Villejuif
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Val-de-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | L'Haÿ-les-Roses | |
| Canton | Villejuif-Est (Chef-lieu) Villejuif-Ouest (Chef-lieu) |
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| Intercommunality | Val de Bièvre | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Franck Le Bohellec | |
| Area1 | 5.34 km2 (2.06 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 53,240 | |
| • Density | 10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 94076 / 94800 | |
| Elevation | 62–130 m (203–427 ft) | |
| Website | [1] | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Villejuif (pronounced: [vilʒɥif]) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 7 km (4.3 mi) from the centre of Paris.
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Name
The name Villejuif can be imprecisely translated as "Jew Town", but the area has no historical connections with the Jewish population of Paris. The name is believed to be a corruption of a Gallo-Roman name, Ville Juvius, meaning the villa of Juvius.[1]
Demographics
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 1,362 | — |
| 1800 | 1,137 | −16.5% |
| 1806 | 1,320 | +16.1% |
| 1821 | 1,278 | −3.2% |
| 1831 | 1,377 | +7.7% |
| 1836 | 1,652 | +20.0% |
| 1841 | 1,503 | −9.0% |
| 1846 | 1,587 | +5.6% |
| 1851 | 1,514 | −4.6% |
| 1856 | 1,559 | +3.0% |
| 1861 | 1,813 | +16.3% |
| 1866 | 2,308 | +27.3% |
| 1872 | 1,917 | −16.9% |
| 1876 | 2,117 | +10.4% |
| 1881 | 2,678 | +26.5% |
| 1886 | 3,163 | +18.1% |
| 1891 | 4,294 | +35.8% |
| 1896 | 5,234 | +21.9% |
| 1901 | 5,835 | +11.5% |
| 1906 | 6,600 | +13.1% |
| 1911 | 8,671 | +31.4% |
| 1921 | 11,725 | +35.2% |
| 1926 | 18,751 | +59.9% |
| 1931 | 25,192 | +34.4% |
| 1936 | 27,540 | +9.3% |
| 1946 | 25,359 | −7.9% |
| 1954 | 29,280 | +15.5% |
| 1962 | 46,116 | +57.5% |
| 1968 | 51,120 | +10.9% |
| 1975 | 55,606 | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 52,448 | −5.7% |
| 1990 | 48,405 | −7.7% |
| 1999 | 47,384 | −2.1% |
| 2006 | 51,739 | +9.2% |
Immigration
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Transport
Villejuif is served by three stations on Paris Métro Line 7: Villejuif – Léo Lagrange, Villejuif – Paul Vaillant-Couturier, and Villejuif – Louis Aragon.
Personalities
- Camille Loiseau, the Doyenne de France from 26 March 2005 to 12 August 2006, died at the Hôpital Paul-Brousse in Villejuif.
- Issei Sagawa, the Japanese killer and cannibal, was an inmate at high-security Paul Guiraud hospital in Villejuif, in 1982–1984.
- Komitas Vardapet, the founder of modern Armenian classical music.
- Vladimir Ghika, Catholic parish priest from 1923-1930, killed in Romania in 1954, beatified 31 August 2013.
Hospitals
Villejuif has many hospitals on its territory :
- the Institut Gustave Roussy, leading hospital in oncology in Europe
- the Hôpital Paul-Brousse
- the Paul Guiraud hospital
Education
13 preschools, 11 elementary schools, and five junior high schools (Collège Aimé-Césaire, Collège Guy-Môquet, Collège Jean-Lurçat, Collège Karl-Marx, Collège Pasteur) are in Villejuif. Lycée intercommunal Darius-Milhaud (in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre) serves Villejuif.[2]
Other institutions:
Twin cities
Dunaújváros, Hungary
Mirandola, Italy
Neubrandenburg, Germany
Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
Yambol, Bulgaria
See also
References
- INSEE
- Mayors of Essonne Association (French)
- ↑ Pierre Hentgès, "Note sur la signification de Villejuif", in Villejuif, notre cité, 1975, p. 235-238
- ↑ "Etablissements scolaires." Villejuif. Retrieved on June 23, 2015.
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