Louveciennes
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | |
| Canton | Le Chesnay | |
| Community association | Saint-Germain Boucles de Seine | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 52 ' N , 2 ° 7' E | |
| height | 24-179 m | |
| surface | 5.37 km 2 | |
| Residents | 7,099 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,322 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 78430 | |
| INSEE code | 78350 | |
| Website | www.mairie-louveciennes.fr | |
Louveciennes is a French town with 7099 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France about 20 kilometers west of Paris .
history
Originally Louveciennes was a small village on the banks of the Seine with fruit and wine growing. In the 17th century, after Louis XIV's court was moved to Versailles, the Louveciennes aqueduct was built. Louveciennes was then still called Luciennes and was only called Louvetienne in the 18th century. In the 19th century the village became famous for its painters, e. B. Pissarro and Sisley. Since the train connection to Paris, more and more country estates and second homes have been moved into. In the past few decades Louveciennes has become the home of well-off commuters working in Paris.
coat of arms
The coat of arms shows two wolves running side by side in silver on a blue background and three lilies in gold on a red background.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Louveciennes
The Aqueduct of Louveciennes (also Aqueduct of Marly) was built in 1681–1685 by Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Robert de Cotte to supply the Palace of Versailles and Marly-le-Roi with the water from the Seine, which was supplied by the Marly machine was pumped onto the high bank. The aqueduct itself is 620 m long and 23 m high and directed the water into the water reservoirs of Marly.
There are several castles from the 17th and 18th centuries (Voisins Castle, Madame du Barry's Castle, Château du Pont, Château du Parc, Château des Sources), all of which are owned by companies or privately.
traffic
- Rail : From Paris ( Saint-Lazare station ) train towards Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche .
- By car : Motorway A 13, then RN 186 northbound (Port-Marly, Saint-Germain-en-Laye). The D 102 ( route départementale ) crosses the municipality in an east-west direction .
Personalities associated with Louveciennes
Were personalities residing in Louveciennes
- Madame du Barry (1743–1793), Maitresse of Louis XV. , lived in the Pavillon des Eaux and extended it to the castle.
- Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755–1842), known for her portraits of women, bought a large country house in Louveciennes in 1809 and lived alternately there and in Paris until her country house was occupied in 1814 by the Prussian army during the wars of liberation. She died in Paris and was buried in Louveciennes.
- Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), who painted numerous paintings by Louveciennes.
- Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921), organist and composer, lived in the village of Voisins from 1865 to 1870.
- Alfred Sisley (1839–1899), landscape painter, lived in the village of Voisins from 1870 to 1874.
- Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), impressionist, lived in the village of Voisins from 1869 to 1870.
- Joseph Joffre (1852–1931), French general and member of the Académie Française, had his retirement home in Louveciennes.
- Louis-Victor de Broglie (1892–1987), who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1929 and died in Louveciennes.
- Kurt Weill (1900–1950), the composer of the Threepenny Opera, lived in Berlin until 1933 and found refuge in Voisins from 1933 to 1935.
Town twinning
Louveciennes is twinned with municipalities of similar population
- Meersburg on Lake Constance - since 1991
- Radlett in Great Britain , 20 km north of London - since 1983
- Vama in Romania in the Bukovina , 450 km north of Bucharest - since 2000
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 435-449.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le paysage est peint depuis l'actuelle avenue Saint-Martin, face à l'entrée du château de Voisins (derrière la charette). Il s'agit bien sûr du château actuel reconstruit en 1820.
