Le Bellay-en-Vexin
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region | Île-de-France | |
Department | Val d'Oise | |
Arrondissement | Pontoise | |
Canton | Pontoise | |
Community association | Vexin Center | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 9 ' N , 1 ° 53' E | |
height | 103-130 m | |
surface | 5.02 km 2 | |
Residents | 234 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 47 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 95750 | |
INSEE code | 95054 | |
![]() Ste-Marie-Madeleine church |
Le Bellay-en-Vexin is a French commune with 234 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Val-d'Oise department of the Île-de-France region ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Pontoise and the Canton of Pontoise . The inhabitants call themselves Bellaysiens or Bellaysiennes .
geography
The municipality of Le Bellay-en-Vexin is 45 kilometers northwest of Paris . It is located in the Vexin français Regional Nature Park . Neighboring municipalities of Le Bellay-en-Vexin are Nucourt in the west and north-west, Amblainville in the north, Chars in the east, Moussy in the south-west, Commeny in the south and Cléry-en-Vexin in the south-east.
history
Gallo-Roman finds attest to an early settlement of the place. Etymologically , Bellay is derived from Boeley, Gaulish Betulla 'birch'. It was first mentioned in 829 when the site was donated to the Saint-Denis Abbey . The family Montmorency had in the 16th century, the Dukes of Luynes in the 17th century and then the family de Bellay, the basic rule . In 1666 the place was sold to the Hôtel-Dieu of Paris , which owned it until the French Revolution .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
Residents | 177 | 147 | 123 | 114 | 154 | 258 | 254 | 245 |
Attractions
- Church Ste-Marie-Madeleine , built in the 12th century ( monument historique )
- Ferme de l'Hôtel-Dieu, built from the 15th century (Monument historique)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise. Volume 2. Flohic Éditions, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , p. 621.
Web links
- Le Bellay-en-Vexin at annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
- Commune du Bellay-en-Vexin. In: le-bellay-en-vexin.fr. La Mairie du Bellay-en-Vexin, archived from the original on March 7, 2016 (in French, under → Le village for etymology and in detail on history, patrimony and agriculture).
Individual evidence
- ↑ PA00080001 Church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).
- ^ Ferme de l'Hôtel-Dieu in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French).