Coordinates: 48°45′14″N 2°17′51″E / 48.75389, 2.2975
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
Place of birth of residents of Antony in 1999
| Born in Metropolitan France |
Born outside Metropolitan France |
| 82.4% |
17.6% |
Born in
Overseas France |
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ |
EU-15 immigrants² |
Non-EU-15 immigrants |
| 1.6% |
3.8% |
3.0% |
9.2% |
¹This group is made up largely of pieds-noirs from Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), and to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. Note that a foreign country is understood as a country not part of France as of 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.
² An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. |
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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:
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Eleftheroupolis, Greece |
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Collegno, Italy |
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Turin, Italy |
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Lewisham, England, UK |
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Sderot, Israel |
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Hammam-Lif, Tunisia |
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Protvino, Russia |
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Olomouc, Czech Republic |
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Lexington, Massachusetts, USA |
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Reinickendorf, Germany |
Miscellaneous
Antony was the birthplace of:
See also
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