Maisons-Alfort

Name

Originally, Maisons-Alfort was called simply Maisons. The name Maisons comes from Medieval Latin Mansiones, meaning "the houses".

At 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 was settled several centuries later in the manor and its estate.

History

On 1 April 1885, 40% of the territory of Maisons-Alfort was detached and became the commune of Alfortville.

The Hôtel de Ville was officially opened in 1896.

In 1905, Buffalo Bill stayed two months in Maisons-Alfort while his famous Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show performed in Paris.

September 1944 explosion

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 southeast Belgium by Lehr und Versuchsbatterie 444. This 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.

Demographics

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.

| graph-pos = bottom |1793 |1077 |1800 |807 |1806 |900 |1821 |615 |1831 |1257 |1836 |1515 |1841 |1892 |1846 |1590 |1851 |1812 |1856 |2317 |1861 |3748 |1866 |4049 |1872 |5890 |1876 |7619 |1881 |9174 |1886 |7034 |1891 |7853 |1896 |9479 |1901 |10547 |1906 |13409 |1911 |16466 |1921 |20997 |1926 |25108 |1931 |31012 |1936 |34384 |1946 |36485 |1954 |40358 |1962 |51186 |1968 |53149 |1975 |54146 |1982 |51065 |1990 |53375 |1999 |51103 |2007 |53085 |2012 |54186 |2017 |55655

Immigration

|EU-15=3.1 |non-EU-15=8.8

Administration

Maisons-Alfort is part of the arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne. It is the only commune of the canton of Maisons-Alfort.

Points of interest

• École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort
• Fort de Charenton
• Jardin botanique de l'École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort
• Musée Fragonard d'Alfort
• Château de Réghat

Education

The commune has:

• 13 public preschools (écoles maternelles)
• 12 public elementary schools
• Three private preschools and elementary schools: Ecole Privée Notre-Dame, Ecole et collège Privée Sainte-Thérèse
• Four public junior high schools: Collège Condorcet, Collège Edouard Herriot, Collège Jules Ferry, Collège Nicolas de Staël
• One private elementary and junior high school, Ecole et collège Privée Sainte-Thérèse
• Two public senior high schools/sixth-form colleges: Lycée Eugène Delacroix and Lycée Professionnel Paul Bert

Personalities

• Tariq Abdul-Wahad, basketball player
• Thomas N'Gijol, comedian
• Ladjie Soukouna, footballer
• Nicole Tourneur, novelist

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Maisons-Alfort is twinned with Moers in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Transport

Maisons-Alfort is served by three stations on Paris Métro Line 8: , , and .

It is also served by two stations on Paris RER D: and .

References

References

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2. Bournon, Fernand. (1903). "État des communes à la fin du XIXe siècle. Maisons-Alfort: notice historique et renseignements administratifs / publié sous les auspices du Conseil général". Département de la Seine. Direction des affaires départementales.
3. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/41583834@N03/4487289644 September 1944 V2]
4. [http://www.v2rocket.com/start/deployment/serooskerke-rijs.html Battery 444]
5. [https://books.google.com/books?id=7gMN_xitcNMC&pg=PT311 ''Target London: Under attack from the V-weapons during WWII'']
6. [https://cdg43.just1clic.net/maisons-alfort/un-missile-secrase-a-maisons-alfort/ Maisons-Alfort V2 attack in September 1944]
7. {{Cassini-Ehess. 20721. Maisons-Alfort
8. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-94046#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE.
9. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/94046-maisons-alfort Commune de Maisons-Alfort (94046)], INSEE.
10. "[http://www.maisons-alfort.fr/famille-et-education/vie-scolaire-et-periscolaire/les-ecoles Les écoles à Maisons-Alfort] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-05-02 ." Maisons-Alfort. Retrieved on 6 September 2016.)