Fourqueux
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| local community | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | |
| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 53 ' N , 2 ° 4' E | |
| Post Code | 78112 | |
| Former INSEE code | 78251 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.ville-fourqueux.fr/ | |
Fourqueux was a French municipality with 3988 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France . The inhabitants are called Foulqueusiens .
The decree of December 20, 2018 established the incorporation of Fourqueux as the Commune déléguée together with the former municipality of Saint-Germain-en-Laye to form the new Commune nouvelle Saint-Germain-en-Laye with effect from January 1, 2019 .
geography
Fourqueux is located about 25 kilometers from the city center on the western edge of the Unité urbaine of Paris . The place is located on the slope of a slight hill above the nearby Seine valley with a view of the neighboring town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. In the west, the Forêt Domaniale de Marly-le-Roi is immediately adjacent , a wooded area with numerous hiking trails that extends over several kilometers and separates the urbanized metropolitan area of Paris from the rural surroundings. The Forêt Domaniale de Saint-Germain-en-Laye is just a few kilometers north of the municipality .
The neighboring towns are Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the northeast, Mareil-Marly in the east, L'Étang-la-Ville in the southeast, Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche in the southwest and Chambourcy in the west.
population
As recently as the early 1960s, Fourqueux had a population of less than 1,000 people. At the beginning of the 1970s and in the 1980s, the place experienced a strong influx, which caused the number of inhabitants to more than quadruple by the end of the millennium. Since the 1990s there has been a slight emigration again, but this is offset by a surplus of births, so that overall population growth is still continuing.
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2015 |
| Residents | 966 | 2,029 | 1,307 | 4,053 | 4.161 | 4,204 | 3,996 |
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Attractions
- The church Sainte-Croix was built in the 12th century after the old wooden church from the 7th century, was located at the same site, was destroyed. The church is listed as a monument historique . In the church there is a way of the cross by the painter Henri Marret .
- The Villa Collin , also known as le Château , is also classified as a monument historique . It was built by the architect and member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts Émile Vaudremer (1829-1914) on the site of the castle that was destroyed in 1841 and houses some works of art.
- The House of Victor Hugo was in 1836 purchased from the family Hugo as a summer residence, later it came into the possession of the painter Henri Marret.
Fourqueux Town Hall
War memorial
Fourqueux church
Personalities
- The French economist and historian Nicolas Gustave Hubbard (1828–1888) was born in Fourqueux.
- Victor Hugo (1802–1885) lived in a house in Fourqueux, where Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) also stayed.
- The painter Henri Marret lived in Fourqueux.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 633-636.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ RECUEIL DES ACTES ADMINISTRATIFS SPÉCIAL N ° 78-2018-188 ( fr , PDF) Yvelines department. Pp. 3-7. December 20, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.