| Sevran | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Sevran.svg |
| Map: | Sevran_map.svg |
| Map Caption: | Paris and inner ring departments |
| Coordinates: | 48.9333°N 2.5333°W |
| Arrondissement: | Le Raincy |
| Canton: | Sevran |
| Insee: | 93071 |
| Postal Code: | 93270 |
| Mayor: | Stéphane Blanchet[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Grand Paris |
| Elevation M: | 55 |
| Area Km2: | 7.28 |
Sevran (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the French department of Seine-Saint-Denis, northeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located 16.2km (10.1miles) from the center of Paris.
Sevran is located northeast of the Boulevard Périphérique.[2]
As of 2013 the origins of over half of its resident are from outside France. The largest ethnic backgrounds within the foreign origins are from sub-Saharan Africa, Algeria, and Morocco.[2]
In 2013 The Economist stated that Sevran was one of the poorest areas of the Paris Metropolitan Area. As of 2013 36% of the residents are considered to be below the poverty line. The national average is 12%. About 75% of Sevran's residents live in subsidized housing. The article also cites research that says "somebody called Mohamed, Ali or Kamel is four times more likely to be unemployed than somebody named Philippe or Alain."[2]
Sevran is home to an important music and dance school, the Espace François Mauriac, also known as the conservatoire de Sevran. Many important French and international musicians have taught there, including Claude Ballif, Allain Gaussin and Vincent Decleire. The famous French rapper Kaaris is also from Sevran, born to parents from Ivory Coast.
Allegations surfaced in 2016 accusing some cafés and bars of refusing to service women, when 3 activists participated in a television report by journalist Caroline Sinz of France 2.[3] In the report, the following sentence could be heard about a local café: "In this café, there is no diversity. We are in Sevran, we are not in Paris. You are in the 93 here! It's different mentalities, it's like back home."[4] According to one of the activists, authorities turn a blind eye as the men support the mayor.[5] [6] [7] [8]
However, the Bondy Blog, an online media outlet focusing on working-class districts, published an article in March 2017 questioning the France 2 report, claiming to have noted the presence of women in this café on several occasions.[9] [10] [11] A journalist from France 2 working for the investigative newsmagazine Complément d'enquête, who subsequently visited this café, also noted the presence of women and later abandoned the idea of filming a report there.[12] The owner of the café later sued France 2 journalists David Pujadas and Caroline Sinz for racially-motivated libel.[13] [14]
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