football section, as Joakim Noah did in basketball before moving to the United States for high school and college play and eventually the NBA. LSC continues to operate teams in a wide variety of sports, but basketball is no longer among them. In 2007, the LSC basketball section merged with Paris Basket Racing, creating Paris-Levallois Basket, which after two name changes in the last half of the 2010s is now known as Metropolitans 92. Coat of arms The traditional coat of arms for the municipality puts emphasis on the importance of industry in its history. The centre of the arms consists of a shield with red background; a yellow gearwheel in the bottom left and a yellow perfume diffuser in the top right represent the mechanical and perfume industries. Three red bees, are depicted on a silver bend from the top left to bottom right of the shield, these are another symbol of work in the city, beekeeping taking place at the île de la Jatte. The coat of arms also has a wreath at the bottom around the shield and three castles topping the shield; both in yellow. VILLE DE / LEVALLOIS – PERRET, is inscribed in black letters above the coat of arms. A cartoon-style bee is used in the modern emblem of the municipality. Personalities Clare Anderson (1909–1996), performer at the Casino de Paris, lived here Richard Aurili, sculptor, lived here Olivier Besancenot (1974), politician Freda Betti (1924–1979), opera singer married in Levallois-Perret in 1949 Henri Betti (1917–2005), composer resident in Levallois-Perret when he married in 1949 Clotilde Courau (1969), actress Jules David (1848–1923), photographer Danièle Delorme (1926–2015), actress and film producer Gauthier Diafutua (1985), footballer Sofiane Feghouli (1989), footballer René Hervil (1881–1960), actor, screenwriter and film director Pascal Lamy (1947), director-general of the World Trade Organization Renald Metelus, footballer Louise Michel (1830–1905), French anarchist, is buried in the local cemetery William Snook (1861–1916), English running champion, was living in the town in September 1895, when he was accused of theft. He was subsequently acquitted, although his English landlord was convicted Louis Trousselier (1881–1939), cyclist Roger Rabiniaux (1914–1986), prefect, writer and poet Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923), architect; in 1866, set up his own workshops at 48 Rue Fouquet See also Optique & Précision de Levallois Levallois technique Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department Levallois-Perret attack References External links Levallois-Perret Official Website Murals of Levallois-Perret Communes of Hauts-de-Seine