Les Mesnuls
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Rambouillet | |
| Canton | Aubergenville | |
| Community association | Cœur d'Yvelines | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 45 ′ N , 1 ° 50 ′ E | |
| height | 93-184 m | |
| surface | 6.49 km 2 | |
| Residents | 857 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 132 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 78490 | |
| INSEE code | 78398 | |
| Website | http://www.lesmesnuls.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Les Mesnuls |
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Les Mesnuls is a French municipality with 857 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 Aubergenville (until 2015: canton of Montfort-l'Amaury ). The inhabitants are called Mesnulois .
geography
Les Mesnuls is located about 22 kilometers west-southwest of Versailles on the edge of the Rambouillet forest. The municipality is part of the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park . Les Mesnuls is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bazoches-sur-Guyonne in the north, Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré in the east, Les Bréviaires in the south, Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines in the west and Montfort-l'Amaury in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 545 | 565 | 675 | 770 | 793 | 883 | 879 | 852 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Les Mesnuls
- Saint-Éloi church from the 15th century
- Notre-Dame-du-Chêne chapel, built in 1825
- Castle from the 17th and 18th centuries, monument historique since 1975
- Wash house
- Remains of a Gallo-Roman villa in La Millière
Saint-Éloi church
Notre-Dame-du-Chêne chapel
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literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 592-594.
