Vitry-sur-Seine

French commune|nomcommune=Vitry-sur-Seine
's Museum of Contemporary Art
located in Vitry.

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région=Île-de-France
département=Val-de-Marne| arrondissement= Créteil
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cp=94400
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intercomm="none as of 2005"
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km²= 11.67
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82,100
78,908
date-sans=Jan. 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census|dens= 7,035|date-dens=2005|

Vitry-sur-Seine is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 7.5 km. (4.7 miles) from the center of Paris.

Name

Vitry-sur-Seine was originally called simply Vitry. The name Vitry comes from Medieval Latin "Vitriacum", and before that "Victoriacum", meaning "estate of Victorius", a Gallo-Roman landowner. In 1897 the name of the commune officially became Vitry-sur-Seine (meaning "Vitry upon Seine"), in order to distinguish it from other communes of France also called Vitry.

This city is also known as being the capital of robbing and break-ins in France.A lot rappers come from this city known as being the capital of the hardcore rap.This city made a lot speak about her in 2002 after the murder of a lively burned girl.This event gave birth to the association " Ni putes, Ni soumises ".This Association Help Women living in ghettoes everywhere in France.

Points of interest

* Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne

Transport

*Vitry-sur-Seine is served by two stations on Paris RER line C: Vitry-sur-Seine and Les Ardoines.

*Orly Airport is located near Vitry-sur-Seine.

Demographics

Immigration

France immigration
collectivity_name=Vitry-sur-Seine
census_year=1999
metropolitan_France=72.9
outside_metropolitan_France=27.1
overseas_France=2.7
foreign_French=2.7
EU-15=5.9
non-EU-15=15.8

Twin Town

Vitry-sur-Seine is twinned with:

*flagicon|UK Burnley ("since 1958")

Famous People

*Jimmy Briand, Footballer
*113, Rapper
*Pierre Châtelain-Tailhade, journalist
*Raymond Cordy, Actor
*Roger Derry, Priest, was in the french resistance which was decapitated in 1943
*Daniel Duval, Film director
*Gravité Zéro : James Delleck, Rappers.
*Jérémy Menez, Footballer
*Rohff, Rapper
*Mafia K'1 Fry, Rapper (Group)
*Ikbal Vocal, Rapper (Rohff's brother)
*Mc Alain de l'ombre, Rapper
*Sixcoups Mc, Rapper
*Zesau, Rapper
*Rappeur d'instinct, Rapper (MEH, RLF, Maoss, Sixcoups MC)
*Issa, Rapper
*11-43, Rapper (Group)
*John Gali, Rapper

External links

* [http://www.mairie-vitry94.fr/ Official website]
* [http://parissud.wordpress.com Paris-Sud Community] (in English)