ANTONY, HAUTS-DE-SEINE

'Antony' is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.3 km. (7 miles) from the center of Paris. Antony is a ''sous-préfecture'' of the Hauts-de-Seine ''département'', being the seat of the Arrondissement of Antony.

Contents

Name

History

Demographics

Immigration

Administration

Transport

Sister cities

Miscellaneous

See also

External link

Name

The name Antony was recorded for the first time in a royal charter of 829 as ''Antoniacum'', meaning "estate of Antonius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.

History

At the end of the Hundred Years' War, Antony counted around a hundred inhabitants.

Demographics

Immigration

Administration

Antony is the seat of the ''Communauté d'agglomération des Hauts de Bièvre''. The ''Communauté'' covers 7 communes, 5 in Hauts-de-Seine and two in Essonne ''département'':
The canton of Antony includes a part of the commune of Antony, the other part is in Bourg-la-Reine.

Transport

Antony is served by five stations on Paris RER line B: Parc de Sceaux, La Croix de Berny, Antony, Fontaine-Michalon, and Les Baconnets.
Antony station is an interchange station with the Orlyval, which carries passengers to Orly Airport.
Finally, Antony is also served by Chemin d'Antony station on Paris RER line C.

Sister cities

'Antony' is twinned with:

	'Eleftheroupolis', Greece		'Collegno', Italy		'Turin', Italy		'Lewisham', England, UK
	'Sderot', Israel		'Hammam-Lif', Tunisia		'Protvino', Russia		'Olomouc', Czech Republic
	'Lexington, Massachusetts', USA		'Reinickendorf', Germany

Miscellaneous

'Antony' was the birthplace of:

★ Nicola Sirkis (born 1959) singer with the French band Indochine

★ Agnès Jaoui (born 1964) screenwriter, film director and actress

★ Laurent Lafforgue (born 1966), mathematician

See also

★ Orlyval

External link

★ Antony city council website (in French)

★ Paris-Sud Community (in English)