Guyancourt
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Versailles | |
| Canton | Montigny-le-Bretonneux | |
| Community association | Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 46 ′ N , 2 ° 4 ′ E | |
| height | 110-167 m | |
| surface | 13.00 km 2 | |
| Residents | 28,633 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 2,203 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 78280 | |
| INSEE code | 78297 | |
| Website | www.ville-guyancourt.fr | |
.jpg) Saint Victor Church in Guyancourt |
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Guyancourt is a French municipality with 28,633 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Yvelines department in the region Ile-de-France .
geography
Guyancourt is located in the east of the Yvelines department, about 30 kilometers southwest of Paris . The Battery de Bouviers fortress is located in the village of Bouvier, which was incorporated into Guyancourt .
The neighboring municipalities are Versailles in the northeast, Buc in the east, Châteaufort in the southeast, Magny-les-Hameaux in the south, Voisins-le-Bretonneux in the southwest, Montigny-le-Bretonneux in the west and Saint-Cyr-l'École in the northwest.
The city center extends around the Saint-Victor church, as do the Bel-Ebat and Châteauneuf farms.
Guyancourt consists of eleven districts with the names:
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Attractions
See: List of Monuments historiques in Guyancourt
Institutions
population
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| year | 1793 | 1856 | 1901 | 1946 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
| Residents | 548 | 577 | 614 | 856 | 1,244 | 1,493 | 3,450 | 10,983 | 18.305 | 25,079 | 28,600 |
Guyancourt Airfield
There used to be an airfield between Guyancourt and Voisins-le-Bretonneux . The Aérodrome de Guyancourt opened in October 1930. The initiator was the Caudron company , which was taken over by Renault in 1933 due to economic difficulties . From then on, the airfield served as the factory airfield of Caudron-Renault. Louis Renault equipped the aircraft with their own engines.
Charles Fauvel carried out flight tests with a flying wing here in 1933 and in November 1934 the world record pilot Hélène Boucher was killed in an air accident here.
During the German occupation in World War II , the airfield was used by the German Air Force . Until July / August 1944, when, among other things, the 4th squadron of reconnaissance group 123 (4th (F) / 123), there were also task forces here , mostly only fighter aircraft school groups. Between the beginning of June 1941 and November 1942, the 2nd squadron of Fighter Pilot School 5 (2./JFS 5). From April to the end of August 1943, the 2nd squadron of Jagdgeschwader 105 (2./JG 105) was here and then the hunting instructor review group until December 1943 .
After the war, the airfield was used for civilian purposes again and from then on served for air sports . The airfield was closed on October 1, 1989 for safety reasons and the aviation clubs had to move to Étampes-Mondésir . Today, the Villaroy and Europe districts are located on the site of the former airfield.
Scenes for a number of feature films were filmed at the airfield, including " Lindbergh - My flight over the ocean ".
Town twinning
Guyancourt's twin cities are Pegnitz in Bavaria , Linlithgow in Scotland and Comé in Benin .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 625-629.
