Aubervilliers

Aubervilliers is a town of France, in the Banlieue north-eastern of Paris, on which it is bordering. The city is at the origin of the constitution of the community of agglomeration Plaine Commune.

The current mayor of the city east Pascal Beaudet (PCF)

The name of the inhabitants of the town of Aubervilliers east Albertivillariens .

Geography

The city, located in the Plaine Saint-Denis is bordered in the west by Saint-Denis, in north by Courneuve, in the east by Pantin and the south by Paris.

The Canal Saint-Denis crosses the west of the city.

  • It is on the urban Unité of Paris,

  • and on the urban Aire of Paris.

Transport

Aubervilliers is a commune bordering on Paris, and thus profits from many transportation routes.

The current service road

It is served:
  • by the Line 7 of the subway of Paris: stations Door of the Villette, Four-Ways, Extremely of Aubervilliers),
  • by about fifteen lines of bus,
  • by two stations on the line of the RER, the Plain - Stade de France and Courneuve - Aubervilliers.
It lays out of two accesses to the ring road, by the Porte of Aubervilliers and by the Porte of the Villette.

With that another asset of size is added: two direct accesses with the highways A86 and A1, connecting the airports of Le Bourget, Roissy and the whole of the highway network of Ile-de-France.

Projects

After long battle of more than 40 years, Aubervilliers, which is to date the only city close to Paris which does not profit from service road of Métro in downtown area, obtained public authorities in 2005 the realization of the prolongation of line 12 of the subway to the town hall. This prolongation envisages the creation of three new stations. The first, which will be at the limit of Saint-Denis (with the angle of the streets Proudhon and Gardinoux) should be called " Populaire" face; and its opening is envisaged at the beginning of 2011.

To this station should in the long term pass a tram, the Tram' there, connecting future the Gare of Gospel to Saint-Denis, Villetaneuse and Épinay-sur-Seine. This part of the Tram' however is not currently financed there.

Free urban zone (ZFU)

Several whole of the cities and the agglomeration Aubervilliers-Bobigny-Puppet-Drancy should be classified in Free urban zone.

History

As much communes of the small crown, Aubervilliers was a rural field a long time. At the end of the XIXe century, the life of small borough is already closely related to incipient industrialization. Belgians, the Lorraine ones, the Alsatian ones, the Breton ones, Spaniards, Italians arrive by successive waves. This mixing of population perdure still today and constitutes without any doubt one of the richnesses of the city.

During several decades, big industries will forge the identity of the city. A heritage of work and know-how. A memory which constitutes the most beautiful monument that inhabitants of yesterday could bequeath to those of today.

The city would draw its name from an agricultural domain ( villare ) held by a certain Albert or Aubert. Aubervilliers does not appear in the files before 1060.

The village until the 19th century is populated farmers. The proximity of the markets of Paris supports the market gardening, in particular in the Plaine of the virtues , famous for its Oignon S and vegetables various. The Fort of Aubervilliers is built in 1843. It belongs to the works decided in 1840 by Thiers in order to protect Paris and, if necessary, to subdue its rebelled. It will be used in particular with repression of the Commune as Paris.

The Industrial revolution and the expansion of Paris change the city radically. Industries settle at the edge of the channel, while the workmen come to live the suburbs, less expensive than the capital. Since, Aubervilliers is a multicultural city, where cohabit more than 70 nationalities.

A popular city

August 1st

A dynamic city

See also: Tower the Villette

4th city of the department of the Seine-Saint-Denis on the economic plan, with 30.000 employment and 1.800 companies in the private sector, Aubervilliers has a very diversified economic fabric.

The city has a dense fabric of SME which accounts for 25% of employment. These SME côtoient research laboratories, like Rhodia or Saint-Gobain, and of great public corporations such as France Telecom, the services transport of La Poste or the workshops of the RATP.

77% of employment are proposed today in the services, transport and the trade. The activities in industrial matter are however present there with companies like the lamps Aric, the Thyssen elevators, Messier-Bugatti, Cookson, France-Evening. But of the head offices and the administrative services of large companies settled there (Rhodia, KDI, Motul, Lapeyre, Zurich Assurances).

New branches of industry developed these last years: • Télécoms (Télécity, Interxion, Completel…) and the services telematics (ATOS, Direct FNAC, Acticall…) • The audio-visual one and the cinema (Euromédia, Carrère, Studios of Aubervilliers, Movies-Lights, Téléshoping, NPA…) • The textile and the fashion (Kookaï, Redskin' S, Hugo Boss, Afflelou…)

Another sign of this change: reinforcement of the activities of wholesalers and import-export. With more than 300 establishments concentrated in the Warehouses and general Stores of Paris (EMGP) and with the accesses of the door of Aubervilliers (district of the Hedge-Cock), this sector constitutes a new economic pole under development strong. The importers of the Hedge-Cock diffuse in all France of the manufactured goods at low prices of all kinds (textile, watches, toys, decoration, gadgets), generally coming from China.

A city in change

The revival began with construction from the Stade de France in 1998 and the dynamism from the Plaine Saint-Denis. With its 750 hectares with the doors of Paris, the Plaine Saint-Denis covers the third of Aubervilliers and also extends on Saint-Denis and Saint-Ouen. For 5 years, this territory, which was one of the greatest industrial parks of Europe, has been in full change.

The future district of trade and offices to the door of Aubervilliers

A shopping mall of 42.000 m ² should open in 2009. 400 residences, 165.000 m ² of offices, green areas are envisaged thus that a museum living of the TV. These are 15.000 employment which should be created. A nautical subway is also considered: it would be a first in Île-de-France. A connection of public transport on the channel could indeed be born in 2006 to connect the subways Corentin Cariou and Porte of the Villette to the wet dock of the EMGP (Warehouses and general stores of Paris).

The Olympic nautical center

See also: the Community of Flat agglomeration Commune#Le nautical Stage, the Olympic nautical stage

Registered in the project of candidature “Paris 2012”, the Olympic swimming pool was to be built on Aubervilliers. In spite of the failure of the candidature of Paris, the President, the Prime Minister and the Minister in charge for the Sports, confirmed that the State would finance the realization of the nautical center.

Its realization will consolidate committed urban dynamics around the Gare of the Plain - Stade de France with the creation of the Stade de France, while satisfying the needs for international equipment expressed by the French federation of swimming, like by the community of agglomeration Plaine Commune, because the swimming pools of the agglomeration are not enough any more to answer the request.

Taking into account a financial agreement occurred on April 4th, 2007, the contest of architects is envisaged with the second half-year 2007, for a delivery in 2012.

The Channel Saint-Denis: banks of the channel and “Park Channel”

Aubervilliers, Saint-Denis and Plaine Commune considers that the sites drawn by the channel are to be reconquered like landscape spaces, of relaxation and leisures, while preserving their economic vocation. This project, whose completion is planned for 2006, is elaborate in partnership with the town of Paris, which is owner of the channel and of his banks, in dialog with the inhabitants, but also in partnership with the Département and the Area Île-de-France because it constitutes a major axis of soft connections on a territory scale.

A town of culture

To live Aubervilliers, it is to benefit from cultural equipment of quality, with programming taken along by places of famous (inter) national:

  • the Theater of the Commune, one of the first national dramatic centers established in suburbs for more than thirty years, has been recognized internationally. It is directed today by Didier Bezace (which received in 2005 two Molières, of which that of the setting in scene for the part the Version of Browning ).
  • Phenomenon noticed of this last decade, the equestrian theater Zingaro, with at its head Bartabas, established its camping with the Fort of Aubervilliers.

Lately in fact the Laboratoires of Aubervilliers and the Villa But from here came to enrich the cultural infrastructures by regional and national fame. The cinema is also with the honor thanks to the room of art and test of the Studio which presents, in addition to its regular programs, a “Festival to wake up the glances”, for the young public.

Lastly, Aubervilliers lays out, in partnership with Courneuve, of an academy of music (with the statute of Conservatoire to regional radiation) with a score of musical disciplines and 1.400 pupils. A center of visual arts (Wrapped), a studio of recording and four libraries supplement this device.

The culture in Aubervilliers, it is a very rich and revealing associative fabric multiple cultural practices. The city also lives at the rate/rhythm of the festivals ( Banlieue Bleues , Villes of the Musics of the world , Festival to wake up the glances ).

Demography

Sources:

Administration

Administrative status

Aubervilliers is divided into two cantons:

List successive mayors

Monuments

  • Extremely of Aubervilliers
  • Church of Notre-Dame of the Virtues . This place of pilgrimage where a statue of the Virgin was venerated was built at the 15th century. The bell-tower goes back to 1541, under François 1 {{er}} and the frontage was altered in 1628 in the style Jesuit. The stained glasses, blown during the explosion, on March 15th, 1918, of the powder mill of the fort of Courneuve were remade by the workshop Charles Champigneulle. They are devoted to the miracles of Notre-Dame of the Virtues. The organ dates from the 17th century.
  • Tower the Villette

Personalities of the city

History

  • Henri IV, king de France, remained there during the head office of Paris.

  • Isaac de Lapeyrère, French writer, died there in 1676.

Policy

Culture

Music and sport

  • Marc Perrone, musician
  • Thomas Pitiot, singer
  • Fadila Belkebla, actress
  • Tandem, group of rap
  • Mac Tyer and Dontcha, rappeurs
  • the President of association Out-Tallies Khir-DIN Grid
  • Hocine Ben, slamor
  • Abou Diaby, footballer with Arsenal
  • Thierry Auriac, referee of professional football

Literature, song and cinema in Aubervilliers

Jacques Prévert devoted a long poem “Aubervilliers”, extracted the collection “Words”. He also wrote the comments of a film “Aubervilliers” (1945) carried out by Eli Lotar.

Jacques Sommer devoted a collection of poetry " The catch of Aubervilliers" with the Dumerchez editions.

Pierre Perret devoted a song to the city Salut the friend of Aubervilliers . Mireille Mathieu sang Christmas Of Aubervilliers . Michel Mallory composed the cow-boy of Aubervilliers .

Twinnings

Telecommunication

Aubervilliers was a heart of plate ADSL France Telecom, before the concept of plate is not abandoned.
  • area ADSL: IDF
  • plate: IDF-08
  • department: 93

Attended colleges and colleges

  • School Our-Lady-of-Virtues
  • School Kehilat Jew Ghne-But
  • College Diderot
  • Perished Gabriel College
  • College Jean Moulin
  • Walloon Henri College
  • College Rosa Luxemburg
  • Private College Saint-Joseph
  • general-purpose College D' Alembert
  • College of mainstream education and technological Le Corbusier
  • Vocational school Jean-Pierre Timbaud
  • College of mainstream education and technological Walloon Henri

See too

Related articles

External bonds

  • Official site of the Commune
  • Images of the stained glasses of the Notre-Dame church of the Virtues, on the parochial site.
  • History and arts in Aubervilliers
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