Alfortville

Alfortville
	Commune of Alfortville
	Location
	Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates	48°47′56″N 2°25′24″E / 48.79889°N 2.42333°E
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	Créteil
Canton	Alfortville-Nord and Alfortville-Sud
Intercommunality	Plaine Centrale du Val-de-Marne
Mayor	René Rouquet; (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	27–37 m (89–120 ft); (avg. 32 m/100 ft)
Land area1	3.67 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Population2	42,800 (2005 )
- Density	11,662 /km² (30,200 /sq mi)
	Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	94002/ 94140
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
	2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Alfortville is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 7.6 km (4.7 mi). (4.7 miles) from the center of Paris.

[edit] History

The commune of Alfortville was created on April 1, 1885 by detaching its territory from the commune of Maisons-Alfort.

On May 3, 1984, the Armenian genocide memorial of Alfortville was bombed by a hit-team headed by Grey Wolves member Abdullah Catli and paid by the Turkish MIT intelligence agency ^[2].

Alfortville is located at only 500 meters from the metro station Ecole vétérinaire de Maisons Alfort on Paris Métro Line 8

Alfortville is twinned with:

There is also a twinning convention with the Armenian region of Ashtarak since 1993.

^ 2005 estimate, 36,232 at the 1999 census
^ Ergenekon document reveals MİT’s assassination secrets, Today's Zaman, 19 August 2008 (English)

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Administration
Commune of Alfortville
Location

Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates	48°47′56″N 2°25′24″E / 48.79889°N 2.42333°E / 48.79889; 2.42333
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-de-Marne
Arrondissement	Créteil
Canton	Alfortville-Nord and Alfortville-Sud
Intercommunality	Plaine Centrale du Val-de-Marne
Mayor	René Rouquet (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	27–37 m (89–120 ft) (avg. 32 m/100 ft)
Land area¹	3.67 km² (1.42 sq mi)
Population²	42,800 (2005 ^[1])
- Density	11,662 /km² (30,200 /sq mi)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	94002/ 94140
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.