Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Rambouillet | |
| Canton | Maurepas | |
| Community association | Haute Vallée de Chevreuse | |
| 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 | 78397 | |
| 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 | |
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| 1,727 | 4,061 | 5,381 | 6,594 | 6,528 | 6,518 | 6,610 | 6,611 | |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
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
- Henri Louis Habert de Montmor (1600–1679), scholar, owner of the Château du Mesnil
- Maurice Blanchot (1907-2003), writer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 187-189.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry about the partner community on the homepage of the community Hankensbüttel.Retrieved on April 16, 2019, 10:48 pm
