Alfortville

Alfortville
Alfortville and Chinagora, with a barge and tugboat on the River Seine
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring departments
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	Créteil
Canton	Alfortville-Nord and Alfortville-Sud
Intercommunality	Plaine Centrale du Val-de-Marne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	René Rouquet
Area1	3.67 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	44,371
• Density	12,000/km2 (31,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	94002 / 94140
Elevation	27–37 m (89–121 ft) (avg. 32 m or 105 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Alfortville (French pronunciation: ​[al.fɔʁ.vil]) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 7.6 km (4.7 mi) from the center of Paris.

History

The commune of Alfortville was created on 1 April 1885 from part of the commune of Maisons-Alfort.

Transport

Alfortville is served by two stations on Paris RER line D: Maisons-Alfort – Alfortville and Le Vert de Maisons.

Alfortville is located at only 500 meters from the metro station Ecole vétérinaire de Maisons Alfort on Paris Métro Line 8

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1886	6,603	—
1891	7,984	+20.9%
1896	11,634	+45.7%
1901	15,980	+37.4%
1906	17,455	+9.2%
1911	18,267	+4.7%
1921	22,779	+24.7%
1926	24,896	+9.3%
1931	29,473	+18.4%
1936	30,078	+2.1%
1946	27,940	−7.1%
1954	30,195	+8.1%
1962	32,332	+7.1%
1968	35,023	+8.3%
1975	38,057	+8.7%
1982	36,231	−4.8%
1990	36,119	−0.3%
1999	36,232	+0.3%
2006	42,743	+18.0%
2009	44,278	+3.6%

Armenian community

The Armenian community of Alfortville is very significant. There is an Armenian Apostolic Church located south of the city. It's an important place for the Armenian community, which is very significant in Alfortville.

There is a street named after Komitas Vartabed, Missak Manouchian, and the city of Yerevan. A roundabout has recently been named Place d'Achtarak after the Armenian city Ashtarak.

Alfortville is twinning convention with the Armenian cities of Ashtarak (since 1993), Oshakan (since 2001).

On 3 May 1984, the Armenian Genocide memorial of Alfortville was bombed by a hit-team headed by Grey Wolves member Abdullah Catli and paid by the Turkish MİT intelligence agency.

Personalities

• Bendy Casimir, mixed martial arts fighter
• Odair Fortes, footballer
• Jean-Eudes Maurice, footballer
• Mickael Marquet, footballer
• Hassan Yebda, footballer
• Marten Yorgantz, Armenian singer
• Alexis Tomassian, comedian
• Alain Teyinyan, actor

International relations

Alfortville is twinned with:

• San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy since 1989
• Ashtarak, Armenia since 1993
• Cantanhede, Portugal since 2000
• Oshakan, Armenia since 2001

There is also a twinning convention with the Armenian region of Ashtarak since 1993.

See also

• Communes of the Val-de-Marne department

References

• INSEE
• Mayors of Essonne Association (French)

External links

• Official website (in French)
• The below of Alfortville (in French)