Alfortville ( French pronunciation: [alfɔʁvil] ) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris , France . It is located 7.6 km (4.7 mi) from the center of Paris .
12-456: The commune of Alfortville was created on 1 April 1885 from part of the commune of Maisons-Alfort . Alfortville is served by two stations on Paris RER D : Maisons-Alfort–Alfortville and Le Vert de Maisons . Alfortville is located at only 500 meters from the metro station École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort on Paris Métro Line 8 . The Armenian community of Alfortville is very significant. The Armenian Apostolic Church , located south of
24-486: Is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris , France . It is located 7.6 km (4.7 mi) from the center of Paris . The commune of Alfortville was created on 1 April 1885 from part of the commune of Maisons-Alfort . Alfortville is served by two stations on Paris RER D : Maisons-Alfort–Alfortville and Le Vert de Maisons . Alfortville is located at only 500 meters from
36-678: Is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris , France . It is located 8.4 km (5.2 mi) from the center of Paris . Maisons-Alfort is famous as the location of the National Veterinary School of Alfort . The Fort de Charenton , constructed between 1841 and 1845, has since 1959 housed the Commandement des Écoles de la Gendarmerie Nationale . Originally, Maisons-Alfort was called simply Maisons. The name Maisons comes from Medieval Latin Mansiones , meaning "the houses". At
48-507: Is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. Maisons-Alfort is part of the arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne . It
60-590: Is the only commune of the canton of Maisons-Alfort . The commune has: Maisons-Alfort is twinned with Moers in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia . Maisons-Alfort is served by three stations on Paris Métro Line 8 : École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort , Maisons-Alfort–Stade , and Maisons-Alfort–Les Juilliottes . It is also served by two stations on Paris RER D : Maisons-Alfort–Alfortville and Le Vert de Maisons . Alfortville Alfortville ( French pronunciation: [alfɔʁvil] )
72-554: The Armenian city Ashtarak . After military clashes in the Armenian-populated breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops resumed in 2020, the city council of Alfortville unanimously voted to support the recognition of its independence under its Armenian name of Artsakh Republic, making it the first French city to do so. Public schools in the commune include: Private schools include: Alfortville
84-450: The city, is an important place for the Armenian community. There are streets named after Komitas Vartabed , Missak Manouchian , and the city of Yerevan. A roundabout has recently been named Place d'Achtarak after the Armenian city Ashtarak . After military clashes in the Armenian-populated breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops resumed in 2020, the city council of Alfortville unanimously voted to support
96-483: The creation of the commune during the French Revolution , the name of the hamlet of Alfort was joined with the name of Maisons. The name Alfort comes from the manor built there by Peter of Aigueblanche , Bishop of Hereford ( England ), in the middle of the 13th century. The name of this Manor of Hereford was corrupted into Harefort , then Hallefort , and eventually Alfort. The National Veterinary School of Alfort
108-409: The metro station École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort on Paris Métro Line 8 . The Armenian community of Alfortville is very significant. The Armenian Apostolic Church , located south of the city, is an important place for the Armenian community. There are streets named after Komitas Vartabed , Missak Manouchian , and the city of Yerevan. A roundabout has recently been named Place d'Achtarak after
120-433: The recognition of its independence under its Armenian name of Artsakh Republic, making it the first French city to do so. Public schools in the commune include: Private schools include: Alfortville is twinned with: This Val-de-Marne geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Maisons-Alfort Maisons-Alfort ( French pronunciation: [mɛzɔ̃ alfɔʁ] )
132-621: Was settled several centuries later in the manor and its estate. On 1 April 1885, 40% of the territory of Maisons-Alfort was detached and became the commune of Alfortville . In 1905, Buffalo Bill stayed two months in Maisons-Alfort while his famous Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show performed in Paris. At 8.39am on 8 September 1944 a V-2 rocket landed and killed six people at Charentonneau, launched from Petites-Tailles, near Houffalize , in south-east Belgium by Lehr und Versuchsbatterie 444 . This
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#1732851599046144-490: Was the first destruction caused by a V-2 rocket. Later that day, a V-2 rocket from Wassenaar in the Netherlands, launched by 485 Artillerie Abteilung at 6.37pm, would hit Staveley Road in west London. The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Maisons-Alfort proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Maisons-Alfort ceded the commune of Alfortville in 1885. An immigrant
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