Ablon-sur-Seine (, literally Ablon on Seine) is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.
Ablon has been awarded one flower in the Concours des villes et villages fleuris ("towns and villages in bloom competition").Ablon-sur-Seine in the Competition for Towns and Villages in Bloom
Geography Ablon-sur-Seine is an urban commune located some to the south-east of the centre of Paris immediately to the east of Orly Airport.
As it is an urban commune there are numerous roads in the commune with the most important being the D266 going north to the Centre de Finances Publiques and the D29 / D246 / D2498 which run west to east along the south of the commune parallel with the Seine.
The main railway from the Gare d'Austerlitz to Bordeaux runs south-west through the commune, and Ablon station is served by regional express trains on (RER) Line C.Google Maps
The Seine river forms the whole southern border of the commune. The whole of the western border and the Seine are also the border between the Val-de-Marne and Essonne departments. There is no bridge from the commune across the Seine.
History Ablon-sur-Seine is situated 4 leagues from Paris, that is .
The earliest recorded forms of the name - Abluvium, Ablonium, Ablunum, Ablum - appear in Latin texts from the 13th century. The name Ablon likely derives from the Latin for alluvium. This refers to land formed by sediment deposits from a river’s current.https://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/ablon-lie-a-la-seine-pour-l-eternite-09-07-2007-2008193811.phphttps://www.ablon-sur-seine.fr/ma-ville/decouvrir-le-territoire/presentation-de-la-ville/histoire-et-patrimoine/
Henri IV, by the Edict of Nantes in March 1598, allowed Protestants to practice their faith outside the walls of Paris. He authorized the construction of a Protestant church at Ablons.Pierre-Joseph-Spiridion Dufey, Historical Dictionary of the Environs of Paris, Paris, Ch. Perrotin, 1825, p.1-2
There was a castle built in Ablon by Agnes Sorel and a Protestant church which was frequented until the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by the Reformed Parisians.
The economic activity Ablon has always been linked to the river but a cropping part of its economy was favoured by its loamy soils. It has been traditionally a residential commune, with the urban area mainly residential.
Heraldry
Administration List of Successive Mayors of Ablon-sur-SeineList of Mayors of France
From To Name Party Position 1790 1792 Jean Mathias 1800 1803 Marc Adrien Petit 1803 1817 Jean Mathias 1817 1826 Jacques Antoine de Chambarlhac 1826 François Basile Pochard 1826 1833 Jean Louis Alexis Legrand 1833 1837 Pierre Denis Geuffron 1837 1840 François Denis Mathias 1840 1852 Toussaint Chollet 1852 1855 Philippe Simon 1855 1865 Hippolyte Lechoppie 1865 1878 Joseph Claude Simon 1878 1881 Adolphe Moisset 1881 1904 Amédée Antoine Simon 1904 1907 Adrien Constant Marc 1907 1908 Henry Magnier 1908 1919 Alphonse Louis Maurice Herold 1919 1925 André Clément Hippolyte Mottu 1925 1929 Henri Magnier 1929 1941 Edouard Désiré Juvigny
Mayors from 1941
From To Name Party Position 1941 1944 Arsène Victor Arsicault 1944 1945 Edouard Désiré Juvigny 1945 1983 Alain Poher MRP Senator, President of the Senate (1968-1992), Interim President of France (1969 & 1974), President of Association of Mayors of France, President of the EU 1983 2008 Jean-Pierre Hermelin UMP 2008 2012 Dean-Louis CohenDeceased PS 2012 2014 Corinne Gorlier DVG 2014 2032 Éric Grillon DVD
Twinning
Ablon-sur-Seine has twinning associations with:National Commission for Decentralised cooperation Penkridge (United Kingdom) since 1986 Neubiberg (Germany) since 1975.
Population The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ablonais or Ablonaises in French.Le nom des habitants du 94 - Val-de-Marne, habitants.fr
Culture and heritage
Civil heritage The commune has many buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
A House at 16 Rue du Bac (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A House at 16ter Rue du Bac (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A House at 33bis Rue du Bac (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Station Cafe-Restaurant at 37 Rue du Bac (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Building at 42 Rue du Bac (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Boulangerie Pelloile at 35 Quai de la Baronne (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
A Building at 3 Place Chollet (1896)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Château Corpet at Sentier de la Courre aux Lièvres (1884)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A House at 15 Rue Edouard Juvigny (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Château at 5 Rue de l'Eglise (1348)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Château Magne at Rue d'Estienne d'Orves (1856)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Railway Station at Rue Gabriel Péri (20th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The War Memorial at Rue du Général de Gaulle (1922)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Cafe-Restaurant at 10 Rue du Général de Gaulle (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A House at 15 Place Henri Duru (1893)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Railway Station at Place de la Libération (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Weir with Lock at Quai Magné (1863)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Town Hall / Groupe Scolaire Pasteur School at 17 Rue du Maréchal Foch (1883)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Twinned Houses at 25-27 Rue Simon (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Pont du Diable (Devil's Bridge) at Route de Villeneuve (20th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Houses and Buildings (19th-20th centuries)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A House (20th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Ancient Town Remains (12th-20th centuries)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
Religious heritage The Parish Church of Our Lady of the Assumption (1842) is registered as an historical monument.Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
A Painting: Christ before the Sanhedrin (16th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Tombstone for Philippe de Douzonville (1458)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Ciborium (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Sunburst Monstrance (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Chalice with Paten (20th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Chalice with Paten (1) (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Painting: Descent from the Cross (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Painting: Saint Geneviève (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Painting: Jesus before the Sanhedrin (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Baptismal font (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Tombstone (15th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy
Education Public schools:"Vie scolaire." Ablon-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 10, 2016. Preschools: Ecole maternelle Marie Curie and Ecole maternelle Saint-Exupéry Elementary schools: Ecoles élémentaire Louis Pasteur A and Ecoles élémentaire Louis Pasteur B
Students in this commune are served by Collège Jean Macé (junior high school) and Collège / Lycée Georges Brassens (junior and senior high school), both in Villeneuve-le-Roi.
There is one private school called Sacré-Cœur (Sacred Heart), which serves preschool through junior high school.
Cultural events and festivals From 2001 to 2008, Ablon has organised various cultural events. An independent association, It was once Ablon, organised these events to enable people to experience the history of the town and its inhabitants arouse a community spirit in Ablon people. Some events have left their mark on the town including the grand historical rally with themes such as "Discovering neighbourhoods", "the old trades of Ablon", "a Castle Mystery", etc..
Other cultural activities include the festival "Your Neighbours Have Talent", which hosted painters, sculptors, photographers, and musicians from the region. This festival also hosted young artists from the National Conservatory of Paris, artists, and recent graduates from fine art schools.
Another event highly appreciated by all generations of the city was cyber-Ablon, organized over a whole weekend. This event allowed the even the oldest people to learn office skills such as Internet browsing, email, Word, Excel etc. and for younger ones to come together for network games.
For 8 March, the association proposed an event to mark the International Day of Women's Rights (films, exhibition of paintings and photographs, conferences etc.). The municipal council took this activity under consideration.
Dormant since 2008, the life of the association has been suspended.
Picture Gallery
Notable people linked to the commune Jacques-Antoine de Chambarlhac de Laubespin, born at Les Estables 2 August 1754, died in Paris 23 February 1826, a General of the Empire Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682-1749) owned a house in Ablon where she loved to come on holiday Alain Poher (1909-1996), former president of the Senate, born in Ablon he was Mayor from 1946 to 1983
See also Communes of the Val-de-Marne department
References
External links Ablon-sur-Seine official website Ablon-sur-Seine on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Ablon on the 1750 Cassini Map