Chevilly-Larue

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Located in the Valley-of-Marne, on the plate of Longboyau, at 10 km of Paris Notre-Dame, 6 km of the Door of Italy, at the confluence of Main road 7 and Main road 186.

Chevilly-Larue accommodates on its territory two thirds of the food primary market the large one of the world, the MIN, the last third being on the town of Rungis. The world leader of cosmetics, L'Oreal, chose to establish his international research center to with it. One of the leaders in engineering and technical studies, Thalès, is also present there since 1995. Chevilly-Larue is with a encablure of the international airport of Orly, larger shopping mall of Europe, Belle Spine, European zone of Senia activity, international park of Silic businesses, and European platform of Sogaris logistics.

Communes bordering: the Haÿ-the-Pinks, Fresnes, Rungis, Thiais and Vitry-sur-Seine.

History

Origin of the name

Chevilly-Larue took the name of the two old villages located in the commune. Chevilly, in Latin " Civiliacum" , its name would have with the " villa" (agricultural domain) of a Gallo-Roman probably named Civilis. The hamlet of " The ruelle" , then " Rue" , finally " Larue" , car its name of the way of " Lay" (Haÿ) in Fresnes along which it was founded at the end of the One hundred year old War. The commune bore the name of its chief town, Chevilly, until the decree of September 5th, 1920 which changes its name into Chevilly-Larue, which distinguishes it from Chevilly in Loiret.

Of prehistory to the Revolution

Inhabited as of the paleolithic time, the commune of Chevilly-Larue has many archaeological vestiges (weapons, tools, flint…). First mention of Chevilly (" Civiliacum ") appears into 829 in the act of division of the respective goods of the bishop of Paris and his canons forming the Chapter of Notre-Dame, lord of Chevilly. Following the destruction of the first church towards 850-900, the canons undertake his rebuilding; the church Holy-Dove will be completed in XVe century.

With the Middle Ages, the territory is a vast grain-bearing land considered for its annual fair which was held on the place of the church the day of the Holy-Dove, last Sunday of July. Of all the close parishes converged towards Holy-Dove of the ways and paths (certain streets always bearing its name), on which the pilgrims walked on.

In the middle of XIIe century, Louis VII founds a convent with the locality " Saussaye" ; until about 1500, it is a maladrery for the women of the royal house reached of leprosy. The convent was used as prison with a royal princess of 1742 with her death in 1760. The convent is closed in 1769. Then, there is nothing any more with the Willow plantation but one large farm (with the site of the L'Oreal center).

In 1709, the parish of Chevilly counts approximately 250 inhabitants (manpower which will remain stable until the middle of the XIXe century). It includes/understands the small borough of Chevilly around the church and two variations: the hamlet of " The Street " and " brood it; Saussaye ". The reign of Louis XV brings a certain prosperity; gentilhommières are built in Chevilly and Larue; " handing-over " of hunting (enclosed with game) are arranged. Thoinard de Jouy, cousin of Madam de Pompadour, luxuriously ornaments the old large farm of the Chapter and makes build in the park a hunting lodge which the king inaugurates in 1760 (the old road of Choisy-the-King in Versailles passing then by Chevilly), but that causes its bankruptcy. Its creditors rent the property with prince de Monaco of 1762 to 1767. Negotiations relating to the abdication of Napoleon 1st will proceed in the " castle " of Chevilly April 4th and 5th 1814.

In 1758, the princely family of Rohan-Guéménée acquires the field of opposite (with the site the Saint-Michel monastery) and will resell it in 1781, after the death of the princess dowager of Rohan-Guéménée on August 20th, 1780 with Chevilly. Following the edict of June 25th, 1787, the parishes of Chevilly and " Lay " (Haÿ) are joined together in only one municipality; thus a common register of grievances is written on April 14th, 1789. The law of December 14th, 1789 creates the communes, but it is only on March 17th, 1793 that the two old parishes are set up in distinct communes. During the Revolution, the grounds of the Chapter of Notre-Dame, parish and congregations religious are confiscated and resold like national goods with rich person commoners (postmaster, bankers, great landowners) who acquire also the fields of the gentilhommières.

Of the two rural villages at the suburban town

At the beginning of the XIXe century, some seedbeds are planted by merchants of trees of Vitry. The marquis de Cubières, agronomist and naturalist, frequently remains in his country house to Larue between 1805 and his death in 1821. In 1846, a first town hall is built in Larue, but it is not that in 1863 qu' a school is created there, in addition to the old school of Chevilly. Between 1845 and 1858, the painter animalist Rosa Bonheur remains several times at Chevilly, where it finds many subjects of inspiration.

In 1864, the Congregation of the Holy Spirit founds its seminar in the old field of Thoinard de Jouy. During the war of 1870-1871, the head office of Paris obliges the population to take refuge in Paris. September 30th, 1870, of the fierce combats take place with Chevilly between the French coming from Villejuif and the Prussians cut off in the park from the seminar. This same park is used as framework with the one of first experiments of radio contact (TSF) with average outdistances between Chevilly and the Eiffel tower, by Edouard Branly, at the end of the century.

In 1895, by convenience and in order to alleviate the old competition opposing Chevilly and Larue, in particular in connection with the site of new town hall-schools, this building is finally built halfway of the two villages, close to the new open cemetery in 1860; a town hall will be joined to him in 1965, in the place of the first village hall, opened in 1902. The common one counts 832 inhabitants in 1901.

In 1903, the orphanage open to Larue in 1875 yields the place to a sanatorium, today center of pneumology. In 1906-1907, the Sisters of Our-Lady-of-Charity build in Chevilly the monastery Saint-Michel, counterpart of their old Parisian building; it currently shelters, within the framework of the Union Our-Lady-of-Charity, a religious community, an old people's home (Saint-Jean-Eudes), a center of observation and rehabilitation (HORN) and social housing managed by association " The Talents ".

In 1906, two brickyards, Lafontaine and Bohy, settle in the west of the commune; their activity will last respectively until 1935 and 1966.

The war memorial is inaugurated beside the town hall on November 16th, 1924; it will be transferred in 1986 on the place from the church.

In 1931, Antoine Ferracci, remaining with 101 route de Rungis, mechanic-chief of the Pamir group of the " Yellow Cruising " Citroen, crosses for the first time the Himalayas out of caterpillar tractor. The electric switchyard, whose origin goes back to 1923, undergoes an air raid on October 3rd, 1943; part of the lines with high voltage will be hidden in 1997.

Of the engagements takes place to the Release on August 24th, 1944

The fields, the seedbeds and the cultures floral and market-gardening leave little by little the place, as of the years 1920, with private housing estates, then, mainly between 1955 and 1975, with whole of multifamily apartments and zones of activity. The population passes thus from 3.861 inhabitants in 1954 to 17.867 in 1975. The Lancôme factory is inaugurated on June 20th, 1962; it is currently a L'Oreal research center. On March 2nd and 3rd 1969, the Market of National interest (MIN) is open known as " of Rungis" , 55% of the surface occupy all one the central third of the territory of the commune of Chevilly-Larue, already crossed into two by the highway of the south (open in 1960 and duplicated in 1970-1971) and by the aqueduct of the Valve and Lunain, which, since the construction of the MIN, passes under the Eastern edge of the highway influence, in the west of the old layout; the aqueduct of the Valve had been brought into service in 1876 and that of Loing (with which it is coupled) in 1900.

The urbanization of the commune is completed by the ZAC Petite Brittany, launched in 1987 (on grounds initially reserved for the passage of the highway A 86, whose city obtained the displacement of the layout by decree of May 16th, 1984) and by the realization of the heart of city. Since the first festival of the storytellers organized in March 1980, Chevilly-Larue became " the city of the conte" ; association " The House of Conte" , founded in 1993, settled in 1999 in the old property of the sculptor Morice Lipsi. The city is cut out in five districts, since the creation of the district committees, on October 10th, 1996.

To discover the historical heritage of Chevilly-Larue

The church Holy-Dove is one of oldest of Ile-de-France. Its gate built around the year millet, its form characteristic of barn, its nave of XIe century, its chorus of XIIe century, its vault under the bell-tower of XVe century, have made of it the witness of the life of Chevillais for more than 1.000 years. The church Holy-Dove can be visited second Sundays of each month from 15 to 5 p.m. (except during school vacations).

Amateurs of history, do not miss the guided visits and with accompanying notes city, organized each year in September at the time of the days of inheritance. It is the occasion to redécouvrir the old man Chevilly, the place of the church, the street Henri-Cretté, the seminar of the Holy Spirit (in particular its hunting lodge of 1760 and its large vault set up of 1928 to 1938).

Culture, sports, leisures

Chevilly-Larue, it is the beauty of a small village of as lately as yesterday preserved: to the foot of sound church Holy-Dove of XIIe century , the paved lanes of the old center lead the walker to the Saint-Michel monastery, or the seminar of the fathers of the Holy Spirit with his rich secular library several hundreds of books and black books of a great scarcity. the house of the Tale , of European scale, accommodates all the year of the magicians of the word come from the four corners of the world; it close with the Hospital to pneumology whose team, under the direction of Doctor Homasson, signed some of the largest medical projections in the field.

With the liking of the districts, of the green areas is nested a little everywhere and a large park, managed by the General advice of the Valley-of-Marne, develops on 10 ha in the Brittany district.

Active city of outskirts of the city, it has a swimming pool, four gymnasia, a park of the sports, an arts center with theater, two academies (music and dance, visual arts) and the media library Boris Vian.

Transport

Served by eight lines of bus of north in the south and of is in west, among which Noctilien and the the Trans-Valley-of-Marne (TVM) , themselves connected to the subway, with the RER has, B, C. Supplemented by a municipal bus intramurally the Dove , the city allows its 18.288 Chevillaises and Chevillais to join any point of in the public transport. A reality with ecological dimension which made him deserve the Grand Prix of the environment 2002 of the District council, decreed for the quality of its environmental policy: fleurissement, reduction of pollution, the harmful effects, etc, and also for its the network of geothermics, most important of Europe (managed by Semhach).

The arrival of the tram Villejuif/Chevilly-Larue/Orly/Juvisy, whose first blow of pickaxe is envisaged in 2008 to connect initially, will contribute to this ecological effort while supporting the service road of proximity of the airport and the zones of activities.

External bonds

Official site
Club of Volley ball of the Dash of Chevilly-Larue
the DASH - general sports Club of Chevilly-Larue
Christian Hervy, Mayor of Chevilly-Larue, General adviser of the Valley-of-Marne, dialog on line.

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