Magnanville
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region | Île-de-France | |
Department | Yvelines | |
Arrondissement | Mantes-la-Jolie | |
Canton | Mantes-la-Jolie | |
Community association | Grand Paris Seine et Oise | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 58 ′ N , 1 ° 41 ′ E | |
height | 65-132 m | |
surface | 4.26 km 2 | |
Residents | 6,030 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 1,415 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 78200 | |
INSEE code | 78354 | |
Website | http://www.magnanville.fr/ | |
Magnanville Town Hall |
Magna Ville is a French commune in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France . The municipality has 6030 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) and is located in the arrondissement of Mantes-la-Jolie and in the canton of Mantes-la-Jolie . The inhabitants are called Magnanvillois .
geography
Magnanville is about 40 kilometers west-northwest of Paris . Magnanville is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Buchelay in the north and west, Mantes-la-Ville in the north and northeast, Auffreville-Brasseuil in the east, Soindres in the south and Fontenay-Mauvoisin in the southwest.
history
The place was first mentioned as Manamevilla in 1091.
On June 14, 2016, the site was the scene of a worldwide terrorist attack in which a police chief inspector was stabbed to death in front of his home. The perpetrator, acting for Islamist motives, then entered the apartment, stabbed the police officer's wife and took the child hostage. The perpetrator was killed when a special task force stormed the apartment, the child was unharmed.
Population development
year | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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Residents | 581 | 589 | 550 | 682 | 685 | 3,225 | 5,001 | 6.265 | 5,624 | 5,444 | 5,904 |
Sports
The Paris – Camembert cycling race usually starts in Magnanville.
Attractions
- Castle, built from 1750 to 1753, today used as a gerontological center
Personalities
- Irène Joachim (1913–2001), soprano
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 421-424.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Qui étaient Jean-Baptiste Salvaing et sa compagne, les victimes de l'attaque. In: Le Huffington Post. Retrieved June 14, 2016 .