Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis

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Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis
Coat of arms of Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis
Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis (France)
Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis
region Île-de-France
Department Yvelines
Arrondissement Rambouillet
Canton Maurepas
Community association Haute Vallée de Chevreuse
Coordinates 48 ° 45 ′  N , 1 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′  N , 1 ° 58 ′  E
height 120-177 m
surface 8.95 km 2
Residents 6,789 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 759 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 78320
INSEE code
Website http://www.lemesnilsaintdenis.fr/public/mesnil/

Town hall of Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, Château du Mesnil

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Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis is a French municipality with 6789 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 Maurepas . The inhabitants are called Mesnilois .

geography

Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis is located about 28 kilometers southwest of Paris . The municipality is part of the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park . Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Élancourt in the north, Trappes in the northeast, Saint-Lambert in the east, Saint-Forget in the southeast, Dampierre-en-Yvelines in the south, Lévis-Saint-Nom in the southwest, and Coignières in the west and La Verrière to the northwest.

history

The area was given by Pippin the Younger to the Abbey of Saint-Denis as a fief. The place Le Mesnil first appears under this name in the 12th century.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
1,727 4,061 5,381 6,594 6,528 6,518 6,610 6,611
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Denis church

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis

  • Saint-Denis church, originally built in the 13th century, with major alterations in the 16th century, reconstructed after being destroyed in 1721
  • Château du Mesnil , built in the 16th century (construction started in 1589), today the town hall, since 1947 Monument historique
  • Château des Ambésis , Monument historique
  • Skit du Saint-Esprit : Russian Orthodox hermitage in the forest of Faye, founded by Russian monks in 1938
  • Sacré-Cœur Monastery

Community partnerships

A partnership has existed with the German municipality of Hankensbüttel in Lower Saxony since 1984.

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 187-189.

Individual evidence

  1. Entry about the partner community on the homepage of the community Hankensbüttel.Retrieved on April 16, 2019, 10:48 pm

Web links

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