Aubergenville

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Aubergenville
Coat of arms of Aubergenville
Aubergenville (France)
Aubergenville
region Île-de-France
Department Yvelines
Arrondissement Mantes-la-Jolie
Canton Aubergenville
Community association Grand Paris Seine et Oise
Coordinates 48 ° 57 '  N , 1 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 57 '  N , 1 ° 51'  E
height 17-142 m
surface 8.83 km 2
Residents 11,817 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,338 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 78410
INSEE code 78029
Website https://www.aubergenville.fr/

Aubergenville is a French municipality with 11,817 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France . It is the capital of the canton of Aubergenville .

The inhabitants are called Aubergenvillois and Aubergenvilloises .

geography

Aubergenville extends south of the Seine , 41 kilometers west of Paris and 13 kilometers east of Mantes-la-Jolie .. The surrounding municipalities are Flins-sur-Seine in the east, Épône and Nezel in the west and Aulnay-sur-Mauldre and Bazemont in the South. In the north lies the municipality of Juziers .

The center of Aubergenville is located on a slope, it consists of the old village , an adjoining zone d'aménagement concerté - ZAC (a state-sponsored development zone ) and a district from the 1970s around the former Acosta Castle with a large amount of public Housing.

In the urban area around the Seine is the train station, various business areas with the Family Village shopping center , an adventure pool ( The baths of the Seine and Mauldre , opened in June 2009) and the garden city of Élisabethville.

history

Montgardé Castle

The city of Aubergenville was founded in the 11th century. At that time it was a castle in the fief of Pierre d'Aubergenville.

There were three castles in the municipality:

  • Today the Montgardé Castle is still standing, it is located on the Nezel hill overlooking the Mauldre River .
  • The Château de la Garenne , located in the Seine Valley, was demolished to make way for the Renault car factory to be built in 1952.
  • The Acosta Castle near the town center was demolished in 1965 for the construction of new residential complexes.

In 1843 the station was built on the Paris – Rouen line.

Significant impulses for the development of the city came from 1952 after the construction of a factory by Renault .

economy

Renault factory
  • Automobile manufacturing company Renault : The Renault plant in Flins, which is located in the urban area of ​​Aubergenville as well as in the neighboring municipality of Flins-sur-Seine , produces the Twingo I and Clio III vehicle types .
  • Family Village
  • Agriculture: horticulture in the valley, large areas of grain growing on the plateau

traffic

The city is conveniently located on the French national road Route N 13 and the Normandy motorway A 13, as well as on the Paris – Rouen railway line and the Seine as a waterway.

Culture

The city participates in the French horticultural competition Concours des Villes et Villes fleuris and was awarded a prize for the first time in 2005.

Buildings

St. Ouen Church

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Aubergenville

  • Church of St. Ouen in the center of the old town, built in the 12th century. The massive square tower was added in the 14th century. The church was covered with slate in 1766 .
  • The Church of St. Teresa of Jesus is in Élisabethville, it was built in 1927 according to plans by the architect Paul Tournon. It is modeled on Our Lady of Raincy , one of the first concrete churches in France. The sculptures on the facade were made of concrete, they are the work of the sculptor Carlo Sarrabezolles. The building is a historical monument.
  • Dolmen of La Noue de Bie .
  • Montgardé Castle from the 18th century
  • Evangelical church in the locality of Vaux-les-Huguenots.

Movies

The following films were shot in Aubergenville:

Town twinning

Aubergenville has partnerships with:

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 53-55.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bardy, M., La grande histoire des Yvelines, Édijac, Pontoise, 1989, p. 16
  2. ↑ Eckart-Bäcker, U., France's music between romanticism and modernity, Bosse, 1965
  3. ↑ Weißbäcker, A., Geschwisterungsgeschichten: Dieburg - Aubergenville 1975-2005; Aubergenville - Dieburg 30 ans, Dieburg, 2005
  4. ^ Loubet, JL, Renault: histoire d'une entreprise, Boulogne-Billancourt, 2000
  5. ↑ Homepage of the center
  6. ↑ Palmarčs du 46ème concours of the Villes et Villages Fleuris. ( Memento of May 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Brochure for the 2005 competition
  7. ^ Perkins, The cathedrals of Normandy, Methuen, 1935
  8. ↑ http://sarrabezolles.chez-alice.fr/ accessed on January 9, 2010
  9. ^ Description in the International Film Database
  10. ↑ 20 ans de jumelage Dieburg-Aubergenville: 1975-1995, Aubergenville city administration, 1995

Web links

Commons : Aubergenville  - Collection of images, videos and audio files