Charenton-le-Pont
Charenton-le-Pont | |
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  Charenton-le-Pont Paris and inner ring departments | |
| Coordinates: 48°49′35″N 2°24′18″E / 48.8265°N 2.405°ECoordinates: 48°49′35″N 2°24′18″E / 48.8265°N 2.405°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-de-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Nogent-sur-Marne |
| Canton | Charenton-le-Pont |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Hervé Gicquel |
| Area 1 | 1.85 km2 (0.71 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 30,053 |
| • Density | 16,000/km2 (42,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 94018 /94220 |
| Elevation | 28–57 m (92–187 ft) (avg. 36 m or 118 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Charenton-le-Pont (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁɑ̃tɔ̃ lə pɔ̃] (
listen)) is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 6.2 km (3.9 mi) from the centre of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.
The Charenton Psychiatric Hospital is located in the neighbouring commune Charenton-Saint-Maurice, which changed its name in 1842 to Saint Maurice.
Charenton shares the association football club CA Paris-Charenton with nearby town Maisons-Alfort. They play in all red with blue shorts. They are a merger between CA Paris (founded in 1892), who won the , were second place in the , played in the first two seasons of Ligue 1, and then played in Ligue 2 until 1963, and SO Charentonnais (founded in 1904). The two merged in 1964. The club is chaired by Oscar Gonçalves. They mainly play at the in Charenton, but also play many matches at the Stade Charentonneau in Maisons-Alfort.
History[]
A Bronze Age hoard of weapons was found in the river Seine at Charenton in the late nineteenth century. Comprising swords, axes, spearheads and other miscellaneous objects, it is now in the British Museum.[2]
On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighbouring communes. On that occasion, half of the commune of Bercy was annexed to the city of the Paris, and the remaining half was annexed to Charenton-le-Pont.
In 1929, the commune of Charenton-le-Pont lost about a third of its territory when the city of Paris annexed the Bois de Vincennes, a small part of which belonged to Charenton-le-Pont.
Population[]
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Transport[]
Charenton-le-Pont is served by two stations on Paris Métro Line 8: Liberté and Charenton — Écoles.
Education[]
As of 2015 the commune has 14 public and private schools.[5]
- Public preschools (écoles maternelles): 4 vents, Cerisae, Champ des Alouettes, Conflans, Port au Lions, and Valmy
- Public elementary schools: Briand A, Briand B, Desnos, Pasteur, and Valmy
- Collège la Cerisaie (junior high school)
- (public senior high school/sixth-form college)
- (private school, elementary through senior high school/sixth form college)
Twin towns - Sister cities[]
Charenton-le-Pont is twinned with:
Borgo Val di Taro, Emilia Romagna, Italy
Büren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, United Kingdom[6][7]- Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany
Zikhron Ya'akov, Haifa District, Israel
Economy[]
- Essilor, headquarters
- Natixis, the bank has three sites (Liberté 1, Liberté 2 et Bercy) with around 5,000 people
- Crédit Foncier de France, headquarters at 4 quai de Bercy
- Porto Cruz, plant and distribution platform
See also[]
- Communes of the Val-de-Marne department
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ British Museum Collection
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Charenton-le-Pont, EHESS. (in French)
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Les établissements scolaires de Charenton." Charenton. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ "British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- ^ "Trowbridge - Market town twins with Arab city". BBC News. BBC News Channel. 2006-10-03. Archived from the original on 2006-10-13. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
External links[]
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- . Encyclopædia Britannica. 5 (11th ed.). 1911.
- Charenton-le-Pont city council website (in French)
- Historical notes (in French)
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- Communes of Val-de-Marne