Andrésy

Andrésy
region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Canton	Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
Community association	Grand Paris Seine et Oise
Coordinates	48 ° 59 ′ N , 2 ° 4 ′ E Coordinates: 48 ° 59 ′ N , 2 ° 4 ′ E
height	17-168 m
surface	6.91 km 2
Residents	13,324 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	1,928 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	78570
INSEE code	78015
Website	http://www.andresy.com/
	; Mairie from Andrésy

Andrésy is a French municipality with 13,324 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Region Ile-de-France in the department of Yvelines . It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the canton of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine . The inhabitants are called Andrésiens .

geography

In the east of the municipality the Oise flows into the Seine , on the northern bank of which the municipality is located. The Seine island Île Nancy is a well-known nature park. Andrésy is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Maurecourt in the north, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine in the northeast and east, Achères in the southeast, Carrières-sous-Poissy in the south and Chanteloup-les-Vignes in the west.

history

The early name of the place was Anderitianorum Parisii . As the original Undresiacum settlement, the settlement was already known in the Roman Empire. As early as 710, a document from Chilperich II contained the place name Andresy.

Attractions

Saint-Germain-de-Paris church viewed from the Seine

Merovingian burial ground
Romanesque cross
Catholic parish church of Saint-Germain-de-Paris from the 12th / 13th centuries Century with stained glass windows from the Renaissance
Château du Faÿ from the 15th century
Château de la Barbannerie
Mairie (built in 1861)
Barrage-écluse d'Andrésy, a weir from 1959 with lock (built in 1970)