Issy-les-Moulineaux ( French pronunciation: [isi le mulino] ) is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France, lying on the left bank of the river Seine . Its citizens are called Isséens in French. It is one of Paris's entrances and is located 6.6 km (4.1 mi) from Notre Dame Cathedral , which is considered Kilometre Zero in France. On 1 January 2010, Issy-les-Moulineaux became part of the Grand Paris Seine Ouest agglomeration community , which merged into the Métropole du Grand Paris in January 2016.
22-622: The Fondation Hamon affair was a French political scandal surrounding the Fondation Hamon, a project to build a modern art museum on île Saint-Germain at Issy-les-Moulineaux , later abandoned. The project was initiated by Jean Hamon , who had made his fortune in property development, and his gift to the Conseil général of Hauts-de-Seine of nearly 200 paintings and sculptures with a total value of 7.5 million Euros, stored at Hamon's castle at Bullion ( Yvelines ). That Conseil général
44-468: A luxury automobile manufacturing company named Avions Voisin in 1920. Most of Voisin's manufacturing facilities were then relocated in neighboring Issy-les-Moulineaux. Avions Voisin closed its doors in 1940. The last fixed wing flight occurred in 1953, after which the aerodrome handled only helicopters; it continues to do this, with the ICAO code LFPI. It is operated by Aéroports de Paris . An immigrant
66-816: 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. Since the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, Issy forms one canton: Canton of Issy-les-Moulineaux . PS (1969–1973) NC (2007–2012) UDI (since 2012) Deputy for Hauts-de-Seine's 10th constituency (1988–2001, 2002–2007, 2009–2017) General Councillor for
88-527: Is at the heart of the Val de Seine business district , the largest cluster of telecommunication and media businesses in France, hosting the headquarters of most major French TV networks. Issy-les-Moulineaux is a municipality located on the edge of the 15th arrondissement of Paris , along the main axis between Paris and Versailles , and on the left bank of the Seine . The town is situated 7.5 kilometers southwest of
110-541: Is served by two stations on Paris Métro Line 12 : Corentin Celton and Mairie d'Issy , two stations on Paris RER line C : Issy–Val de Seine and Issy and three stations on Île-de-France tramway Line 2 : Les Moulineaux, Jacques-Henri Lartigue and Issy–Val de Seine. Multiple RATP bus lines have stops or their arrival/departure station in the city. Multiple Vélib' and Autolib' stations allow subscribers of those services to share bicycles or electric cars. There
132-542: The Bourbon Restoration bought the monarchy back to France, the château was sold several times. The 19th century saw the addition of a dovecote , an orangery and of a building similar to the 17th-century "pavillon des bains". During the Paris Commune of 1871 , the château was bombed and left to burn. It stood in ruins for over forty years before being demolished in 1910. Later on, the town purchased
154-901: The Canton of Issy-les-Moulineaux-Ouest (2001–2002) Deputy mayor of Courbevoie (1971–1977) President of SEDIF (1983–present) President of the CC Arc de Seine (2003–2010) President of the surveillance council of the SGP (2010–2015) Vice-president of the Métropole du Grand Paris (2016–present) Eurosport , the Canal+ Group , Coca-Cola France, France 24 , Jet Solidaire, Microsoft France and Europe, Sodexo , Icade , Technicolor SA and Withings are based in Issy-les-Moulineaux. Issy-les-Moulineaux
176-464: The Hauts-de-Seine department of France, was a small French Baroque château on the outskirts of Paris. It was destroyed during the Paris Commune of 1871 . The small plot of land was bought in 1681 by the président à mortier Denis Talon, who commissioned the architect Pierre Bullet , a pupil of François Blondel , to design a small maison de plaisance . Denis Talon also commissioned
198-594: The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, the central point of France's road network, and 3 kilometers from the town hall of the 15th arrondissement. It is positioned 4 kilometers east of the sub-prefecture Boulogne-Billancourt and 11 kilometers southeast of the prefecture Nanterre . Within its territory, Issy-les-Moulineaux encompasses an island in the Seine: the Île Saint-Germain. Originally, Issy-les-Moulineaux
220-529: The Revolution of 1789 , when it was confiscated as biens nationaux . Louis François de Bourbon , the grandson of the Grand Conti , lost his beloved wife at the château. Louise Diane d'Orléans was the daughter of Philippe d'Orléans , the former Regent. She died in 1736, at the age of twenty, while giving birth to a stillborn child in 1736. After her death, her husband rarely used the property. When
242-628: The case in mid-2003. Also, Nicolas Sarkozy could also be involved in the affair, according to Libération , since the Conseil général continued to make such payments to Hamon for a year after Sarkozy became its president. The mixed syndicate has to pay expenses to Hamon until 2011. The foundation collapsed and its construction permit was cancelled after an appeal launched by ecologists and local residents. The affair began in May 2003 after Hamon's accountant confessed. The judge suspected him of having inflated
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#1732773168577264-445: The costs. Jean Hamon had received nearly 750,000 from public funds. Since mid-2003 several investigations into embezzlement of public funds were put in place by judge Nathalie Andreassian, particularly into politicians and civil servants of the Conseil général des Hauts-de-Seine. Issy-les-Moulineaux Issy-les-Moulineaux has successfully moved its economy from an old manufacturing base to high value-added service sectors and
286-523: The estate for the sum of 140,000 livres . The wealthy Prince du sang undertook many modifications, which are thought to have been carried out by Bullet. The Prince had the façades of the château redesigned and also had a small " pavillon des bains " built. By the time of the Prince's death in 1709, the whole estate had been completely updated. The estate remained the property of the Princes of Conti until
308-571: The landscape architect André Le Nôtre to construct a collection of fountains for the garden, while Pierre Desgots , Le Nôtre's brother-in-law, would carry out work on the park. At the time, Le Nôtre was undertaking modifications to the gardens of the Château de Meudon owned by the Grand Dauphin . Denis Talon died in 1698. The following year, on 4 February 1699, François Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Conti , known as le Grand Conti , bought
330-529: The last actions of the ' Hundred Days ' campaign and was the final attempt to defend Paris against the armies of the Seventh Coalition. The town was once the location of the Château d'Issy , destroyed in 1871, former home of the Princes of Conti . On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, about a third of the commune of Issy-les-Moulineaux
352-623: The late 19th century, an expansive field in Issy had been dedicated to military exercises. This land, owned by the French Army, was made into an airfield in the 1900s during the pioneering era of aviation . Issy-les-Moulineaux soon became a hot spot for aviation in France, the most active airfield in Paris, and the site of many flight experiments. Photographers, newspaper reporters and intelligence agents from other countries gathered there to report on developments. The airfield of Issy-les-Moulineaux
374-514: The site of the Church of Saint Stephen. In 1893 Issy officially became Issy-les-Moulineaux. Les Moulineaux was the name of a hamlet on the territory of the commune, apparently named Les Moulineaux due to the water mill or mills ( French : moulins à eau ) that stood there. In July 1815 the Battle of Issy was fought in and around the village, between Prussian and French forces. This was one of
396-628: Was also a cable car project, abandoned in February 2008. The commune has 17 public preschools, 16 public elementary schools. four public junior high schools, one public senior high school, and three private schools. Junior high schools: Lycée Eugène-Ionesco is the community's public senior high school. Private schools: Issy-les-Moulineaux is twinned with: Since 2018, Issy-les-Moulineaux also has friendly relations with New Julfa (Isfahan) , Iran. Ch%C3%A2teau d%27Issy The Château d'Issy , at Issy-les-Moulineaux , in
418-670: Was annexed to Paris, and forms now the neighborhood of Javel , in the 15th arrondissement of Paris . Issy-les-Moulineaux is home to a community of 5,000 Armenians that have established themselves in the area since the 1930s. The community has two Armenian churches, an athletic club, a school, a monument dedicated to the Armenian genocide , and a street named after Armenia called Rue d'Armenie , and Rue d'Erevan named after Armenia's capital Yerevan . Issy-les-Moulineaux became twin cities with Echmiadzin , Armenia in December 1989. In
440-524: Was simply called Issy. The name Issy comes from Medieval Latin Issiacum or Isciacum , perhaps meaning "estate of Isicius (or Iccius)", a Gallo-Roman landowner, although some think the name comes from a Celtic radical meaning "under the wood". Local legend recounted on the city's official website mentions alternative origin of the name arising from a temple of the Egyptian goddess Isis said to be under
462-589: Was the starting point of the 1911 Paris to Madrid air race . One of the competing planes crashed into the audience during take-off, killing the French Minister of War Henri Maurice Berteaux . It hosted the trap shooting events for the 1924 Summer Olympics . The firm of Appareils d'Aviation Les Frères Voisin , the world's first commercial airplane factory (1908) which was initially located in Boulogne-Billancourt , transformed itself into
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#1732773168577484-506: Was then presided over by Charles Pasqua . A mixed syndicate, with Charles Pasqua and André Santini ( UDF deputy mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux ) as co-presidents, was created in 2000. In 2003, a judge in Versailles was surprised to see the département invest (without control over the funds) 800,000 Euros for the storage and conservation of the works. Charles Pasqua and André Santini, as well as many other civil servants, were indicted in
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