Ableiges

This article covers the commune in the French department of Val-d'Oise. For the French clergyman, former bishop of Viana, see Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d'Ableiges .

Ableiges
region	Île-de-France
Department	Val d'Oise
Arrondissement	Pontoise
Canton	Pontoise
Community association	Vexin Center
Coordinates	49 ° 5 '  N , 1 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 5 '  N , 1 ° 58'  E
height	40–128 m
surface	118 km 2
Residents	1,161 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	10 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	95450
INSEE code	95002
Website	https://www.ableiges.fr/
Town Hall (Mairie)

Ableiges is a French commune with 1,161 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Val-d'Oise department .

The original Celtic place name was "Ab Leg". The residents call themselves Ableigeois or Ableigeoises .

geography

The municipality of Ableiges is located on the Oise tributary Viosne , ten kilometers northwest of the city of Pontoise and 45 kilometers from Paris city center.

In the east, the municipality extends to the Pontoise - Cormeilles-en-Vexin airport .

Neighboring municipalities of Ableiges are Frémécourt in the north, Cormeilles-en-Vexin in the northeast, Montgeroult in the east, Courcelles-sur-Viosne in the southeast, Sagy in the south, Longuesse in the southwest, Vigny in the west and Us in the northwest.

The municipality is part of the Vexin français Regional Nature Park .

history

Gravestone for Gilles-Marie de Maupeou († 1745) in the Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church in La Villeneuve-Saint-Martin

In 1900, a Merovingian necropolis was discovered in the municipality .

The first written record of the place comes from 1071, when the Archbishop of Rouen , Jean de Bayeux , donated the church to the Abbey of Saint-Denis . For a long time the Maupeou family ruled the village. Their castle from the 14th / 15th centuries Century was demolished in 1886.

Attractions

• Church Saint-Martin , built between the 13th (and 16th centuries historique Monument )
• Church Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption in the district of La Villeneuve-Saint-Martin , built in the 13th century (monument historique)
• Pigeon tower built in the 17th century

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  St. Martin Church

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  Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church in La Villeneuve-Saint-Martin

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2010
Residents	428	427	505	807	900	957	946	943

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , pp. 985-986.

Web links

Commons : Ableiges  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community presentation (French)