Grosrouvre
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Rambouillet | |
| Canton | Aubergenville | |
| Community association | Cœur d'Yvelines | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 47 ' N , 1 ° 46' E | |
| height | 119-185 m | |
| surface | 12.43 km 2 | |
| Residents | 915 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 74 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 78490 | |
| INSEE code | 78289 | |
| Website | http://www.grosrouvre.com/ | |
 Grosrouvre Town Hall |
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Grosrouvre is a French municipality with 915 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Rambouillet and the canton of Aubergenville (until 2015: canton of Montfort-l'Amaury ). The inhabitants are called Grosrouvrois .
geography
Grosrouvre is located about 35 kilometers west-southwest of Paris . The municipality is part of the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park . Grosrouvre is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of La Queue-les-Yvelines in the north, Galluis in the north and northeast, Méré in the northeast, Montfort-l'Amaury in the east, Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines in the south, Gambaiseuil in the south and west, Gambais in the west and MIllemont in the northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 427 | 462 | 575 | 600 | 704 | 763 | 817 | 984 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Grosrouvre
- Saint-Martin church, Romanesque building from the 12th century, rebuilt in the 17th century, monument historique since 1994
- La Mormaire castle from the 17th century, monument historique
Personalities
- Marcelle Tinayre (1870-1948), writer
- Robert Merle (1908-2004), writer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 580-581.
