Montrouge

• the editors (Legislative editions, Bleucom, Campus Group, the editions John Libbey)
• thermal impression (Axiohm)
• telecommunications (Orange)
• the software firms

• the Bio-data processing (genomining)
• medical electronics (medical Ela which belongs to the Sorin group)
• pharmaceutical laboratories (Pfizer, Omega Pharma)

More and more of companies, of even international national fame, forsake their postal address montrougienne and choose a Cedex address of Paris 14, as their situation offers to them on the Boulevard Romain Roland:

• Cadbury France (Manufacture and marketing of confectionery)
• Pfizer (pharmaceutical laboratory)

Culture

The great Chime

Montrouge inaugurated the largest on February 26th, 2000 Carillon of the crown of Paris. It is in Régis Singer, bell ringer of its state, and to Jean-Louis Voiland, director of the vocal ensemble Stesso Tempo until in 2002, qu ' returned the honor to play of traditional works, of the traditional airs like some songs of variety. However, this chime had already resounded symbolically in the night from December 31st, 1999 to January 1st, 2000. Since March 10th, 2000, the chime is made hear twice a day. At midday, Drum of Jean-Philippe Branch (arrangement for chime and interpretation of Governed Singer). With 19:00, Ballade of Ferdinand Carulli (arrangement for chime and interpretation of Jean-Louis Voiland). Installed in the gangway external of the Belfry of the administrative center, enlightened the night, this electric chime includes/understands 27 bells. It thus bears the name of the mayors of Montrouge who followed one another since the first municipality, on February 7th, 1790. This action could be carried out thanks to the financial participation of three companies montrougiennes which engraved their logo in bronze: Rhône-Poulenc Roerer, CNEN EDF and SOFRES. The chime of Montrouge covers two octaves and half chromatic complete C 4 with F 6, except for D #4, of F #4 and the ground #4. The old bell of the clock was connected and integrated on a sound scale. The bells molten and were granted by the Cornille-Havard foundry of Villedieu-the-Stoves (Manche) and were installed by the Mamias company of Gagny (Seine-Saint-Denis). One can visit it at the time of the European Journées of the inheritance organized by the Minstère of the culture and the communication in September

• Festival of the Carriers: this festival points out the old limestone quarries. It takes place at the beginning of the autumn.

• Living room of contemporary art: create in 1955, this living room exposes works of contemporary artists of Europe.

Montrougiens famous

• Isabelle Arbona, Dancer and Choreographer, lives and works in Montrouge, assembled " the Danse" Workshop;
• the Workshop of Montrouge: celebrate workshop of architecture, often indicated by initial AtM, created by Jean Renaudie, Pierre Riboulet, Gerard Thurnauer and Jean-Louis Véret, credit between in November 1958 and 1983. It carries out in the city a crib like that the barracks of the firemen.
• Eugene Amaury Duval (1808-1885) ( Montrouge , 1808 - Paris, 1885), brilliance raises Ingres of which " Portrait of Isaure Chassériau" in 1838
• Rene Barthelemy (1889 - 1954), pioneer of the development of the television set within the research laboratory on television with the Company of the Meters in Montrouge. It ensured the first television program in France on April 14th 1931.
• Harry Baur (Henri known as), Montrouge 1880 - Paris 1943, Actor and actor
• Leon Bloy (1846 - 1917), Novelist and Essay writer, lived quoted Rondelet with Montrouge, where it undergoes the disappearance of a second wire
• Edouard Boubat, born September 13rd 1923, deceased in Montrouge on June 30th 1999, Photographe,
• Alexandre Boutique (1851 - 1923), Romancier, friend and close to Leon Bloy
• Emile Boutroux (1845 - 1921), philosopher, member of the French Academy.
• Gerard Brach (July 23rd 1927 with Montrouge - September 9th 2006 with Paris), Scenario writer
• Christine Charon (1948 -), known as Kiki Charon, former champion of swimming
• Jean-Roger Caussimon born on July 24th 1918 in Montrouge - died on October 20th 1985 with Paris, actor, Actor, Poet, and Singer Libertarian Type-setter .
• Pierre Collet (1914 with Montrouge, 1977 with Paris), Actor
• Michel Colucci (Coluche) (1944 - 1986), humorist. Born with Paris, its childhood in this popular residence passed.
• Jean-Claude Deret (1921 -), born Breitman, author, scenario writer, actor, realizer.
• Robert Doisneau (1912 - 1994), photographer. Born with Gentilly, in Montrouge in 1937 settles.
• Olivier Doran, Scenario writer, actor, Realizer. Former son-in-law of Maria Nowak, lived street Camille Pelletan of 1997 with 1999.
• Jacques Dynam (December 30th 1923 with Montrouge - November 11th 2004 with Paris), of his true name Bored Jacques, Actor
• Raymond Federman (1928 -), American writer.
• Andre Fougeron, (1913-1998), painter, lived and worked in Montrouge
• Gustave Fremont, (1872 - 1930) creative of Black Lion waxing
• Carole Gaessler, journalist on France 2 and France 5
• Théophile Gautier would have lived there in the avenue Verdier
• Jean Giraud (Moebius) (1938 -), draftsman and scenario writer of Cartoon.
• Jean-Jacques Goldman, (1951 -), author, type-setter and singer. Born with Paris, there most of its life passed and resides today at Marseilles.
• Piotr Kowalski (1927 - 2004), artist plastics technician. Born with Lvov, it settles in Montrouge in 1957.
• Octave Lapize (1887 - 1917), racing cyclist.
• Virginia Ledoyen, French actress, lives there since 2003.
• Fernand Leger (1881 - 1955) there lived, and there directed a school of painting.
• Jerome Lejeune, 1926 with Montrouge, 1994 with Paris, Biologist, discoverer of the Trisomy 21 and first president of the pontifical Academy for the Life
• Jano Merry (1930 -), of its true name Jean Mourier, dancer and “launcher” of the mode Be-bop in France
• Rene Metge, born on October 23rd 1941 in Montrouge, pilot
• Jacques Paul Migne (1800 - 1875), priest, first editor of mass, published most important collection of Latin and Greek texts of the fathers of the Church.
• Steve Wall, photographer born in the United States and living in Montrouge
• Ti Jack, Musicien, Guitariste and Arrangeur
• Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973), tried to comfort disappearance of Eva in a new workshop with Montrouge. He lived with Olga with 22, rue Victor Hugo in 1916
• Bernard Pivot (1935 -), journalist. Born with Lyon, since 2003 lives there. With left Montrouge in 2007.
• Auguste Ponsot, inventor of the Paper of Arménie with the pharmacist Henri Rivier, in a small laboratory of Montrouge
• Raoul Pugno (1852 - 1914), born with Montrouge, type-setter and pianist
• François Roy, montrougien, actor and type-setter of film musics
• Patrick Saussois (1954 -), Guitarist of Jazz. It organizes each year a night of the Jazz manouche with the theater of Montrouge.
• Claude Sautet (1924 - 2000), scenario writer and realizer French. Born in Montrouge.
• Sir Samuel, born Fabien Philetas, member of the group of rap Saïan Supa Crew.
• Nathalie Simon (1964 -), Ancienne veliplanchist and stimulating tele lived several years street Camille Pelletan. present the Chart to the treasures on France 3
• Sly the Mic Buddah, born Silvere Johnson, member of the group of rap Saïan Supa Crew.
• Evelyne Sullerot (1924 -), celebrates for its combat Féministe.
• Valentine Tessier (1892 - 1981), Actress, passes her childhood to Montrouge
• Guillaume Werle (1968), Sculpteur Belgo-Américain, lives and works in Montrouge. Husband of Isabelle Arbona.

Toponymy

The Toponymie of each Ville is interesting because, it reflects the homage of a Municipal council, at one moment of its history, towards local actors, nationals or events. It also leaves in doubt heritages of street names whose history has difficulties of remembering.

Starting from a city, one leaves and one arrives. And, sometimes, they are the names of communes bordering or the axes on directions (street of Arcueil, way of Arpajon, street of Bagneux which became which occurred Henri Ginoux, street of Gentilly) which is indicated.

Montrouge with the characteristic to pay homage to a great number of last town councilors:

• the mayors (Edmond Champeaux, street Louis-Lejeune, François Ory, Barthelemy Périer, Louis Roland, Hippolyte Mulin, Arthur Auger, Emile-Cresp place, avenue Henri Ginoux)

• city council men (Jules Gueudin died in 1883).

And, in a recent way, the city remembers time of the Old Mode, like the last lord in 1787, Claude Régnier de Guerchy, lieutenant and diplomat (place of Guerchy) or of the lord at the 18th century, Louis Phelypeaux, duke of Vallière (gone of Vallière).

The war of 1870 against the Prussian army, had effects on the commune because of presence of the fort of Montrouge in the vicinity in the commune of Arcueil (which occurred of the Fort). The Prussian army directed fire on the fort of Montrouge during 25 days. The losses were sensitive; a quarter of the manpower of under officers and soldiers was reached and the staff lost the lieutenant Saisset, killed by a shell in the evening of January 16th, 1870 (street Saisset). The lieutenant, Carvès, was wounded (street Carvès).

The political regime of IIIe republic followed. The municipal officials of the city granted a particular favor to him in particular with regard to the end of the 19th century. Indeed, this period is characterized by:

• the republican ideal (street Barbs)
• the free, laic and obligatory school (street Paul Bert, place Jules Ferry)
• freedom of the press (which occurred Leon Gambetta)
• the colonial policy (street of the Colonel Gillon)
• the Crisis boulangist (street Charles Floquet)
• Anarchistic violence (street Sadi Carnot)

The wars engraved the spirits. This is why one finds in Montrouge of the ways in commemoration of peace in his absolute direction (avenue of the Paix) or according to the member elect of the Nobel Prize of peace in 1926 (avenue Aristide Briand):

• of the First World War (street of November 11th, street Henri-Barbusse, avenue of the the Marne, avenue of Verdun)

• of the war of 1939 to 1945

• resistant (avenue Pierre-Brossolette, street and public garden Georges Bouzerait, public garden Jean Moulin, street Perished Gabriel, public garden Rol-Tanguy) the
• the combatants hero (place of the General Leclerc, General boulevard de Gaulle), public garden Charles-with Gaulle and/or died in the combat (street and public garden Maurice Arnoux)
• commemorative dates (place of May 8th)
• the cruelty inflicted with the human being (street Victor Basch)

The recall with the conflicts is still found with the public garden of the combatants of North Africa.

To pass through the streets of Montrouge, is not without waking up the evocation of many artists in particular on the literary level

• (street Henri Barbusse, street Boileau, villa Bossuet, street Chateaubriand, street Corneille, street Fénelon, street Théophile Gautier, college Maurice Genevoix, street Victor Hugo, street the Heather, street and public garden the Fountain, street Molière, street Edgar Quinet, street Racine, street De Sévigné, boulevard Romain Roland, street Rabelais )
• philosophical (street Descartes, street Victor Basch, street Pascal, avenue Emile Boutroux)
• musical (street Chopin, street Raoul Pugno)
• graphic:
• the posters (street Jules Chéret)
• painting (street Amaury Duval)
• photography (public garden Robert Doisneau)

Because of the industrialization of the commune at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century, the social base was popular. Also, there exist many streets of politicians of left (which occurred Aristide Briand, avenue Marx Dormoy, street Jules Guesde, avenue and place Jean Jaurès, street Camille Pelletan, street Gabriel Péri, school and public garden Renaudel, street Marcel Sembat, street Roger Salengro)

The commune of Montrouge congratulates work on large characters in fields very varied like:

• medicine and surgery (which occurred of the Doctor Lannelongue, street Pasteur)
• chemistry (street Marcellin Berthelot)
• physics (street Pierre Curie)
• the communication like the impression (street Gutemberg, passage Draeger) or television (street Barthelemy)
• givers of grounds to the commune for social causes:
• Old people's home by Madeleine Verdier (Verdier avenue)
• Project of a hospital (street Jules Gueudin)
• landowners (street Louis Radiguey, street German Dardan)
• the European opening (public garden Robert Schuman)
• the industrialists (passage Draeger, street and public garden George Messier)
• actors and whimsical (space Coluche)

Montrouge keeps in memory its past of market gardening (villa of the flowers, villa of the gardens, villa of the Orchards)

Certain ways of Montrouge still keep their share of mystery (street Auber, street Myrtill Beer, street Blanche, street Pierre-Boillaud, street Sylvine-Candas, street Chaintron, street Couprie, street Marie Debos, street Delerue, place of the United States, street Gossin, street Gueudin, street Guillot, street of the Henri Brothers, Villa Henriette, Isabelle villa, Joséphine villa, street Jewish Constant, Leblanc villa, Leger villa, villa Agénor-Placed, Montplaisir villa, street of Poitou, villa of the Lanes, street Saint-Albin, street Thalheimer)

Sites and monuments

• Architecture

• Sculpture

• Painting

• the great chime : Inaugurated on December 31st, 1999 at midnight, the chime is installed in the belfry of the Theater of Montrouge (Emile-Cresp place). Its twenty-seven bells bear the name of the mayors who followed one another the head of the City since 1790.
  Le chime sounds several times per day, in particular with 12:00 and 19:00. Concerts moreover are given there regularly, at the time of the Festival of the Music or the Days of the Inheritance for example.
• the canopy, located with 40-46 place Jules-Ferry by the painter and glass maker Louis Barrel in 1930
• Tympanum on the topic of the fables of the Fountain with 30-32 avenue Verdier, out of limestone, carved in 1897 on the building of a building whose author is anonymous, a 80 cm height for a width of 160 cm. A double animalist representation is present there, on a side the lion, the rat and the net; other the wolf and the stork with a double quotation: “One often needs smaller than oneself” and the other: “The wolves eat”

Cinema

• the Builders, 1938 of Jean Epstein
• Vécés were closed interior , 1976 of Patrice Leconte with Coluche, Jean Rochefort
• the Class of snow (1998) of Claude Miller, film preceded with the Cannes festival with the actor montrougien François Roy
• a secrecy (2006) of Claude Miller, with catches of sight in the room of the marriages of the town hall.
• Locked up outside (2006) of Albert Dupontel.

See too

• Bayard Presse will move in Montrouge for the summer 2008
• Accor Services France