Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine

Clichy
Clichy
Commune
	The church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, in Clichy
	Coat of arms
	Location of Clichy
	Clichy Clichy
	Coordinates: 48°54′16″N 2°18′23″E / 48.9044°N 2.3064°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement	Nanterre
Canton	Clichy
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rémi Muzeau
Area 1	3.08 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population (2022)	65,102
• Density	21,000/km2 (55,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	92024 /92110
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Clichy (/kliːˈʃiː/ klee-SHEE, French: [kliʃi] ^ⓘ; sometimes unofficially Clichy-la-Garenne [kliʃi la ɡaʁɛn])^[3] is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located on the Seine, 6.4 km (4.0 mi) from the centre of Paris.

Located in Clichy are the headquarters of the L'Oréal Group, the world's largest company in cosmetics and beauty; Bic, one of the biggest pen producers in the world; Monoprix, a major French retail chain; as well as Sony France, a large electronics and media company.

Name

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. 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 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.

History

Clichy was the capital of the Merovingians during 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.^[3]

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 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.

Population

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 the new commune of Levallois-Perret.^[4]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,360	—
1800	1,606	+2.40%
1806	1,279	−3.72%
1821	3,018	+5.89%
1831	3,097	+0.26%
1836	3,605	+3.08%
1841	4,157	+2.89%
1846	5,911	+7.29%
1851	6,433	+1.71%
1856	12,270	+13.79%
1861	17,473	+7.33%
1866	13,666	−4.80%
1872	14,599	+1.11%
1876	17,354	+4.42%
1881	24,320	+6.98%
1886	26,741	+1.92%
1891	30,698	+2.80%
1896	33,895	+2.00%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	39,521	+3.12%
1906	41,787	+1.12%
1911	46,676	+2.24%
1921	50,165	+0.72%
1926	50,427	+0.10%
1931	55,692	+2.01%
1936	56,475	+0.28%
1946	53,029	−0.63%
1954	55,591	+0.59%
1962	56,316	+0.16%
1968	52,477	−1.17%
1975	47,764	−1.34%
1982	46,895	−0.26%
1990	48,030	+0.30%
1999	50,179	+0.49%
2007	58,646	+1.97%
2012	59,240	+0.20%
2017	61,070	+0.61%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of Clichy in 1999
Born in metropolitan France	Born outside metropolitan France
70.9%	29.1%
	Born in overseas France	Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹	EU-15 immigrants²	Non-EU-15 immigrants
	2.4%	2.6%	4.1%	20.0%
¹ This group is made up largely of former French settlers, such as pieds-noirs in Northwest 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.

Administration

The canton covers a part of the commune; the other is in the northern part of Levallois-Perret.

International relations

Clichy is twinned with:^[6]

Heidenheim an der Brenz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, since 1959
Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria, since 1968
Santo Tirso, District of Porto, Portugal, since 1991
Rubí, Catalonia, Spain, since 2005
Southwark, London, United Kingdom since 2005
Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan, United Kingdom Since 1981

Economy

L'Oréal Group has its head office in the Centre Eugène Schueller in Clichy.^[7]

In addition, Monoprix has its head office in Clichy.^[8] Société Bic has its head office in Clichy.^[9]

At one time Fnac had its head office in Clichy.^[10] In 2008 the head office moved to Ivry-sur-Seine.^[11]

Amazon has its French Head Office in Clichy.

Transport

Clichy 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.

Education

The commune has 22 primary schools, three junior high schools, and two senior high schools. The junior highs include:^[12]

Collège Jean Jaurès
Collège Jean Macé
Collège Vincent Van Gogh

The senior high schools are:

Lycée Newton
Lycée René Auffray

Notable persons

Olivier Messiaen, French composer, died here.
Henry Miller, American author, lived with Alfred Perlès at 4 avenue Anatole France from 1932 to 1934.^[13]
Jean-Luc Rougé, 1975 world Judo champion
Feta Ahamada, athlete
Audrey Bruneau, handball player
Carlos (singer), singer
Rochel Chery, basketball player
Claude Dielna, footballer
Vincent Doukantie, footballer
Karichma Ekoh, handball player
Gwladys Épangue, taekwondo athlete
Jeremy Helan footballer
Julian Jeanvier, footballer
Moustapha Keita, footballer
Aïssatou Kouyaté, handball player
Souleymane M'Baye boxer
Windsor Noncent footballer
Steed Tchicamboud basketball player
Brice Tutu, footballer
Jacques Mesrine, French criminal, known as the French Robin Hood
Thomas Piketty Economist
Jeanine Claes artist, dancer, choreographer and dance teacher
Moussa Sissako, footballer
Abdoulaye Sissako, footballer

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024 https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8288323?geo=COM-92024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ ^a ^b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Clichy" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 507.
^ ^a ^b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Clichy, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "Jumelage". ville-clichy.fr (in French). Clichy. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
^ "World Presence." L'Oréal. Retrieved on 14 July 2010.
^ "Informations légales Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine." Monoprix. Retrieved on 4 February 2010.
^ "Legal Notice." Bic. Retrieved on 7 February 2011. "Head office : 14, rue Jeanne d’Asnières 92611 Clichy cedex, France."
^ L.C. "Le siège de la Fnac pressenti Archived 2012-10-29 at the Wayback Machine." Le Parisien. 2 November 2006. Retrieved on 10 March 2010. "Et c'est le siège social de la Fnac qui aurait décroché la timbale. Actuellement installé à Clichy-la-Garenne (Hauts-de-Seine), le siège de l'agitateur culturel chercherait à déménager.
^ "150 salariés de la Fnac arrivent encore à Ivry Archived 2012-08-06 at the Wayback Machine." Le Parisien. 17 June 2008. Retrieved on 10 March 2010. "HIER, c'était le dernier jour d'aménagement au nouveau siège social de la Fnac, au bord de la Seine à Ivry-Port." and "Ils rejoignent ainsi les 850 autres employés qui sont déjà installés depuis le début du mois à Ivry."
^ "Education > Les établissements." Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
^ Kreg Wallace, Clichy (ave. Anatole France) Archived 2014-05-08 at the Wayback Machine, Walking Paris with Henry Miller. Retrieved on 7 May 2014.