Marly-le-Roi
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | |
| Canton | Chatou | |
| Community association | Saint-Germain Boucles de Seine | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 52 ' N , 2 ° 6' E | |
| height | 48-179 m | |
| surface | 6.54 km 2 | |
| Residents | 16,192 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 2,476 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 78160 | |
| INSEE code | 78372 | |
| Website | www.mairie-marlyleroi.fr | |
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Marly-le-Roi is a French municipality with 16,192 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France . The inhabitants are known as Marlychois or, more rarely, Marlésiens .
location
The suburb is located near a loop of the Seine about 15 kilometers west of central Paris. The community has grown together with Paris .
history
Marly-le-Roi was first mentioned as early as 697 AD, then under the name Mairilacus . In the 11th century the city was divided into Marly le Chastel and Marly le Bourg . It was owned by the Montmorency family .
It was not until Louis XIV of France , who acquired Marly of Montmorency in 1676, that the two cities were reunited when he decided to build a new castle on this site . So Marly became Marly-le-Roi . The construction of the royal domicile, Marly-le-Roi Castle , and the park completely changed the face of the city and the surrounding area. Construction work began in 1679 under the direction of Jules Hardouin-Mansart and lasted until 1686. The palace and garden were models for other contemporary facilities, such as the Favorite pleasure palace (Mainz) .
Louis XVI von France and his wife Marie Antoinette were the last two representatives of the French royal family to live in the castle in Marly-le-Roi. After the revolution, the property was abandoned and fell into ruin until it had to be demolished in 1816 .
Marly-le-Roi has been a magnet for many artists since the 19th century. Alexandre Dumas built a small Renaissance palace, the Château Monte-Cristo , and the neo-Gothic Château d'If here in 1844 after the success of his work “ The Three Musketeers ” - both located in a large English garden with grottos and waterfalls.
In 1884 the city was connected to the railway network and in 1932 the park of Marly was declared a monument historique . Charles de Gaulle stayed here for several months after his resignation.
Attractions
See: List of the Monuments historiques in Marly-le-Roi
Town twinning
Marly-le-Roi is twinned with four cities:
- Leichlingen (Rhineland) , North Rhine-Westphalia, since 1964
- Marlow-on-Thames , England, since 1972
- Kita , Mali, since 1984
- Viseu , Portugal, since 1996
Personalities
- Alphonse Choteau (1883–1936), colonial administrator
- André Lafosse (1890–1975), musician, soloist at the Paris Opera and professor of trombone at the Paris Conservatory
- Christian Stengel (1902–1986), director, screenwriter and film producer
- André Theuriet (1833–1907), poet, novelist and playwright
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 449-472.
