Magny-en-Vexin
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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 | |
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
- Chipping Norton in the West Oxfordshire District , UK
- Reichenbach-Steegen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Magny-en-Vexin
- Church Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité built in the 13th century ( monument historique )
- Piliers de Magny-en-Vexin , built in 1778 on the site of a city gate (Monument historique)
- Hotel de Crosne (Monument historique)
- Hotel de Brière (Monument historique)
- Maison des Bôves (Monument historique)
- Maison Henri II , built in 1555 (Monument historique)
- Wash house from the 17th century
- Defense tower from the 17th century
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2014 |
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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
- Jean-Baptiste Santerre (1651–1717), painter, born in Magny-en-Vexin
- Desgrouais (1703–1766), French Romanist and lexicographer , born in Magny-en-Vexin
- Lisa Crawford (* 1975 in Magny-en-Vexin), actress and model
- Éric Winogradsky (* 1966 in Neuilly-sur-Seine ), former tennis player and former coach of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
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
- Community presentation (French)
- Magny-en-Vexin at annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Piliers de Magny-en-Vexin in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Hôtel de Crosne in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Hôtel de Brière in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Maison des Bôves in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)