The name Levallois-Perret comes from two housing developments,Champerret (started by landowner Jean-Jacques Perret in 1822) andVillage Levallois (founded by developer Nicolas-Eugène Levallois in 1845), which resulted in the incorporation of the commune.
On the territory of what is now Levallois-Perret, before theFrench Revolution, stood the village of Villiers and the hamlet of Courcelles (or La Planchette). They now give their names to twoParis Métro stations. At the time of the creation of French communes during the French Revolution, they were part of the commune ofClichy, and the commune ofNeuilly-sur-Seine extended over what 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 ofAndré Noël, who owned land near La Planchette (in 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.
Typical street in Levallois
Eventually the requests were acceded to and on 30 June 1866 the commune of Levallois-Perret was eventually created by detaching that part of the territory of Clichy on which the Village Levallois stood and merging it with that part of Neuilly-sur-Seine occupied by Champerret.
Levallois-Perret became an important centre of the early French automotive industry with the establishment there of such companies asClément-Bayard,Delage, and the coachbuildersChapron andFaget & Varnet.Citroën purchased the Clément-Bayard factory and produced the famousCitroën 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 companyAtisreal and to the conglomerateAlstom.
The northern part of the famousÎle de la Jatte, in the river Seine, is where Frenchimpressionist 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.
1 This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such aspieds-noirs inNorthwest 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), as well as to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. A foreign country is understood as a country not part of France in 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. 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.
Alstom has its headquarters in Levallois-Perret.[13]Speed Rabbit Pizza also has its headquarters in the commune.[14]EVA Air has its Paris office in Levallois-Perret.[15]According toLe Journal du Net, the debt per inhabitant of Levallois is 9,030 euros, the French record.[16]Saft Groupe S.A., a subsidiary ofTotal S.A. in the battery manufacturing industry, is also based in Levallois-Perret.
Previously,Carrefour had its head office in Levallois-Perret.[17]
Edith Gorce-Franklin (intercommunal school inNeuilly-sur-Seine which serves residents of Levallois in île de la Jatte, quai Charles-Pasqua, and adjacent and/or parallel streets)
Levallois Sporting Club is one of the most important sports club in France with 14500 members. Among them you can find notable sportsperson likeTeddy Riner,Gauthier Grumier andGévrise Émane. During his youthDidier Drogba played for the football section, asJoakim Noah did in basketball before moving to the United States for high school andcollege 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 withParis Basket Racing, creating Paris-Levallois Basket, which after two name changes in the last half of the 2010s is now known asMetropolitans 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 yellowgearwheel in the bottom left and a yellow perfume diffuser in the top right represent themechanical and perfume industries.
Three redbees, are depicted on a silver bend from the top left to bottom right of the shield, these are another symbol of work in the city,beekeeping taking place at theîle 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 the municipality.
Louise Michel (1830–1905), French anarchist, is buried in the local cemetery
William Snook (1861–1916), English running champion, was living in the town in September 1895, when he was accused of theft. He was subsequently acquitted, although his English landlord was convicted[23][24]
^"Service CenterArchived 4 February 2009 at theWayback Machine."EVA Air. Retrieved on 7 February 2009. "PARIS Business Center 8, Place Georges Pompidou 92300 Levallois-Perret, France'
