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Issy–Val de Seine station

railway station in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ3065321 ↗
Source-derived summary

Issy–Val de Seine (French pronunciation: [isi val də sɛn]; lit. 'Issy–Vale of Seine') is one of two railway stations in Issy-les-Moulineaux (along with Issy) just southwest of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department. It is on the Invalides–Versailles-Rive-Gauche line, served by RER C (branches C5 and C7). The station serves the Val de Seine business district.

It provides an interchange with Île-de-France tramway Line 2 (on the former Puteaux–Issy-Plaine line). It was the southern terminus of the tram line between 1997 and 2009, when it was extended eastwards to Porte de Versailles in Paris.

Service

In rush hours, the station is served by 12 trains per hour; in off-peak hours, it is served by 6 trains per hour.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Issy–Val de Seine station” is railway station in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Issy, Seine and station, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1997, 2009—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1902-01-01. For this dossier, Issy, Seine and station is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “railway station in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3065321. Authority coordinates are 48.829, 2.263. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1997 and 2009.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Issy–Val de Seine station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Issy–Val de Seine station primary sources, Issy–Val de Seine station archive and Issy research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Issy–Val de Seine station”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Issy–Val de Seine station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.