Magny-en-Vexin

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Magny-en-Vexin
Magny-en-Vexin Coat of Arms
Magny-en-Vexin (France)
Magny-en-Vexin
region Île-de-France
Department Val d'Oise
Arrondissement Pontoise
Canton Vauréal
Community association Vexin-Val de Seine
Coordinates 49 ° 9 '  N , 1 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 9 '  N , 1 ° 47'  E
height 63-149 m
surface 14.02 km 2
Residents 5,653 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 403 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 95420
INSEE code 95355

Magny-en-Vexin is a French town with 5653 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Val-d'Oise department in the Île-de-France region of the canton of Vauréal . The residents call themselves Magnytois or Magnytoises .

geography

The city of Magny-en-Vexin is located about 60 kilometers northwest of Paris . It is located in the Vexin français Regional Nature Park and is crossed by the Aubette River.

Neighboring municipalities of Magny-en-Vexin are Saint-Gervais in the north and north-west, Nucourt in the east, Banthelu in the south-east, Charmont in the south and Hodent in the south-west.

The municipality includes the villages of Arthieul (incorporated in 1967), Blamécourt (incorporated in 1964), Velannes la Ville and Velannes le Bois .

history

Magny-en-Vexin was already settled in Gallo-Roman times. The place is on the Roman road from Paris to Rouen. In the 7th century, Magny-en-Vexin belonged to the Saussay Abbey. The place was taken by the Normans in 885 . With the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 911, the Vexin and Magny came back to the Kingdom of France .

Magny-en-Vexin was badly damaged several times during the Hundred Years War . Since the 14th century the place belonged to the lordship of Villeroy, which from 1550 belonged to Catherine de Medici and from 1570 to the Duke of Alençon.

Francis I granted Magny town rights in the 16th century . In the early modern period, Magny was an important stop on the route from Paris to Rouen. The city was surrounded by a fortification consisting of a wall ring and four city gates. In the 17th and 18th centuries, many religious orders settled in the city, such as the Ursulines and the Benedictines .

In the 19th century Magny became the center of an agricultural region.

Town twinning

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Magny-en-Vexin

  • Church Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité

  • Piliers de Magny-en-Vexin

  • Magny coat of arms

Population development

Population development of Magny-en-Vexin
year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007 2014
Residents 3,083 3,423 4,077 4,558 5,050 5,657 5,508 5,574

economy

Magny has two industrial parks, where about 50 companies are located, which have about 1900 employees.

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , pp. 557-571.

Web links

Commons : Magny-en-Vexin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Piliers de Magny-en-Vexin in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  3. ↑ Hôtel de Crosne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. ↑ Hôtel de Brière in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  5. ↑ Maison des Bôves in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)