Ablon-sur-Seine
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 Paris and inner ring departments |
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| Coordinates: 48°43′32″N 2°25′16″E / 48.7256°N 2.4211°ECoordinates: 48°43′32″N 2°25′16″E / 48.7256°N 2.4211°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Val-de-Marne | |
| Arrondissement | Créteil | |
| Canton | Orly | |
| Intercommunality | Métropole Grand Paris | |
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| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Éric Grillon | |
| Area1 | 1.11 km2 (0.43 sq mi) | |
| Population (2014)2 | 5,449 | |
| • Density | 4,900/km2 (13,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 94001 / 94480 | |
| Elevation | 32–85 m (105–279 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Ablon-sur-Seine (listen: ) is a French commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris. It is located 15.3 km (9.5 mi) from the centre of Paris.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ablonais or Ablonaises
Ablon has been awarded one flower in the Concours des villes et villages fleuris ("towns and villages in bloom competition").
Ablon-sur-Seine is an urban commune located some 15 kilometres (9 miles) to the south-east of the centre of Paris immediately to the east of Orly Airport.
As it is an urban commune there are numerous roads in the commune with the most important being the D266 going north to the Centre de Finances Publiques and the D29 / D246 / D2498 which run west to east along the south of the commune parallel with the Seine.
The main railway from the Gare d'Austerlitz to Bordeaux runs south-west through the commune, and Ablon station is served by regional express trains on (RER) Line C.
The Seine river forms the whole southern border of the commune. The whole of the western border and the Seine are also the border between the Val-de-Marne and Essonne departments. There is no bridge from the commune across the Seine.
Ablon-sur-Seine is situated 4 leagues from Paris, that is 10 km (6 mi).
Henri IV, by the Edict of Nantes in March 1598, allowed Protestants to practice their faith outside the walls of Paris. He authorized the construction of a Protestant church at Ablons.
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