1927 – 24 March 2020), better known as Albert Uderzo (), was a French comic book artist and scriptwriter. He is best known as the co-creator and illustrator of the '' Astérix'' series in collaboration wit ...

(1927–2020), co-creator, writer and illustrator of

Asterix ''Asterix'' ( or , "Asterix the Gauls, Gaul"; also known as ''Asterix and Obelix'' in some adaptations or ''The Adventures of Asterix'') is a Franco-Belgian comics, French comic album book series, series about a Gaulish village which, thanks ...

Alexander Glazunov Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov ( – 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 and 1928 and was instrumental i ...

(1865–1936), Russian composer * Anaïs Nin (1903–1977), author and diarist, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine *

Anatole Litvak Anatoly Mikhailovich Litvak (10 May 1902 – 15 December 1974), commonly known as Anatole Litvak, was a Russian-American filmmaker. Born to Jewish parents in Kiev, he began his theatrical training at age 13 in Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, ...

(1902–1974), Ukrainian filmmaker *

André Beaufre André Beaufre (; 25 January 190213 February 1975) was a French Army officer and military strategist who attained the rank of Général d'Armée (Army General) before his retirement in 1961. He was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine and entered the milit ...

(1902–1975), general * Annie Fargé (1934–2011), actress, theatrical producer and manager. Died here. * Anthony Beltoise, racing driver *

Aristotle Onassis Aristotle Socrates Onassis (, ; , ; 20 January 1906 – 15 March 1975) was a Greek and Argentine business magnate. He amassed the world's largest privately-owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest and most famous men. He was marri ...

died on 15 March 1975 at the American Hospital * Arthur Zagre, footballer * Bernard Blossac, fashion illustrator *

Bette Davis Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympatheti ...

, non-resident, died at the American Hospital * Carole Bouquet, actress * Cecile Paul Simon, composer *

Charles Frédéric Girard Charles Frédéric Girard (; 8 March 1822 – 29 January 1895) was a French biologist specializing in ichthyology and herpetology. Biography Girard was born on 8 March 1822 in Mulhouse, France. He studied at the College of Neuchâtel, Switzerl ...

(1822–1895), ichthyologist and herpetologist, died in Neuilly * Christoph H. Müller musician, composer, co-founder of Neotango band Gotan Project * Claude Brasseur actor and rally driver *

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, tennis player * David Servan-Schreiber (1961–2011) * Diane Leyre, French model and Miss France 2022 * Dominique Strauss-Kahn (born 25 April 1949) * Eça de Queirós, Portuguese writer *

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, French singer * Edward, Duke of Windsor, formerly

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and the

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s of the

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, and

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. *

France Gall Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall (9 October 1947 – 7 January 2018), known professionally as France Gall, was a French ''yé-yé'' singer. In 1965, at the age of 17, she won the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, tenth edition of the Eurov ...

, French singer * Francoise Gilot, Painter, Picasso's lover 1943-1953, mother of two of his children. * François Hesnault, racing driver *

François Truffaut François Roland Truffaut ( , ; ; 6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was a French filmmaker, actor, and critic. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of the French New Wave. He came under the tutelage of film critic Andre Bazin as a ...

, French film director, actor * Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, Liliane Bettencourt's daughter * Gisèle Sapiro (born 1965), sociologist and historian * Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, half of music duo

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* Ilona Mitrecey, Eurodance artist * Jacqueline François (1922–2009), chanson singer * Jacques Benoit (biologist), Jacques Benoit, scientist * Jacques Prévert, poet and screenwriter * Jacques Zwobada, French sculptor * Jean-Christophe Victor, geographer * Jean d'Ormesson, French novelist member of the * Jean de La Fontaine, French poet and Fable, fabulist * Jean de Pourtales, racing driver * Jean-Marie Clairet, racing driver * Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor * Jean Raspail, French writer * Jean Riboud (1919–1985) French corporate executive and former chairman of Schlumberger * Joachim, Prince of Pontecorvo, Joachim Murat, Prince of Pontecorvo, aristocrat * Jonathan Bru, footballer * Joseph Sitruk, Joseph Haïm Sitruk (1944-2016), former Chief Rabbi of France. * Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer * Liliane Bettencourt, L'Oréal heiress * Lou Doillon, French-British singer and actress, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. * Ludovic Valbon, rugby player * Marcel Duchamp, artist * María Félix, Mexican actress * Marie Angliviel de la Beaumelle, French glass maker and Italian countess * Marine Le Pen, French politician and president of the National Front (France), Rassemblement National * Martin Solveig, French electro-house DJ * Mary Wollstonecraft, English writer * Max Le Verrier (1891–1973), sculptor, born here. * Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma, died here * Michel Berger, singer and songwriter * Mike Sparken, racing driver * Mireille Mathieu, chanson singer, has been a resident since 1965 * Natalie Barney, American heiress * Nicholas I of Montenegro, King Nicholas I of Montenegro and his family *

, former President of France; mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine from 1983 to 2002 * Olivier Missoup, rugby player * Paul Grimault, animator * Pierre Ramond, string theorist * Quincy Jones, musician, composer, producer * Ramón Emeterio Betances (1827–1898), Puerto Rican independence advocate, lived and died here * René Semelaigne (1855–1934), biographer * Roger Martin du Gard, winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature * Sandra Boëlle, politician * Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Shock rock musician * Sophie Marceau, French actress * Thierry Sabine, founder of the Dakar Rally * Véronique Azan, French dancer * Vincent Courtillot, geophysicist born in Neuilly in 1948 * Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and film director * Wallis Simpson, American socialite and wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor, formerly King

. * Wassily Kandinsky, Russian Abstract-Expressionist artist * G. Toengi, actress, vj * Zizi Lambrino, first wife of the later King Carol II of Romania

Twin towns – sister cities

Neuilly-sur-Seine is Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with: * Hanau, Germany (1964–2002) * Uccle, Belgium (from 1981) * Windsor, Berkshire, Windsor, England, United Kingdom (from 1955)

References

External links

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Neuilly-sur-Seine city council website
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