Les Essarts-le-Roi

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Les Essarts-le-Roi
Coat of arms of Les Essarts-le-Roi
Les Essarts-le-Roi (France)
Les Essarts-le-Roi
region Île-de-France
Department Yvelines
Arrondissement Rambouillet
Canton Rambouillet
Community association Rambouillet Territoires
Coordinates 48 ° 43 '  N , 1 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 43 '  N , 1 ° 54'  E
height 115-181 m
surface 19.32 km 2
Residents 6,708 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 347 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 78690
INSEE code
Website http://www.essarts-le-roi.org/

Town hall of Les Essarts-le-Roi

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Les Essarts-le-Roi is a French municipality with 6708 inhabitants (at 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 Rambouillet . The inhabitants are called Essartois .

geography

The municipality is part of the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park . Neighboring municipalities of Les Essarts-le-Roi are Coignières in the north, Lévis-Saint-Nom in the northeast, Dampierre-en-Yvelines in the east, Senlisse in the southeast, Auffargis in the south, Le Perray-en-Yvelines in the southwest, Les Bréviaires in the west and Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré in the north-west.

Les Essarts-le-Roi is on the Paris – Brest railway line . The National Route 10 runs through the municipality .

The municipality consists of the main town of Saint-Hubert , Les Layes and Maison Neuve .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
Residents 1,735 2,045 3,254 4,876 5,565 6.126 6.123 6,298

Attractions

Saint-Corneille-Saint-Cyprien church
  • Saint-Corneille-Saint-Cyprien church
  • Chapel des Layes
  • Château de l'Artoire (castle)

Community partnerships

There is a partnership with the German municipality of Salem in Baden-Württemberg.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 715-720.

Web links

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