Groslay

Groslay
region	Île-de-France
Department	Val d'Oise
Arrondissement	Sarcelles
Canton	Deuil-la-Barre
Community association	Plaine Vallée
Coordinates	48 ° 59 ′  N , 2 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 59 ′  N , 2 ° 21 ′  E
height	51-123 m
surface	2.94 km 2
Residents	8,778 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	2,986 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	95410
INSEE code	95288
Website	http://www.mairie-groslay.fr/
Hotel de ville

Groslay is a French commune with 8,778 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Val-d'Oise department in the Île-de-France region . The inhabitants call themselves Groslaysien or Groslaysiennes .

geography

The community of Groslay is located 15 kilometers north of Paris .

Neighboring municipalities of Groslay are Montmorency in the west, Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt in the north, Sarcelles in the east, Montmagny in the south and Deuil-la-Barre in the southwest.

Groslay is connected to Paris by the H railway line.

history

Groslay is first documented in 862, when a vineyard in the village was transferred to Saint-Denis Abbey . The first landlord was Odon or Éudes de Groslay at the end of the 11th century. From the 13th century the village belonged to the Montmorency family .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	4744	5442	5196	4914	5910	7385	8011	8878

Attractions

• Parish church of Saint-Martin ( Monument historique ), built in the 12th century (see also: Wurzel-Jesse-Fenster )

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Groslay

Community partnerships

• since 1987 with Schemmerhofen in the Biberach district

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , pp. 683-688.

Web links

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

• Groslay at annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Église Saint-Martin de Groslay in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)