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15 unusual facts about Clichy


Alfred Perles

In 1933, American writer Henry Miller - not yet known - took an apartment with Perlès in Clichy.

Beurger King Muslim

It is located in the eastern Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois, where many locals are first- or second-generation Muslim immigrants from former French colonies.

Bic Cristal

The Bic Cristal (also known as the Bic pen) is an inexpensive disposable ballpoint pen mass-produced and sold by Société Bic of Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Clichy-sous-Bois

Clichy-sous-Bois is not served by any station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network.

Club de Clichy

The political club that came to be called the Clichyens met in rooms in the rue de Clichy, which led west towards the fashionable Parisian suburb of Clichy.

Exide

In 1996 Exide acquired the French/Italian battery corporation CEAC, Clichy.

Féfé

Samuël Adebiyi better known by his stage name Féfé (or Fe² or Féniksi), (born in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France on 18 January 1976) is a French singer and rapper originating from Niger.

Gare de Pont-Cardinet

The main line continues towards Clichy whilst a small line, now closed, branches off towards Pereire-Levallois and links St Lazare to the RER C, this branch was once part of Ligne d'Auteuil and closed in June 1996.

Judicael ap Hoel

In 635, Dagobert ordered Judicael to come to his palace at Clichy and renew fealty to the king, threatening to invade Brittany otherwise.

Lee Balterman

First stationed in England, he then served in Clichy, France, working as a hospital aide and later as an army photographer.

Prince Pasquale, Count of Bari

Pasquale married morganatically to Blanche Marconnay, daughter of Henriette de Marconnay, on 20 November 1878 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine.

Raymond Besse

He loved to illustrate the life in and around the capital city, especially in the northern areas of Saint-Ouen, Montmartre, Clichy and around the Canal Saint-Martin.

Société Bic

Société Bic (commonly referred to just as Bic) is a company based in Clichy, France.

The Last Metro

Most of the filming took place in an abandoned chocolate factory on Rue du Landy in Clichy, which was converted into a studio.

Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli

He eventually managed to get a job working in an automobile locomotive factory in the Paris suburb of Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine.


Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques

It opened in 1899 at 4 pont de Clichy on Île des Ravageurs in Asnières-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

Club de Clichy

During the French Revolution, the Club de Clichy formed in 1794, following the fall of Robespierre, 9 Thermidor an II (27 July 1794).

Gaël Clichy

In 2012, Gaël Clichy signed a sponsorship deal with German sportswear and footwear supplier, Puma SE.

Maxime Dethomas

Dethomas enrolled at the École des Arts Décoratifs in 1887 at which he studied for a brief time, followed by a more varied course, from 1891 onwards, at the Académie de La Palette (104 Boulevard de Clichy in Montmartre) directed by Henri Gervex, Puvis de Chavannes and Eugène Carrière.

Serge Betsen

Born in Kumba, Cameroon, Betsen moved to France with his mother and six siblings when he was nine, settling in the Clichy suburb of Paris.