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Aubervilliers
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| Commune of Aubervilliers | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-Saint-Denis |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Denis |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération Plaine Commune |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 5.76 km² |
| Population² (Jan. 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
72,300 63,136 |
| - Density (2005) | 12,552/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 93001/ 93300 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Aubervilliers is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 7.2 km. (4.5 miles) from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.
The Telecity Paris datacenter which houses Wikimedia servers is located in Aubervilliers.
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In medieval times the name Aubervilliers was recorded as Alberti Villare, meaning "estate (villare) of Adalbert". Adalbert is a Germanic personal name meaning "noble (Adal-) and bright (-bert)" (Old English Æþelbeorht) which gave modern English Albert, Old French Aubert, and modern French Albert.
On January 1, 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighboring communes. On that occasion, a small part of the commune of Aubervilliers was annexed to the city of Paris. At the same time, the commune of La Chapelle-Saint-Denis was disbanded and divided between the city of Paris, Aubervilliers, Saint-Denis, and Saint-Ouen. Aubervilliers received a small part of the territory of La Chapelle-Saint-Denis.
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Aubervilliers is divided into two cantons:
- The canton of Aubervilliers-Est (East): 36,010 inhabitants;
- The canton of Aubervilliers-Ouest (West): 27,126 inhabitants.
- Virginie Ledoyen, (b. November 15, 1976), French actress, occasional singer.
Aubervilliers is served by two stations on Paris Métro Line 7: Aubervilliers – Pantin – Quatre Chemins and Fort d'Aubervilliers.
Aubervilliers is also served by La Courneuve – Aubervilliers station on Paris RER line B. This station, although administratively located on the territory of the neighboring commune of La Courneuve, lies in fact very near the town center of Aubervilliers.
- Fort d'Aubervilliers
- Aubervilliers city council website (in French)
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