[4] Work at Sèvres, including for the construction of the expressway, permitted an update of interesting fossils in different geological layers.

Notably, in chalk, some types of sea urchins, belemnite beaks, rhynchonellas and oysters were found; in the coarse limestone, ammonites.

The popular observation stations for meteorology at Sèvres are Orly Airport and Vélizy – Villacoublay Air Base.

The following table allows a comparison of the Île-de-France climate with that of some large French cities: The following table shows the monthly averages of temperature and precipitation for the station of Orly collected over the period 1961–1990: Sèvres is traversed from side to side by the RN 10, today downgraded and allowing connection of the city to Boulogne-Billancourt and Chaville.

This allows preservation of its secondary residential purpose from suffering the negative effects of through traffic, and on which the development zone 30 was under study, as early as 2007.

[10] The city hall has, however, launched a reconsideration on these routes for sharing public spaces in favour of soft links (comfortable pavements, if possible with the development of cycle paths) and the use of public transit where they pass (comfortable bus stops, creation of own sites where technical conditions permit).

Sèvres is served by Sèvres-Rive-Gauche station [fr] on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse suburban rail line.

It has a commitment to offer every household in the commune the opportunity to live and grow in Sèvres, and a stake in preserving its fabric of facilities and local businesses.

Studies conducted in the context of the PLH [fr] show that by 2015, this would involve the construction of approximately 40 homes per year (taking into account of the transformation of the former park, of the reduction of the vacancy rate and the loosening of household size) to maintain the communal population.

The commune displays a desire to preserve this social mix by ensuring a diversity of different types of housing, under the framework of future construction operations.

[39] The municipality wishes to enhance its environmental richness (forests, banks of the Seine, built heritage, topography, etc.)

which is an asset in terms of image for the city and quality of life for its inhabitants: "It should preserve those elements which are the links of a string of parks and gardens which are also involved in large landscape continuity, of opportunities for walks and tours at an intercommunal level".

[40] The commune of Sèvres was a member of the Agglomeration Community of Val de Seine and is a member of the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Paris Seine Ouest [fr] since its inception on 27 November 2008, along with the communes of Boulogne-Billancourt, Chaville, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Meudon, Vanves and Ville-d'Avray.

The Maison d'enfants de Sèvres [fr][46] operated from September 1941, under the direction of Yvonne Hagnauer (Goéland), until November 1958 at 14 Rue Croix-Bosset.

It held the old buildings of the porcelain factory, which today houses the International Centre for pedagogical studies [fr].

[50] Operating in the departmental divisions, Sèvres FC just missed reaching the 4th round of the Coupe de France 2008–2009.

Indeed, playing against Red Star (then in CFA) at the Fountains Stadium, Sèvres FC opened the score in the 7th minute through Thomas Millet.

[56] The church[note 1] offers an amalgam of Gothic, redesigned and damaged by the 17th century: Outdoors, there is a clerestory tower which was disfigured.

[65] The building of this factory, located at 16 Rue Troyon and built in 1744, was classified in the inventory of historical monuments on 1 December 1986.

[69] Founded in 1824 by Alexandre Brongniart, director of the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, under the name of Ceramic and Vitric Museum.

[5] Castel Henriette,[71][72][73][74] built in 1899–1900, was an important Art Nouveau work by the architect Hector Guimard; it was demolished in 1969.

[77] The presence of nuns who teach at Sèvres dates back to 1788, when an act provided for the education of poor girls by four sisters of charity.

[78] At Sèvres, on Rue Gabriel Péri, were formerly the convent, school and boarding school of the Dominican teachers of Most Holy-Rosary of Sèvres, work encouraged by the Holy curé d'Ars, founded by the Sister Marie-Rose of the Sacred Heart Order of Preachers at the end of the 19th century, with Fr.

This property, acquired on 30 April 1874, was offered to the religious of the assumption at the end of the year 1877 to become the Paris novitiate outside the city.

Finally, the religious of the province of Paris between 1946 and 1964, a lively workers' mission [fr] centre of Saint-Étienne in Sèvres, on Avenue Division Leclerc, a community called La Cloche, close to the Renault factories.

[84] On 10 January 2009, a postage stamp was issued with a face value of €0.55, representing a Quimper flat oval earthenware, displayed by the Museum of Sèvres.