Le Plessis-Bouchard
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Val d'Oise | |
| Arrondissement | Argenteuil | |
| Canton | Domont | |
| Community association | Val Parisis | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 0 ′ N , 2 ° 14 ′ E | |
| height | 57-81 m | |
| surface | 2.69 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,408 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 3,126 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 95130 | |
| INSEE code | 95491 | |
| Website | ville-le-plessis-bouchard.fr | |
 City hall of Le Plessis-Bouchard |
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Le Plessis-Bouchard is a French commune with 8,408 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Val-d'Oise department of the Île-de-France region . It belongs to the Argenteuil arrondissement and the canton of Domont .
geography
Le Plessis-Bouchard is located 20 kilometers northwest of the center of Paris .
Economy and Infrastructure
Le Plessis-Bouchard is primarily a residential town. Most of the residents work in Paris or in the Cergy-Pontoise agglomeration .
Le Plessis-Bouchard and the neighboring Franconville are connected directly to the Parisian public transport network via the Franconville / Le Plessis-Bouchard train station with the Réseau Express Régional ( RER C line ).
On the highways A115 and then A15 Paris can be reached.
Attractions
- Saint-Nicolas church, built in the 17th and modified in the 19th century
Personalities
- Richard Pottier (bourgeois Ernst Deutsch , 1906–1994), French film director and screenwriter, died in Le Plessis-Bouchard.
- born in Le Plessis-Bouchard
- Stéphane Guillaume (* 1974), jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist
- Romain Mesnil (* 1977), athlete
- Lorie (* 1982), a singer and actress best known in French-speaking countries
Town twinning
Le Plessis-Bouchard has officially maintained partnership relationships with the city of Niederstetten in Baden-Württemberg since 1996 . The first contacts came about through economic relationships between two companies .
Every year there are at least three exchanges between Niederstetten and Le Plessis-Bouchard (in May / June alternately in France and Germany , in September and in December). Traditionally, residents of Le Plessis-Bouchard organize the so-called wine village during the Niederstetten autumn festival, at which French products are offered. Niederstetten residents take part with a stand at the Advent market in Le Plessis-Bouchard every year.
On the French side, the Comité de Jumelage (town twinning committee) is responsible for maintaining town twinning relationships, and on the German side the Verein für town twinning eV
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise , Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , pp. 75-76.
