Gagny

Gagny is a town of France, located in Île-de-France area, in the suburbs Is of Paris. Its inhabitants is the gabinien () S.

Geography

Gagny is a commune of the Seine-Saint-Denis (in the past Seine-et-Oise), located at 15 km in the East of Paris. It is surrounded of:

in the North-East: Montfermeil
in North: Clichy-sous-Bois
in the North-West: Raincy
in the West: Villemomble
in the South: Neuilly-sur-Marne
in South-east: Gournay-sur-Marne
in the East: Chelles (Seine-et-Marne)

History

The villa Ganniacum was stretched between the valley of the Marne and the slopes of Montfermeil, and belonged to Ganiaco or Gannios; At the 9th century, one named it Waniacus.

Priory founded at the 11th century by Adele of Champagne. Seigniory of Etienne de Gagny, husband of Beatrice of Montfermeil at the 13th century. This priory will perdura until in 1771, date of its suppression by the religious authority.

Gagny had several castles, of which most important, demolished in 1765, belonged to Dominique de Ferrari, Master of ordinary hotel of the king (1660). In this park, one could find the Saint-Hackney carriage source, which fed out of water the park of Raincy, at the end of the 18th century. " The castle of House - Rouge" , of style Louis XIII, was successively the property of Hocquart, Marquis de Montfermeil, then of Louis-Philippe, king of the French (1845), then Boué sisters, at the end of the 19th century. It was ransacked at the end of the Second world war.

During the revolution, the church after being closed down, was transformed into “Temple of the Reason”. Occupation by the Allied troops in 1814/1815, and also Prussian occupation in 1870. May 20th 1869, a small portion of the territory of Gagny was taken and associated with part of the territory of Livry-Gargan and also part of the territory of Clichy-sous-Bois, to create the commune of the Raincy.

Episode of the Taxis of the Marne during the First World War (1914-1918) the taxis requisitioned on Paris and its suburbs were gathered in front of the town hall, they were charged to take along the soldiers to the face (near Nanteuil-le-Haudouin) to push back the German offensive.

Demography

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Economy

The town of Gagny reached 36.715 inhabitants (17.618 men and 19.097 women) during the Recensement of 1999, the active population cash 18.027 people. On this active population, 14.680 inhabitants were paid, 1.231 followed an occupation on their account, 2.058 inhabitants sought an employment. Unemployment rate was relatively weak: 11,4%, against 14,1% for the district and 17,2% for the department. Among those which had an employment, a small minority, 2.158, worked in the commune; 13.753 left to work outside.

In edge of the Raincy, old careers where the Gypse since the 17th century was taken, are always visible. Exploitation of the plaster fine, known as " of Paris" , was principal industry gabinienne, until the Années 1950. The old Mussat careers ceased their activity in 1965. As of the end of the 19th century, in certain closed down careers, one cultivated there already cultivated mushrooms.

(Ex) careers of Gagny: career of Gypsum replaced by a great project of shopping mall

Transport

The commune is served by two stations of the RER: Gagny and Chénay - Gagny .

The city is also served by several lines of bus: , 623 and 604 Moreover, one municipal shuttle is availability of the travellers. It borrows two circuits: the route 1 which serves the southern part of the communal territory and route 2, north.

Environment

In 2002, the town of Gagny obtained 4 with the contest cities and flowered villages of France. Many parks and gardens can be visited:

the Aqueduct of Dhuys
the lake of the White House
the email of Chénay
the park of the castle of the White House
the park of Gustave Courbet
Ru Saint-Roch
the public garden of the place Foch
the public garden of the hills
ponds of Red House
the park of the Hotel-of-City
external spaces and plays

Administration

Famous characters

Residence of Antoine Chassepot, inventor of the rifle Chassepot. Taking care by the cylinder head, this rifle was largely used by the French Army.

Khalil Belhouari, boxer amateur heavy truck, participation in the championship of France 2000 have Macon.vice champion of Europe in 2003.

Manual Ferrara

Inheritance

Hotel-of-City (18th century): built in 1715 per Norman François, lawyer at the Parliament of Paris;

Taxis of the Marne (20th century): in 1984, the city acquired a G7 taxi of the time of 1914, stored with the municipal garage;

Old property Baschet (1887): property of Norman style, built by the editor Rene Baschet at the end of the XIXe century;

Castle of Montguichet (18th century): in 1950, Armand Marquiset offered the castle to the “Little brothers of the poor”;

Castle of White House (18th century): of style Louis XVI, it became a hotel in 1929;

Church Saint-Germain (19th century): built in 1839, starting from the plans of the architect Blondel diocesan. Today, it shelters a furnace bridge out of wooden, created by Jean-Rene Cruchet (1872), a mural fresco of Maurice Denis, " The Battle of Marne" (1920, and a statue of Jeanne d' Arc signed François-Raoul Larche (towards 1920).

Weapons of the city

Culture

The city places at the disposal of its inhabitants four cultural centres, which offer many spectacles throughout the year:

the Library municipal Media library Georges Perec
the Conservatory municipal François-Joseph Gossec
the municipal Theater Andre Malraux
the Cinema municipal Andre-Malraux

Teaching

Public education

nursery schools :

École the Fountain
École Louis Pasteur
École Jules Ferry
École Lamartine
École Victor Hugo
École Emile Dimensions
École Louise Michel
École Blaise Pascal
École Michel Montaigne

the elementary schools :

École Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
École Blaise Pascal
École Emile Dimensions
École Lavoisier
École Victor Hugo
École Paul Laguesse
École Louis Pasteur
École Charles Peguy
École Marius Morin

the colleges :

College Madam de Sévigné
College Pablo Neruda
College Theodore Monod

the colleges :

College Gustave Eiffel
College Jean-Baptiste Clement
Second Cape

Private education

Holy School Jeanne d' Arc
Association Merkaz Hatorah

Sport

The city shelters a training school Multi-Sports, offering many sports activities: body expression, Football, Gymnastic, Judo, Roller, Tae kwon C, Tennis, Table tennis and V.T.T

Health

For a few years, Gagny has sheltered an old people's home: The Cherry orchard; a medico-social center; a municipal center of health; a center of Radiology; and a Laboratory of medical analyzes. In 2006, the commune counted twenty-two Médecins general practitioners; blackjack specialist physicians; sixteen medical auxiliaries and thirteen Pharmacie S. the city is attached to the inter-commune Hôpital of Montfermeil.

Twinning

Worships

catholic Worship : the Church Holy-Therese (district of Chénay), the Church St-Germain (center town), the Parish Holy-Bernadette de Gagny;

Worship protesting : the Reformed Church of France;

Worship Jew : association consistoriale Jew and the religious Organization Jew Clichy/Monfermeil.

orthodoxe worship : Parish Saint-Seraph of Saroy.

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