page_title: Sèvres
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Sèvres / History
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Carte postale ancienne, éditée par P. S. à D. Erika, P. M. Phot n°734a&#160;:Sèvres&#160;: Vue générale prise de la Brasserie de la Meuse - Ecole normale supérieure de jeunes filles
context_page_description: Sèvres is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.9 kilometres from the centre of Paris and is in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in the region of Île-de-France.
  The commune is known for its famous porcelain production at the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, which was also where the abortive Treaty of Sèvres was signed.
context_section_description: The town of Sèvres existed in 560, when Saint Germain, Bishop of Paris, healed a sick person and built the church.
  The Church of Saint-Romain-de-Blaye, current and several times revised, dates from the 13th century. There was a seigniorial château.
  The manufacture de Sèvres was formed in 1750, by the Ferme générale; they were held by the Marquis de Fulvi who operated at Vincennes.
  In 1756, Madame de Pompadour transferred the Vincennes porcelain factory to Sèvres. It was moved to the location of the Guyarde, the former resort of Lully.
  In 1760, Louis XV bought the factory which thus becomes 'royal'.
  The Pont de Sèvres, which was of wood, was begun in stone in 1809 and finished in 1820.
  In 1815, the inhabitants of Sèvres, along with some soldiers, tried to resist the Prussians who occupied and looted Sèvres, despite the capitulation signed at Saint-Cloud.
  The Treaty of Sèvres (10 August 1920)
  A treaty was signed in the large room which currently houses the Museum of Porcelain at Sèvres, it was a peace treaty between the Allies and the Ottoman Empire, to the detriment of the latter.
  The Protocols of Sèvres (21 to 24 October 1956)
  Protocols of Sèvres (sometimes referred to as 'agreements') are a secret seven-point agreement recording in writing a tripartite agreement between Israel, France and Great Britain in response to the nationalisation of the Suez Canal by the Egyptian leader Nasser.
  In 1961, the renovation of old town centre, which was unhealthy, accompanied by the deviation of the RN 10, was committed to by the municipality of Dr. Odic, and included the demolition of 1,500 houses and the construction of 1,600 new houses, along with 42,000 square metres (450,000 sq ft) of offices or commercial premises. The municipality of Jean Caillonneau redirected urbanisation at the end of the 1980s to promote the establishment of offices in order to "remake Sèvres as a dynamic and industrious city".
caption: The former École normale supérieure de Sèvres, at the start of the 20th century
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