Gennevilliers

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Gennevilliers
Gennevilliers Coat of Arms
Gennevilliers (France)
Gennevilliers
region Île-de-France
Department Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement Nanterre
Canton Capital of 2 cantons
Community association Métropole du Grand Paris and
Boucle Nord de Seine
Coordinates 48 ° 56 '  N , 2 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '  N , 2 ° 18'  E
height 21-33 m
surface 11.64 km 2
Residents 46,907 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 4,030 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 92230
INSEE code 92036
Website www.ville-gennevilliers.fr

Gennevilliers is a French city ​​with 46,907 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) on the Seine north-west of Paris . It belongs to the Hauts-de-Seine department in the Île-de-France region . The inhabitants are called Gennevillois .

Gennevilliers is the northernmost commune of the Hauts-de-Seine department.

history

In the area of ​​Gennevilliers traces of the first settlement from the Neolithic Age could be found. Celtic, Roman and Merovingian coin finds also show continuous settlement at this point. The Seine played an essential role in the development of Gennevilliers over the centuries. Agriculture, cattle breeding, fishing and hunting formed the economic basis. Until the establishment of its own parish in 1302, the area of ​​Gennevilliers belonged to Asnières .

In 1740 and 1910 Gennevilliers was badly damaged by floods after dam breaches. In 1746 the Duke of Richelieu had a castle built here by Servandoni. There he received Maria Leszczyńska , Louis XV. and Madame de Pompadour to hunting parties in the nearby woods. The first private performance of the comedy Le mariage de Figaro (Figaro's wedding) by Beaumarchais took place in the country house of the Count of Vaudreuil on September 27, 1783 .

At the end of the 19th century, numerous impressionists ( Cézanne , Claude Monet , Berthe Morisot , Renoir and Alfred Sisley ) visited Gennevilliers, where the Manet family owned property and the painter Caillebotte lived. Here, as in the Argenteuil opposite , many of her works were created.

The industrial development of Gennevilliers only began at the beginning of the twentieth century. When it was connected to the railway network in 1909, Gennevilliers became the industrial center of the region. Suppliers to the automotive industry in particular settled here. In the 1920s and 1930s, the rather rural community transformed into a workers' town, with an influx of people from all over France and North Africa. Today the independent municipality has merged with Paris as a suburb.

economy

Inland port of Gennevilliers

Due to the good infrastructure and the proximity to the French capital, Gennevilliers is an important industrial center in the region. It is the location of the largest inland port in Île-de-France . Goods handled include vehicles, machines, coal, petroleum products, waste, ores, steel and agricultural products. Gennevilliers is home to Prisma Media , one of the largest magazine publishers in France.

traffic

Gennevilliers is one of the northern terminus of line 13 of the Paris metro and line 1 of the Paris tram .

Town twinning

Personalities

Gennevilliers in painting

  • Paul Signac: Road to Gennevilliers

  • Claude Monet: Sailboat in Le-Petit-Gennevilliers

  • Berthe Morisot wheat field near Gennevilliers

  • Claude Monet: The Seine at Petit Gennevilliers

  • Gustave Caillebotte: Richard Gallo and his dog in Petit Gennevilliers

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Hauts-de-Seine. Flohic Éditions, 2nd edition, Charenton-le-Pont 1993, ISBN 2-908958-95-3 , pp. 202-211.

Web links

Commons : Gennevilliers  - collection of images, videos and audio files