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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Issy-les-Moulineaux (French pronunciation:[isilemulino]) is acommune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France, lying on the left bank of the riverSeine. Its citizens are calledIsséens in French.[3] It is one of Paris's entrances and is located 6.6 km (4.1 mi) fromNotre Dame Cathedral, which is consideredKilometre Zero in France. On 1 January 2010, Issy-les-Moulineaux became part of theGrand Paris Seine Ouestagglomeration community, which merged into theMétropole du Grand Paris in January 2016.
Issy-les-Moulineaux has successfully moved its economy from an old manufacturing base to highvalue-added service sectors and is at the heart of theVal de Seinebusiness district, the largest cluster of telecommunication and media businesses in France, hosting the headquarters of most major French television networks.
Issy-les-Moulineaux is a municipality located on the edge of the15th arrondissement ofParis, along the main axis between Paris andVersailles, and on the left bank ofthe Seine. The town is situated 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) southwest of theNotre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, the central point of France's road network, and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the town hall of the 15th arrondissement.
It is positioned 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the sub-prefectureBoulogne-Billancourt and 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) southeast of the prefecture ofNanterre. Within its territory, Issy-les-Moulineaux encompasses theÎle Saint-Germain, an island in theSeine.
Originally, Issy-les-Moulineaux was simply called Issy. The name Issy comes from theMedieval LatinIssiacum orIsciacum, perhaps meaning "estate of Isicius (or Iccius)", aGallo-Roman landowner, although some think the name comes from aCelticradical meaning "under the wood". Local legend recounted on the city's official website mentions an alternative origin of the name arising from a temple of the Egyptian goddessIsis said to be under the site of the Church of Saint Stephen.[4]
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.[5]
In July 1815 theBattle of Issy was fought in and around the village betweenPrussian and French forces. It was one of the last actions of the 'Hundred Days' campaign and was the final attempt to defend Paris against the armies of theSeventh Coalition.[6]
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 was annexed to Paris, and forms now the neighborhood ofJavel, in the 15th arrondissement.
Issy-les-Moulineaux is home to a community of 5,000Armenians that have established themselves in the area since the 1930s.[7] The community has two Armenian churches, an athletic club, a school, a monument dedicated to theArmenian genocide, and streets named afterArmenia,Rue d'Armenie, andRue d'Erevan, named after Armenia's capitalYerevan.[8][9] Issy-les-Moulineaux became twin cities withEchmiadzin, Armenia in December 1989.[10]
In the late 19th century, an expansive field in Issy was dedicated to military exercises. This land, owned by theFrench Army, was made into an airfield in the early 1900s during thepioneering 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.[12]
The firm ofAppareils d'Aviation Les Frères Voisin opened the world's first commercial airplane factory in 1908 in neighboringBoulogne-Billancourt.[citation needed] The firm transformed itself into a luxury automobile manufacturing company namedAvions Voisin in 1920. Most of Voisin's manufacturing facilities were then relocated to Issy-les-Moulineaux. Avions Voisin closed its doors in 1940.
The lastfixed-wing aircraft flight at Issy-les-Moulineaux occurred in 1953, after which the aerodrome handled onlyhelicopters; it continues to do this, with theICAO code LFPI. It is operated byAéroports de Paris.
The commune has 17 public preschools,[30] 16 public elementary schools.[31] four public junior high schools, one public senior high school,[32] and three private schools.[33]
Île Saint-Germain, an island located in the Seine. The island is divided into two parts, the urban side includes the offices and a residential area. The other side includes a park with theTour aux Figures (Tower of Figures)[3] byJean Dubuffet. TheÎle Seguin is downstream.
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