Magnanville

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Magnanville
Magnanville Coat of Arms
Magnanville (France)
Magnanville
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 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

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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
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

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 421-424.

Web links

Commons : Magnanville  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Qui étaient Jean-Baptiste Salvaing et sa compagne, les victimes de l'attaque. In: Le Huffington Post. Retrieved June 14, 2016 .