Alfort, a village of France, department of Seine, 5 m. S. E. of Paris, on the Marne, opposite Charenton, forming with the village of Maisons the commune of Maisons-Alfort; pop. 2,500. It is the seat of a famous national veterinary school established by Bourgelat in 1706, having courses of instruction in anatomy, botany, pharmacy, and the diseases and training of animals, a library of zoological works, laboratories, a pharmacy, a botanic garden, rich cabinets of specimens, a collection of living animals, and a sheepfold in which merino sheep are raised for the improvement of breeds. A certain number of scholars are admitted at the national expense, and others pay their own fees. The course of study lasts eight years.