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[[File:Château de Bercy on the 1731 Roussel map of Paris - Library of Congress.jpg|thumb|Bercy on a 1731 map of Paris and its environs.]]
'''Bercy''' ({{IPA|fr|bɛʁsi|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Bercy.wav}}) is a neighbourhood in the [[12th arrondissement of Paris]], France, the city's 47th administrative neighbourhood.

==History==
[[File:Bercy, château de.jpg|thumb|Drawing of the Château de Bercy.]]
Some of the oldest vestiges of human occupation in Paris were found on the territory of Bercy, dating from the late Neolithic (between 4000 and 3800 BC).

The name of Bercy, or Bercix, appeared for the first time in property deeds in the twelfth century. The area belonged for a time to the [[Montmorency family]] before passing to the Malons family, who had an old manor house expanded by [[François Le Vau]] into the [[Château de Bercy]].

In the eighteenth century, a large site located along the Seine, contiguous to the Paris city limits of the time, began to be used as a warehousing area, particularly for wine. For two hundred years, the area was the thriving centre of the Paris wine trade and a place with a unique life and culture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://parcsetjardins.equipement.paris.fr/Parc_de_Bercy |title=Parc de Bercy |accessdate=29 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103013125/http://parcsetjardins.equipement.paris.fr/Parc_de_Bercy |archive-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Bercy was formerly a [[commune in France|commune]]. In 1860, when Paris annexed its suburban zone, the commune of Bercy was dissolved. The north-west portion of its territory was consolidated into [[Paris]] while the south-east portion, beyond the fortifications, was consolidated into [[Charenton-le-Pont]].

==Features==
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[[File:Bercy, Paris.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the neighborhood]]
The area features a number of well-known landmarks:
* The [[Ministry of the Economy and Finance building]] (often known simply as "Bercy"), built in the 1980s; the extremity of the building plunges into the river Seine, where two fast boats dedicated to VIP transportation are moored.
* The ''[[Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy]]'' (POPB) is a large sports hall often used for concerts. It is now called AccorHotels Arena <ref name=ParisDigest>{{Cite web |url= https://www.parisdigest.com/sports/palais-omnisports.htm|title= Bercy district in Paris|author= | year=2019 |publisher=Paris Digest |accessdate=2019-07-24}}</ref>
* The [[Parc de Bercy]]
* The [[Cinémathèque Française]], formerly the American Center, designed by [[Frank Gehry]]
* The Cour Saint-Émilion shopping complex
* The UGC Ciné Cité Bercy movie complex
* The [[Musée des Arts Forains]]  ("The Fairground Art Museum").

Line 14 of the [[Paris Métro|Métro]] crosses the neighbourhood. There are two stations: [[Bercy (Paris Metro)|Bercy]] and [[Cour Saint-Émilion (Paris Metro)|Cour Saint-Émilion]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120110105028/http://stephanekirkland.com/2011/11/the-new-bercy-neighborhood/ English-language overview of the development of the Bercy neighborhood] {{in lang|en}}

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[[Category:Districts of Paris]]
[[Category:Former communes of Seine]]