Le Vésinet
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | |
| Canton | Chatou | |
| Community association | Saint-Germain Boucles de Seine | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 54 ' N , 2 ° 8' E | |
| height | 26-47 m | |
| surface | 5.00 km 2 | |
| Residents | 15,889 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 3,178 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 78110 | |
| INSEE code | 78650 | |
| Website | http://www.levesinet.fr/ | |
 The town hall of Le Vésinet |
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Le Vésinet is a French municipality with 15,889 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France . Its inhabitants are called Vésigondins or, more rarely, Vésinettois .
It is a posh community west of Paris with parks, lakes and artificial rivers. The age of the trees in the numerous avenues is not infrequently over a hundred years. According to various hit lists, the median price for a property is € 1,000,000; this makes Le Vésinet the most expensive municipality in Île-de-France.
geography
The municipality is located in the middle of a loop of the Seine, but not directly on the river, 19 kilometers west of Paris and four kilometers east of Saint-Germain-en-Laye . The neighboring municipalities are Chatou in the east, Croissy-sur-Seine in the south, Le Pecq in the west and Montesson in the north.
The area is characterized by stepped floodplains that extend from the northeast to the southwest. Le Vésinet is a fully urbanized community that is mainly characterized by individually designed houses. 20 percent of the municipality are green spaces. Artificial lakes were created in these green areas scattered throughout the municipality, e.g. For example: le lac supérieur , le lac inférieur , le lac des Ibis , with a large central island, and le lac de Croissy. Some of these lakes are fed by streams.
The connection to the other municipalities is ensured by three large, radial axes from the " Rond-point de la République ": in the north the " Route de Montesson ", in the south the " Route de Croissy " and in the center the " Boulevard Carnot" ". This connects the " Pont de Chatou " with the " Pont du Pecq " and represents the main street of the municipality.
From the SNCF Le Vésinet is from the RER A hit at two stations: Le Vésinet-Center and Le Vésinet-Le Pecq .
history
The name of Le Vésinet is derived from the Latin visinolium .
What is now Le Vésinet was previously covered by a forest that was part of the ancient Yvelines forest ( Forêt d'Yvelines ). It was occupied by King Francis I in the 16th century and remained an area for royal hunting for a long time. During the revolution, the area was divided among the newly formed communes of Croissy-sur-Seine, Chatou , Montesson and Le Pecq.
In 1837 the new railway line from Paris- Saint-Lazare to Le Pecq was inaugurated. In 1848 the line was changed to allow it to be extended to Saint-Germain-en-Laye . On May 24, 1856, the Pallu et Cie company was founded with the aim of developing the forest of Le Vésinet in order to found a new town. Le Vésinet train station opened in 1862. On September 29, 1859, a state asylum was opened to care for sick workers. The administrator of the company was Alphonse Pallu, who teamed up with Charles Auguste de Morny , half-brother of Napoleon III. (Auguste de Morny was also involved in the urbanization of Deauville and Biarritz .)
Count Paul de Choulot was commissioned with the design of the planned new city, which also contained a proposal for the park and landscape design based on the English model. The reclamation, earthworks, the creation of rivers and lakes, the installation of drinking water pipes and the works of art were carried out by the architect of the Pallu Association, Pierre-Joseph Olive . In the town center, according to tradition, the Sainte-Marguerite church was built by Louis-Auguste Boileau between 1862 and 1864. It was neo-Gothic in style , but was one of the first public buildings made of concrete in France.
The Pallu company was one of the first in France to introduce parceling (division of land); on October 10, 1858, sales began by lottery . In 1858 a specification sheet was introduced. Revised again in 1863, it lays down the rules that buyers must follow in order to maintain the property's elegant character. In particular, industrial companies, with the exception of gardeners and florists, are prohibited from settling here. This is one of the first urban planning regulations to be established in France.
On May 31, 1875, Le Vésinet was raised to an independent municipality.
The Sainte-Pauline church was consecrated on January 15, 1919. She was in the neo-Gothic forms, but made entirely of concrete - finished parts built.
coat of arms
The coat of arms is divided into two parts. In the head of the shield, a silver daisy with green leaves, framed by two golden oak leaves, is depicted on an azure blue background . In the lower part, a golden hunting horn can be seen in the middle on a red background. In an expanded form (not shown here) the shield is framed by two oak branches; a silver crown hovers over the shield.
Meaning:
- The oak leaves are a reminder that Le Vésinet is located in a former forest area before it became a city. Today there are still many trees in Le Vésinet.
- The marguerite refers to Saint Marguerite d'Antioche , the patroness of Le Vésinet.
- The horn indicates the hunting parties of the kings held in the forests of Le Vésinet.
- The silver crown is a reminder that the area of Le Vésinet was once owned by the French kings, such as B. Henri IV. , Louis XIII. or Louis XIV .
Population development
(Elaborated by Wikipedia.fr,)
Architectural monuments
See: List of Monuments historiques in Le Vésinet
Local
- A market is held every day except Monday.
- In June, the Fête de la Marguerite , a festival in honor of the city's patroness, is celebrated.
- A sports facility, tennis facility and multi-purpose rooms are available for sporting purposes; the ice rink burned down and was not rebuilt.
- The city has a theater, a library, two RER train stations , a high school and a college.
Town twinning
Le Vésinet maintains city partnerships with the following cities:
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Personalities
- Joséphine Baker (1906–1975), dancer, singer and actress, lived from 1929 to 1947 in the villa “Le Beau-Chêne” at 52 Avenue Georges-Clemenceau.
- Jean-Louis Barrault (1910–1994), actor, pantomime, director and writer, was born in Le Vésinet.
- Auguste Le Breton , writer; spent his last years in Le Vésinet. He was buried in the parish cemetery.
- Julien Carette (1897–1966), actor, lived in Le Vésinet and died there.
- Luisa Casati (1881–1957), Italian heiress, muse, art patron and fashion icon, lived in Le Vésinet from 1924 to 1932.
- Émile Chartier (1868–1951), writer and philosopher, lived in Le Vésinet from 1917 until his death, where he had bought a villa. He was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris .
- Jean-Louis Costes (* 1954), entertainer and French musician, grew up here in his grandparents' house.
- Patrick Font (* 1940), comedian and French singer, was born in Le Vésinet.
- Jeanne Lanvin (1897–1946), perfume maker and fashion designer, lived for several years in her villa "les vieilles tuiles" in Le Vésinet, where she died in 1946. She was buried in the local cemetery.
- Jean Marais (1913–1998), film actor, spent part of his childhood in Le Vésinet, where he was raised by his mother, aunt and grandmother.
- Charles Rigoulot (1903–1962), French weightlifter, was born in Le Vésinet.
- Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935), German writer and journalist, lived with his wife Mary Gerold (1898–1987) in Le Vésinet during his time as France correspondent for the Weltbühne and the Vossische Zeitung from 1925 to 1926 .
- Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955), French painter, lived in Le Vésinet for the last 20 years of his life.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 1110-1123.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ferdinand Werner : The long way to new building . Volume 1: Concrete: 43 men invent the future . Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2016. ISBN 978-3-88462-372-5 , pp. 234-239.
- ↑ http://cassini.ehess.fr/cassini/fr/html/6_index.htm
- ↑ INSEE
- ↑ Website of the city: Jumelages ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
