Ablon-sur-Seine


Ablon-sur-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.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ablonais or Ablonaises
Ablon has been awarded one flower in the Concours des villes et villages fleuris.

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 Line C.
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.
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.
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-Seine
FromToNamePartyPosition
17901792Jean Mathias
18001803Marc Adrien Petit
18031817Jean Mathias
18171826Jacques Antoine de Chambarlhac
1826François Basile Pochard
18261833Jean Louis Alexis Legrand
18331837Pierre Denis Geuffron
18371840François Denis Mathias
18401852Toussaint Chollet
18521855Philippe Simon
18551865Hippolyte Lechoppie
18651878Joseph Claude Simon
18781881Adolphe Moisset
18811904Amédée Antoine Simon
19041907Adrien Constant Marc
19071908Henry Magnier
19081919Alphonse Louis Maurice Herold
19191925André Clément Hippolyte Mottu
19251929Henri Magnier
19291941Edouard Désiré Juvigny

;Mayors from 1941
FromToNamePartyPosition
19411944Arsène Victor Arsicault
19441945Edouard Désiré Juvigny
19451983Alain PoherMRPSenator, President of the Senate, Interim President of France, President of Association of Mayors of France, President of the EU
19832008Jean-Pierre HermelinUMP
20082012Dean-Louis CohenPS
20122014Corinne GorlierDVG
2014CurrentÉric GrillonDVD

Twinning

Ablon-sur-Seine has twinning associations with:

Politics

Presidential Elections Second Round:

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has many buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
Public schools:
Students in this commune are served by Collège Jean Macé and Collège / Lycée Georges Brassens, both in Villeneuve-le-Roi.
There is one private school called Sacré-Cœur, 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. 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