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Coordinates: 48°47′42″N 2°22′0″E / 48.795°N 2.36667°E / 48.795; 2.36667
Villejuif is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 7 km (4.3 miles) from the center of Paris.
The name Villejuif was recorded for the first time in a papal bull of 1119 as Villa Judea, the meaning of which is still debated. Some consider that the meaning was quite simply "land of the Jews", "estate of the Jews", perhaps in reference to some Roman ruins there which people in the Middle Ages deemed haunted by Saracens and Jews. However, modern historians consider that the etymology of Villa Judea was more probably "estate of Juvius or Juveus", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
[edit] Demographics
[edit] Immigration
Place of birth of residents of Villejuif in 1999
| Born in Metropolitan France |
Born outside Metropolitan France |
| 76.1% |
23.9% |
Born in
Overseas France |
Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ |
EU-15 immigrants² |
Non-EU-15 immigrants |
| 2.8% |
2.9% |
5.6% |
12.6% |
¹This group is made up largely of pieds-noirs from 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), and to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. Note that a foreign country is understood as a country not part of France as of 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. Note that 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. |
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[edit] Demographic Evolution
| 1793= 1 362 |
1800= 1 137 |
1806= 1 320 |
1821= 1 278 |
1831= 1 377 |
1836= 1 652 |
1841= 1 503 |
1846= 1 587 |
1851= 1 514 |
| 1856= 1 559 |
1861= 1 813 |
1866= 2 308 |
1872= 1 917 |
1876= 2 117 |
1881= 2 678 |
1886= 3 163 |
1891= 4 294 |
1896= 5 234 |
| 1901= 5 835 |
1906= 6 600 |
1911= 8 671 |
1921= 11 725 |
1926= 18 751 |
1931= 25 192 |
1936= 27 540 |
1946= 25 359 |
1954= 29 280 |
| 1962= 46 116 |
1968= 51 120 |
1975= 55 606 |
1982= 52 448 |
1990= 48 405 |
1999= 47 384 |
[edit] Transport
Villejuif is served by three stations on Paris Métro Line 7: Villejuif – Léo Lagrange, Villejuif – Paul Vaillant-Couturier, and Villejuif – Louis Aragon.
[edit] Notable inhabitants
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 2005 estimate, 47,384 at the 1999 census
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