Coordinates: 48°54′16″N 2°18′23″E / 48.9044444444°N 2.30638888889°E
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Commune of Clichy |
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  Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine |
| Arrondissement | Nanterre |
| Canton | Clichy |
| Mayor | Gilles Catoire |
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| Land area1 | 3.08 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 58,957 (2006) |
| - Density | 19,142 /km2 (49,580 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 92024/ 92110 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Clichy (sometimes unofficially Clichy-la-Garenne) is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 6.4 km (4 miles) from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.
The headquarters of the L'Oréal Group, the world's leading company in cosmetics and beauty, Bic, one of the biggest pen producers in the world, and Sony France, the world's leading company in electronics and music, are located in Clichy.
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The name Clichy was recorded for the first time in the 6th century as Clippiacum, later corrupted into Clichiacum, meaning "estate of Cleppius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
In the 13th century, the plain of Clichy was used as a garenne (a word which gave English warren), i.e. a hunting park, a game preserve for the exclusive use of the king or a lord, and so Clichy became known as Clichy-la-Garenne ("Clichy the Warren").
Between 1793 and 1795, during the French Revolution, Clichy-la-Garenne was renamed Clichy-la-Patriote (meaning "Clichy the Patriot"), perhaps because the word garenne reminded of the feudal privileges abolished in 1789.
After the Revolution, the French administration officially recorded the name of the commune as Clichy only, dropping the "la-Garenne". This is still the case today. However, in many instances the municipality of Clichy refers to the commune as Clichy-la-Garenne, although this is not the official name.
Clichy was the capital of the Merovingians during the rule of Dagobert I.
In 1830, part of the territory of Clichy was detached and became the commune of Batignolles-Monceau. On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. Most of Batignolles-Monceau was annexed by the city of Paris, and now forms the major part of the 17th arrondissement of Paris, although a small part of the territory of Batignolles-Monceau was returned to Clichy.
On 11 January 1867, part of the territory of Clichy was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Neuilly-sur-Seine to create the commune of Levallois-Perret.
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The canton covers a part of the commune; the other is in the northern part of Levallois-Perret
Heidenheim, Germany (1959)
Sankt Pölten, Austria (1968)
Santo Tirso, Portugal (1991)
Rubí, Barcelona, Spain (2005)
Southwark, England, United Kingdom (2005)Clichy has a lot of low income housing, eight lane highways, and warehouses. Nils Klawitter of the Der Spiegel stated that Clichy is "barely visible on the edge of maps of the French capital" and that there are no postcards that depict the city as its contents "are hardly the stuff of tourist brochures."[1]
L'Oréal Group has its head office in a building referred to as the "Beauty Factory." Nils Klawitter of Der Spiegel said "the building, with its brown glazed façade of windows, is every bit as ugly as its neighborhood."[1] In addition, Monoprix has its head office in Clichy.[2]
At one time Fnac had its head office in Clichy.[3] In 2008 the head office moved to Ivry-sur-Seine.[4]
Clichy is served by Mairie de Clichy station on Paris Métro Line 13
It is also served by Clichy – Levallois station on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.
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