Antony, Hauts-de-Seine

French commune|nomcommune=Antony

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mapcaption=Paris and inner ring départements
lat_long=coord|48|45|14|N|2|17|51|E|region:FR_type:city
région=Île-de-France
département=Hauts-de-Seine| arrondissement= Antony
canton=
insee=92002
cp=92160
maire=Jean-Yves Senant
mandat=since 2004| intercomm= Communauté d'agglomération
des Hauts de Bièvre
alt moy=74 m
alt mini=45
alt maxi=103 m
km²= 9.56
sans=
60,000
59,855
date-sans=2005 (estimate)
1999 census
dens=6276
date-dens=2005|

Antony is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.3 km. (7 miles) from the center of Paris. Antony is a sub-prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department and the seat of the Arrondissement of Antony.

Name

The name Antony was recorded for the first time in a royal charter of 829 as "Antoniacum", meaning "estate of Antonius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.

History

At the end of the Hundred Years' War, Antony counted around a hundred inhabitants.

Demographics

Immigration

France immigration
collectivity_name=Antony
census_year=1999
metropolitan_France=82.4
outside_metropolitan_France=17.6
overseas_France=1.6
foreign_French=3.8
EU-15=3.0
non-EU-15=9.2

Administration

Antony is the seat of the "Communauté d'agglomération des Hauts de Bièvre". The "Communauté" covers 7 communes, 5 in Hauts-de-Seine and two in Essonne "département":

The canton of Antony includes a part of the commune of Antony, the other part is in Bourg-la-Reine.

Transport

Antony is served by five stations on Paris RER line B: Parc de Sceaux, La Croix de Berny, Antony, Fontaine-Michalon, and Les Baconnets.

Antony station is an interchange station with the Orlyval, which carries passengers to Orly Airport.

Finally, Antony is also served by Chemin d'Antony station on Paris RER line C.

Sister cities

Antony is twinned with:

Miscellaneous

Antony was the birthplace of:
* Nicola Sirkis (born 1959) singer with the French band Indochine
* Agnès Jaoui (born 1964) screenwriter, film director and actress
* Laurent Lafforgue (born 1966), mathematician

ee also

* Orlyval

External links

* [http://www.ville-antony.fr/ Antony city council website] (in French)
* [http://parissud.wordpress.com Paris-Sud Community] (in English)