IVRY-SUR-SEINE

'Ivry-sur-Seine' is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.3 km. (3.3 miles) from the center of Paris.
Paris's Chinatown, located in the 13th arrondissment the city which borders the commune of Ivry, has now spread to the northern parts of Ivry. Many overseas Chinese companies and Asian food warehouses are located in Ivry.

Contents

Name

History

Transport

Images from Ivry

Demographics

Immigration

Notable Ivriens

External link

References

Name

Originally, Ivry-sur-Seine was called simply Ivry. The name Ivry comes from Medieval Latin ''Ivriacum'' or ''Ibriacum'', perhaps meaning "estate of Eburius (the latinized form of the Gallic patronym Eburos)", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
In 1897 the name of the commune officially became Ivry-sur-Seine (meaning "Ivry upon Seine"), in order to distinguish it from other communes of France also called Ivry.

History

On January 1, 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, about a third of the commune of Ivry-sur-Seine was annexed to Paris, and now forms the Chinatown area of the 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Ivry-sur-Seine is perhaps most famous as the place of execution of Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry in March 1963. Richard Ellman also notes that James Joyce's daughter, Lucia, received psychiatric treatment in the commune's hospital in 1936 and was visited by both Joyce and Samuel Beckett.^[1]

Transport

Ivry-sur-Seine is served by two railway stations on the Paris Métro Line 7: Pierre Curie and Mairie d'Ivry.
The east of the commune is served by Ivry-sur-Seine station on Paris RER line C with stops at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the city centre.
Orly Airport is located to the south of Ivry-sur-Seine.

Images from Ivry

Demographics

Immigration

Notable Ivriens

★ Pierre Contant d'Ivry (1698-1777), architect born in Ivry-sur-Seine.

★ Maurice Thorez, former leader of the French Communist Party, elected deputy for d'Ivry-sur-Seine in 1932 until his death in 1964.

★ Jean Renaudie, architect and founder of the Atelier de Montrouge who was responsible for the complete rennovation of Ivry town centre.

★ Paul Boccara, economist and historian.

★ Jean Ferrat, singer, spent a number of years in Ivry-sur-Seine before settling in Ardèche.

★ Antoine Spire, sociologist and writer.

★ Antonin Artaud, writer, died in Ivry-sur-Seine on 4 March 1948.

External link

★ Ivry-sur-Seine city council website (in French)

References

1. Richard Ellman, James Joyce, Oxford: OUP, 1984.