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Clichy Bombing
Clichy may refer to: * Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris Other places in or near Paris * Canton of Clichy, a Hauts-de-Seine administrative division, of which the commune of Clichy is the seat * Clichy-sous-Bois, a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris * Boulevard de Clichy, a street in Paris's 9th and 18th arrondissements * Place de Clichy, large square and traffic roundabout at the intersection of Paris's 8th, 9th, 17th, and 18th arrondissements * Porte de Clichy (Paris Métro and RER), a commuter station in the 17th arrondissement Other * Club de Clichy, a political club during the French revolution * Gaël Clichy (born 1985), a French footballer See also * Quiet Days in Clichy (other) Quiet Days in Clichy may refer to: * Quiet Days in Clichy (novel), by Henry Miller, published in 1956 * Quiet Days in Clichy (1970 film) ''Quiet Days in Clichy'' (Danish: ''Stille dage i Clichy''; also known as ''Not So Quiet Days''), is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine
Clichy ( , ; sometimes unofficially Clichy-la-Garenne ) is a Communes of France, commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located on the Seine, from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris. Located in Clichy are the headquarters of the L'Oréal, L'Oréal Group, the world's largest company in cosmetics and beauty; Société Bic, Bic, one of the biggest pen producers in the world; Monoprix, a major French retail chain; as well as Sony France, a large electronics and mass media, media company. Name The name Clichy was recorded for the first time in the 6th century as ''Clippiacum'', later corrupted into ''Clichiacum'', meaning "estate of Cleppius", a Gallo-Roman landowner. In the 13th century, the plain of Clichy was used as a ''garenne'' ("warren" in English), i.e. a hunting park and game preserve for the exclusive use of the king or a lord. Clichy became known as Clichy-la-Garenne ("Clichy the Warren" or preserve). Between 1793 and 1795, during the French Revolu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Clichy
The canton of Clichy is an administrative division of the Hauts-de-Seine department, in northern France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan .... Its borders were not modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Clichy. It consists of the following communes: # Clichy References {{DEFAULTSORT:Clichy Cantons of Hauts-de-Seine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clichy-sous-Bois
Clichy-sous-Bois () is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris. It is located from central Paris.France's suburbs: Two years on " ''''. 8 November 2007. Retrieved on 3 March 2014. Clichy-sous-Bois is not served by any motorway, major road, or railway and therefore continues to be one of the most isolated of Paris' inner suburbs. It is one of the most economically disadvantaged suburbs as well and the 2005 civil unrest and riots began there, which subsequently spread nationwide. Geography Clichy-sous-Bois has an area of with of woods. The woods are remnants of the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulevard De Clichy
The Boulevard de Clichy () is a famous street of Paris, which lends its name to the Place de Clichy, resulted from the fusion, in 1864, of the roads that paralleled the Wall of the Farmers-General, both inside and out. It extends from the Place de Clichy to the Rue des Martyrs, nearly a kilometre away. During its tenure, the street has been known as the ''Boulevard des Martyrs'', then the ''Boulevard Pigalle'', and, finally, the ''Boulevard de Clichy''. It is equally well known as the Boulevard Clichy. Notable buildings *No. 6: The painter, Edgar Degas, lived here; he also died on the fifth floor of this house, in 1917, aged 83. *No. 11: This house was occupied by Théophile Delcassé, for many years the French Foreign Minister, and it was also the rented quarters of many artists, among them Pablo Picasso in 1909. *No. 12: This was studio of French painter William Didier-Pouget, and the ''pied-à-terre'', in 1910, of the painter Francis Tattegrain. *No. 18: Boulevard Pigalle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Place De Clichy
The Place de Clichy (), also known as "Place Clichy", is situated in the northwestern quadrant of Paris. It is formed by the intersection of the Boulevard de Clichy, the Avenue Clichy, the Rue Clichy, the Boulevard des Batignolles, and the Rue d'Amsterdam. It lies at the former site of the ''barrière de Clichy'', an ancient portal in the Wall of the Farmers-General, leading to the village of Clichy, outside the wall. Description The Place de Clichy is one of the few places in Paris where four arrondissements (the 8th, 9th, 17th, and 18th) meet at a single point. (The others are the Pont Saint-Michel, where the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th meet, and the Belleville roundabout, where the 10th, 11th, 19th and 20th come together.) The Place de Clichy is also unusual in that it has been untouched by urban planners. This explains the heterogeneous façades of the buildings in the area. The Place de Clichy has the character of a substantial crossroads, rather than that of a real ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porte De Clichy (Paris Métro And RER)
Porte de Clichy station () is a station on Line 13 and Line 14 of the Paris Métro and RER C, as well as a stop on Île-de-France tramway Line 3b. Located in the 17th arrondissement, the Métro station is situated on the northwestern branch of Line 13, under the Avenue de Clichy. It serves the Tribunal de grande instance de Paris. The station is named after the ''Porte de Clichy'', a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers wall of Paris, which led to Clichy. History The station opened 20 January 1912 with the inauguration of the second branch of Line B of the Nord-Sud Company from La Fourche, and formed the branch's terminus. On 27 March 1931, Line B became Line 13 of the Métro network. The station remained the line's terminus until 3 May 1980, when the extension to Gabriel Péri opened. As such, a loop track is provided at the northern end of the station for trains to terminate and return towards central Paris. The RER station opened on 29 September 1991. On 24 Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club De Clichy
The Clichy Club () was a Political faction, political group active during the French Revolution from 1794 to 1797. History During the French Revolution, the Clichy Club formed in 1794 following the fall of Maximilien Robespierre, 9 Thermidor an II (27 July 1794). The political club that came to be called the Clichyens met in rooms in the rue de Clichy, which led west towards the fashionable Parisian suburb of Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, Clichy. The club was initially constituted around the dismissed deputés of the National Convention, most of whom had been imprisoned during the Reign of Terror. Under the French Directory, French Directorate, they began to play an increasingly important role on the Right-wing politics, political right, embracing Modérantisme, moderatism Republicanism, republicans and Monarchiens, monarchists, namely those who still believed that in a constitutional monarchy based in part on the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British model lay the best future for Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaël Clichy
Gaël Dimitri Clichy (born 26 July 1985) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He is currently the assistant manager of the France national under-21 team. Predominantly left-footed but naturally right-footed, he was described earlier in his career as a player who possesses "almost unrivaled stamina" that is "quick in the tackle and willing to drive forward". Clichy was born in the city of Toulouse and began his football career playing for a host of amateur clubs in the Haute-Garonne département such as JS Cugnaux, AS Muret, and Tournefeuille. In 2001, he moved to the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region to play for professional club Cannes. Clichy made his professional debut for the club in the 2002–03 season while the club was playing in the Championnat National, the third level of French football. After three seasons with Cannes, in 2003, he was convinced by manager and countryman Arsène Wenger to join Arsenal in England. In Clichy's first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quiet Days In Clichy (other)
Quiet Days in Clichy may refer to: * Quiet Days in Clichy (novel), by Henry Miller, published in 1956 * Quiet Days in Clichy (1970 film) ''Quiet Days in Clichy'' (Danish: ''Stille dage i Clichy''; also known as ''Not So Quiet Days''), is a 1970 Danish film written and directed by Jens Jørgen Thorsen and starring Paul Valjean and Wayne Rodda. Set in Paris, it features music by Cou ..., Danish film based on the novel * Quiet Days in Clichy (1990 film), French film based on the novel {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
