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27-522: The Clichy affair was a French trial that took place in August 1891. The trial resulted from the shooting, arrest, and beating by police of three anarchists, at a confrontation in Clichy on May 1, 1891, which was the first French, and international, celebration of International Workers' Day . Two of the three anarchists arrested were convicted and given harsh sentences. About thirty demonstrators improvised

54-499: A bullet. As soon as they arrived at the police station, they each suffered a violent beating. This caused a sensation among the anarchists. The three anarchists were charged with crimes for this incident. At their trial, on 28 August 1891, Advocate General Bulot demanded the death penalty against one of the defendants. At first overshadowed by the Fourmies Shooting , which happened the same day and killed nine demonstrators,

81-696: A foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. 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. Clockwise from the north: Levallois-Perret makes up the whole of the canton of Levallois-Perret . Alstom has its headquarters in Levallois-Perret. Speed Rabbit Pizza also has its headquarters in

108-595: A hunting park and game preserve for the exclusive use of the king or a lord. Clichy became known as Clichy-la-Garenne ("Clichy the Warren" or preserve). Between 1793 and 1795, during the French Revolution , Clichy-la-Garenne was renamed Clichy-la-Patriote (meaning "Clichy the Patriot"), perhaps because the word garenne reminded people of the feudal privileges that the new government abolished in 1789. After

135-433: A parade, with a red flag in front, from Levallois-Perret to Clichy. A little before three o'clock, after the flag was furled, and the demonstrators were dispersing, Police Commissioner Labussiere ordered the flag be confiscated. This is the incident which initiated the affair. Shots were exchanged and police officers were slightly injured. Three anarchists were immediately arrested, including Louis Leveille, himself wounded by

162-585: A part of the commune; the other is in the northern part of Levallois-Perret . Clichy is twinned with: L'Oréal Group has its head office in the Centre Eugène Schueller in Clichy. In addition, Monoprix has its head office in Clichy. Société Bic has its head office in Clichy. At one time Fnac had its head office in Clichy. In 2008 the head office moved to Ivry-sur-Seine . Amazon has its French Head Office in Clichy. Clichy

189-798: Is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department and Île-de-France region of north-central France. It lies on the right bank of the Seine , some 6 km (3.7 mi) from the centre of Paris in the north-western suburbs of the French capital. It is the most densely populated town in Europe and, together with neighbouring Neuilly-sur-Seine , one of the most expensive suburbs of Paris. The name Levallois-Perret comes from two housing developments, Champerret (started by landowner Jean-Jacques Perret in 1822) and Village Levallois (founded by developer Nicolas-Eugène Levallois in 1845), which resulted in

216-526: Is now the south-western part of Levallois-Perret. Landowner Jean-Jacques Perret initiated a number of housing developments in 1822 in the northeast of the commune of Neuilly-sur-Seine, in a place which soon came to be known as Champerret ("champ Perret": "Perret field") and would later give its name to a station on the Paris Métro. Later in 1845, Nicolas-Eugène Levallois began to develop housing on behalf of André Noël , who owned land near La Planchette (in

243-638: Is served by Mairie de Clichy station on Paris Métro Line 13 . It is also served by Clichy–Levallois station on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. The commune has 22 primary schools, three junior high schools, and two senior high schools. The junior highs include: The senior high schools are: (in French) Levallois-Perret Levallois-Perret ( French pronunciation: [ləvalwa pɛʁɛ] )

270-471: The Transilien Paris ;– Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. The municipality of Levallois-Perret operates two free bus lines circulating the town. Levallois Sporting Club is one of the most important sports club in France with 14500 members. Among them you can find notable sportsperson like Teddy Riner , Gauthier Grumier and Gévrise Émane . During his youth Didier Drogba played for

297-415: The 2010s is now known as Metropolitans 92 . The traditional coat of arms for the municipality puts emphasis on the importance of industry in its history. The centre of the arms consists of a shield with red background; a yellow gearwheel in the bottom left and a yellow perfume diffuser in the top right represent the mechanical and perfume industries. Three red bees , are depicted on a silver bend from

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324-524: The Revolution, the French administration officially recorded the name of the commune only as Clichy, dropping the "la-Garenne". This is the term in use in the 21st century. But, in many instances the municipality of Clichy refers to the commune traditionally as Clichy-la-Garenne, although this has not been the official name for more than 200 years. Clichy was the capital of the Merovingians during

351-477: The biggest pen producers in the world; Monoprix , a major French retail chain; as well as Sony France, a large electronics and media company. The name Clichy was recorded for the first time in the 6th century as Clippiacum , later corrupted into Clichiacum , meaning "estate of Cleppius", a Gallo-Roman landowner. In the 13th century, the plain of Clichy was used as a garenne ("warren" in English), i.e.

378-491: The commune of Clichy). The land developed by Levallois soon became known as the Village Levallois. In the 1860s, the village had grown to the point of forming a single built-up area and several requests were made to the authorities for the area to be incorporated as a commune. Eventually the requests were acceded to and on 30 June 1866 the commune of Levallois-Perret was eventually created by detaching that part of

405-574: The commune. EVA Air has its Paris office in Levallois-Perret. According to Le Journal du Net , the debt per inhabitant of Levallois is 9,030 euros, the French record. Saft Groupe S.A. , a subsidiary of Total S.A. in the battery manufacturing industry, is also based in Levallois-Perret. Previously, Carrefour had its head office in Levallois-Perret. Public preschools and elementary schools: Public preschools: Public elementary schools: Private preschools and elementary schools: Junior high schools (public junior high schools are operated by

432-399: The conglomerate Alstom . The northern part of the famous Île de la Jatte , in the river Seine, is where French impressionist painters created many of their masterpieces. Patrick Balkany had been the mayor of Levallois-Perret from 2001 until 2020. He was also mayor during the period 1983–95. The current mayor, elected in 2020, is Agnès Pottier-Dumas. An immigrant is a person born in

459-435: The department of Hauts-de-Seine): Senior high schools/sixth-form colleges (public high schools/sixth-form colleges are operated by the Île-de-France region ): Lycée Montalembert is in nearby Courbevoie Post-secondary: Levallois-Perret is served by three stations on Paris Métro Line 3 : Louise Michel , Anatole France , and Pont de Levallois – Bécon . It is also served by Clichy – Levallois station on

486-495: The establishment there of such companies as Clément-Bayard , Delage , and the coachbuilders Chapron and Faget & Varnet . Citroën purchased the Clément-Bayard factory and produced the famous Citroën 2CV there for nearly forty years. Levallois-Perret was also an important centre of the cosmetics industry in the early 20th century. It is also home to the large European commercial real estate company Atisreal and to

513-566: The football section, as Joakim Noah did in basketball before moving to the United States for high school and college play and eventually the NBA. LSC continues to operate teams in a wide variety of sports, but basketball is no longer among them. In 2007, the LSC basketball section merged with Paris Basket Racing , creating Paris-Levallois Basket, which after two name changes in the last half of

540-499: The incorporation of the commune. On the territory of what is now Levallois-Perret, before the French Revolution , stood the village of Villiers and the hamlet of Courcelles (or La Planchette). They now give their names to two Paris Métro stations. At the time of the creation of French communes during the French Revolution, they were part of the commune of Clichy , and the commune of Neuilly-sur-Seine extended over what

567-413: The new commune of Levallois-Perret . An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. 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. The canton covers

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594-516: The popular press had little interest in this trial. However it was followed with intense interest by anarchist newspapers. The anarchist newspaper, "La Révolte", highlighted the exemplary attitude of Henri Louis Decamps during his trial, as well as the violence suffered by his companions. Sébastien Faure published a booklet about this case, and the court proceedings, entitled The Anarchist in Assize Court . The acceptance of police brutality, by

621-423: The prosecutors, and courts, and the convictions of the anarchists, were seen as a provocation by anarchists. With the help of some companions, Ravachol decided to respond. He perpetrated two attacks against the magistrates (judges) who heard the case. Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine Located in Clichy are the headquarters of the L'Oréal Group , the world's largest company in cosmetics and beauty ; Bic , one of

648-446: The rule of Dagobert I . Its church was built in the 17th century under the direction of St Vincent de Paul , who had previously been curé of Clichy. In 1830, part of the territory of Clichy was detached and became the commune of Batignolles-Monceau. On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris annexed neighboring communes, taking most of Batignolles-Monceau, which now forms the major part of the 17th arrondissement of Paris . A small part of

675-511: The territory of Batignolles-Monceau was returned to Clichy. On 11 January 1867, part of the territory of Clichy was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Neuilly-sur-Seine to create the commune of Levallois-Perret . The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Clichy proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Clichy ceded the commune of Batignolles-Monceau in 1830, and reabsorbed part of it in 1859. In 1866 it ceded part of its territory to

702-524: The territory of Clichy on which the Village Levallois stood and merging it with that part of Neuilly-sur-Seine occupied by Champerret. The Eiffel company had its factory in the commune, and it was therefore in Levallois-Perret that the structures of both the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower were built. Levallois-Perret became an important centre of the early French automotive industry with

729-401: The top left to bottom right of the shield, these are another symbol of work in the city, beekeeping taking place at the île de la Jatte . The coat of arms also has a wreath at the bottom around the shield and three castles topping the shield; both in yellow. VILLE DE / LEVALLOIS – PERRET, is inscribed in black letters above the coat of arms. A cartoon-style bee is used in the modern emblem of

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