Alfortville

French commune|nomcommune=Alfortville

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mapcaption=Paris and inner ring départements
lat_long=coord|48|47|56|N|2|25|24|E|region:FR_type:city(36232)
région=Île-de-France
département=Val-de-Marne
arrondissement=Créteil
canton=Alfortville-Nord and Alfortville-Sud
insee=94002
cp=94140
maire=René Rouquet
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Plaine Centrale du Val-de-Marne
longitude=
latitude=
alt moy=32 m
alt mini=27
alt maxi=37 m
km²=3.67
sans=
42,800
36,232
date-sans=2005 estimate
1999 census
dens=11,662
date-dens=2005|

Alfortville is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 7.6 km. (4.7 miles) from the center of Paris.

History

The commune of Alfortville was created on April 1, 1885 by detaching its territory from the commune of Maisons-Alfort.

On May 3, 1984, the Armenian genocide memorial of Alfortville was bombed by a hit-team headed by Grey Wolves member Abdullah Catli and paid by the Turkish MIT intelligence agency [http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=150621 Ergenekon document reveals MİT’s assassination secrets] , "Today's Zaman", 19 August 2008 en icon] .

Transport

Alfortville is served by two stations on Paris RER line D: Maisons-Alfort – Alfortville and Le Vert de Maisons.

Alfortville is located at only 500 meters from the metro station Ecole vétérinaire de Maisons Alfort Paris metro line 8

Miscellaneous

Alfortville is twinned with:
* San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy since 1989
* Cantanhede, Portugal since 2000
* Oshakan, Armenia since 2001

There is also a twinning convention with the Armenian region of Ashtarak since 1993.

References

External links

* [http://www.mairie-alfortville.fr/ Official website] (in French)