Villejuif (French pronunciation: (listen)) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 7 km (4.3 mi) from the centre of Paris. The earliest reference to Villejuif appears in a bill signed by the Pope Callixtus II on 27 November 1119. It refers to Villa Judea, the Latinized version of the Old French expression meaning 'Jewish settlement'. During the following centuries, the toponym appears as Villejuifve, that is, following the archaic French spelling of the expression with the same meaning, cognate to modern French Villejuive. The French author from the 17th century Louis Moréri indicates that the settlement was founded by Jews expelled from Paris. This idea, however, remains speculative as available medieval Christian and Jewish sources do not mention the existence of the Jewish community in this place. More information...
According to PR-model, villejuif.fr is ranked 672,600th in multilingual Wikipedia, in particular this website is ranked 85,368th in French Wikipedia.
The website is placed before iclee.or.kr and after triumphadonf.com in the BestRef global ranking of the most important sources of Wikipedia.
