Châteaufort (Yvelines)
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Versailles | |
| Canton | Maurepas | |
| Community association | Versailles Grand Parc | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 44 ' N , 2 ° 6' E | |
| height | 86-164 m | |
| surface | 4.88 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,394 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 286 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 78117 | |
| INSEE code | 78143 | |
 Mairie Châteaufort |
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Château Fort is a French commune with 1,394 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Versailles and the Canton of Maurepas . In the north of the municipality is the Toussus-le-Noble airfield .
geography
Châteaufort is located on the eastern edge of the department, 20 kilometers southwest of central Paris. The municipality includes parts of the Plateau de Saclay and the Vallée de Chevreuse and is part of the Haute vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park .
Neighboring municipalities of Châteaufort are Buc and Toussus-le-Noble in the northeast, Villiers-le-Bâcle in the southeast, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse in the south, Magny-les-Hameaux in the south and west and Guyancourt in the north.
history
The community owes its name to a medieval castle (French: Château fort). Lords of Châteaufort were Gui de Montlhéry in the 11th century and later his son Hugues de Montlhéry , the Grand Seneschal of France , King Louis VI. took away the property. In 1480, King Louis XI. the fief of Ludwig von Brabant from, in 1529 King Francis I gave it to Jean de la Barre. In 1616 Châteaufort went to the House of Guise , on June 27, 1650 to the family of Charles d'Escoubleau, Marquis de Sourdis.
Châteaufort later belonged to three different departments: in 1790 it became part of the newly created department of Seine-et-Oise , in 1964 (with effect from January 1, 1968) when Seine-et-Oise was divided up, it was added to the department of Essonne ; just a few months later, in November 1969, Châteaufort came to the Yvelines department.
On August 20, 1913, Adolphe Pégoud managed the first parachute jump over the airfield of Châteaufort .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2011 |
| Residents | 717 | 749 | 812 | 769 | 1418 | 1453 | 1405 | 1415 |
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 951-955.
Web links
- Community presentation (French)