Jouy-en-Josas
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Versailles | |
| Canton | Versailles-2 | |
| Community association | Versailles Grand Parc | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 46 ′ N , 2 ° 10 ′ E | |
| height | 77-179 m | |
| surface | 10.14 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,191 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 808 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 78350 | |
| INSEE code | 78322 | |
| Website | www.jouy-en-josas.fr | |
 Castle in Jouy-en-Josas, seat of the HEC |
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Jouy-en-Josas is a French municipality with 8191 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France . It is four kilometers south of Versailles and 15 kilometers southwest of Paris in the Bièvre valley . The inhabitants are called Jovaciens .
geography
Jouy-en-Josas is located in the “Vallée de la Bièvre ” on the north-eastern edge of the Yvelines department. Neighboring municipalities of Jouy-en-Josas are Vélizy-Villacoublay and Versailles in the north, Bièvres in the east, Saclay and Toussus-le-Noble in the south and Les Loges-en-Josas and Buc in the west.
history
On May 1, 1756, the first Treaty of Versailles was signed in Jouy-en-Josas at the palace of the French Foreign Minister Antoine Louis Rouillé (1689–1761). The building was demolished at the beginning of the 19th century and replaced by a new castle.
Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf , who was elected mayor in 1790, ran his famous cotton spinning and cloth manufacture in Jouy-en-Josas until 1844. Toile-de-Jouy (Jouystoff) is still a synonym for high-quality printed cotton in France .
| year | 1800 | 1901 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2015 |
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| Residents | 1,673 | 1,513 | 2,538 | 3,321 | 4.143 | 5,477 | 7,221 | 7,664 | 7,687 | 7,946 | 8,081 | 8,312 |
etymology
The name "Jouy" comes from the Latin gaudium , joy ( French joie ). "Josas" was the name of a former church district of the Archdiocese of Paris .
Education and Research
Jouy-en-Josas is the seat of the École des hautes études commerciales (HEC), a commercial college.
Also in the community is one of the largest sites of the national research institute for agronomy INRA , which is located on several hectares of land on the outskirts.
traffic
Jouy-en-Josas, by three stations ( Vauboyen, Jouy-en-Josas , and Petit-Jouy les Loges ) of the RER C with the network of the public transport system in the Paris region connected.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Jouy-en-Josas
The parish church of Saint-Martin and the grave of Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf are worth seeing . Léon Blum is buried in the community cemetery. The painter Georges Paul Leroux was also buried in Jouy-en-Josas. The “Musée de la Toile de Jouy” has been showing, since 1977, various printed Jouy fabrics and the tools needed to make them.
Museum of the Toile de Jouy
Monument aux morts
Rue Oberkampf
Bust of Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf
Château de Vilvert
Personalities
- The French writer Victor Hugo rented a small house in the district of Le Metz in 1834 in order to live out his relationship with his muse, the French actress Juliette Drouet .
- Former French Prime Minister Léon Blum lived and died in the city. He was buried in Jouy-en-Josas.
- Jeanne Blum , educator, school founder and last wife of Léon Blum , also lived and died in Jouy-en-Josas and was buried there.
- The cloth manufacturer Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf was one of the most famous manufacturers of Toile-de-Jouy . Oberkampf had a cloth factory in Jouy-en-Josas. He died in Jouy-en-Josas in 1815 and was buried there.
- The French painter Georges Paul Leroux is buried in Jouy-en-Josas.
- The French doctor and bacteriologist Albert Calmette lived in Jouy-en-Josas.
- The French dancer Jane Avril lived in the center of the city.
- The French Nobel Prize for Literature, Patrick Modiano, spent his childhood in Jouy-en-Josas.
- The French essayist and historian Daniel Halévy lived in Jouy-en-Josas and is buried there.
- The French politician Louis Joxe lived in the city.
- The architect Lucien Bechmann lived in Jouy-en-Josas.
- François Certain de Canrobert , Marshal of France, built the Château de l'Églantine , which now houses the Musée de la toile de Jouy .
- The French singer Christophe wrote the text for the famous chanson Aline in the Cafe Le Robin des Bois opposite the train station.
- The rock band Velvet Underground spontaneously reunited, for a short time, for an appearance on June 15, 1990 at an Andy Warhol exhibition in Jouy-en-Josas.
Partner communities
Jouy-en-Josas has had a partnership with Meckesheim in Germany and with Bothwell in Scotland since 1971 .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 956-960.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article on the history of the 'Grand Château' on the website of the municipality's tourist office: http://www.jouy-en-josas-tourisme.fr/hec_le_chateau.aspx .
- ↑ Information on the permanent exposition on museedelatoiledejouy.fr ( Memento of the original of September 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Jouy-en-Josas website (French)