1856, France, La Villette (Commune). Silver Minicipal Council Medal. NGC MS-63
1856, France, La Villette (Commune). Mint Year: 1856 Mint Place: Paris Medallist: Albert Barre Condition. Certified and graded by NGC as AU-58! Reference: Hahn 205, Friedberg 227, KM-395. Denomination: Medal - Municipal Council of La Villette. A French commune which was entirely annexed by the city of Paris in 1859. Weight: 21.72gm Diameter: 35mm Material: Silver. Obverse: Coat-of-arms within wreath topped by turreted crown. Medallist's signature (ALBERT BARRE) below. Reverse: Inscription ("Municipal Council") and date (1856) within wreath. Legend: COMMUNE DE LA VILLETTE DEPARTEMENT DE LA SEINE. La Villette was a French commune (municipality) in the Seine. Lying immediately north-east of Paris. It was one of four communes entirely annexed by the city of Paris in 1859. Its territory is now located in the 19th arrondissement, but a neighborhood has retained its name: the. A Gallo-Roman village stood here along the Roman road that led north from Lutetia.
About 1198 the district was named the. The "new village of Saint-Ladre", which referred to the leper hospice dedicated to the lepers' patron Saint Lazare (Ladre); it became. In a document of 1426. In 1790, the Constituent Assembly of Revolutionary France raised the hamlet to the status of a commune.