In which French commune did Louis Vuitton the founder die?

Louis Vuitton the founder died in the French commune of Asnières-sur-Seine.

He died there on 27 February 1892, near the workshops and family home he had established outside Paris. Asnières was especially important to Vuitton because its position beside the Seine and its railway connections made it practical for transporting timber and finished trunks.

Vuitton had opened his first dedicated workshop in Asnières in 1859, five years after founding his business in Paris. The site grew into the Maison’s historic production centre, where the company developed and preserved its trunk-making expertise. His son Georges later continued the business and drove its international expansion.

The place-name can cause confusion because Asnières-sur-Seine is both a commune and a suburb in the Hauts-de-Seine department. It is not Louis Vuitton’s birthplace: he was born in Anchay, in the Jura. Nor should it be confused with Lavans-sur-Valouse, another Jura location associated with accounts of his early life.