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Commune of Ivry-sur-Seine |
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| Coordinates | 48°48′28″N 2°22′29″E / 48.80778°N 2.37472°E |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-de-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Créteil |
| Mayor | Pierre Gosnat |
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| Elevation | 28–68 m (92–223 ft) |
| Land area1 | 6.10 km2 (2.36 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 55,978 (2006) |
| - Density | 9,177 /km2 (23,770 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 94041/ 94200 |
| 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. | |
Ivry-sur-Seine is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.3 km (3.3 mi). (3.3 miles) from the center of Paris.
Paris's Chinatown, located in the 13th arrondissment the city which borders the commune of Ivry, has now spread to the northern parts of Ivry. Many overseas Chinese companies and Asian food warehouses are located in Ivry.[citation needed]
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Originally, Ivry-sur-Seine was called simply Ivry. The name Ivry comes from Medieval Latin Ivriacum or Ibriacum, perhaps meaning "estate of Eburius (the Latinized form of the Gallic patronym Eburos)", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
In 1897 the name of the commune officially became Ivry-sur-Seine (meaning "Ivry upon Seine"), in order to distinguish it from other communes of France also called Ivry.
On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, about a third of the commune of Ivry-sur-Seine was annexed to Paris, and now forms the Chinatown area of the 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Ivry-sur-Seine is perhaps most famous as the place of execution of Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry in March 1963. Richard Ellman also notes that James Joyce's daughter, Lucia, received psychiatric treatment in the commune's hospital in 1936 and was visited by both Joyce and Samuel Beckett.[1]
Fnac has its head office in the commune.[2] The head office moved there in 2008.[3]
Ivry-sur-Seine is served by two railway stations on the Paris Métro Line 7: Pierre Curie and Mairie d'Ivry.
The east of the commune is served by Ivry-sur-Seine station on Paris RER line C with stops at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the city centre.
Orly Airport is located to the south of Ivry-sur-Seine.
 Ivry RER Railway Station |
 Old Windmill near the 13th Arrondisement |
 Port à l'anglais Bridge |
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   | Ivry-sur-Seine city council website - Ville d'Ivry sur Seine |
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