Maisons-Laffitte
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | |
| Canton | Sartrouville | |
| Community association | Saint-Germain Boucles de Seine | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 57 ' N , 2 ° 9' E | |
| height | 22-57 m | |
| surface | 6.75 km 2 | |
| Residents | 23,669 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 3,507 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 78600 | |
| INSEE code | 78358 | |
| Website | http://www.maisonslaffitte.fr/ | |
 Maisons-Laffitte Castle |
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Maisons-Laffitte is a French municipality with 23,669 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France .
location
The city is located about 18 kilometers northwest of Paris and ten kilometers northeast of Saint-Germain-en-Laye , on the left bank of the Seine opposite the city of Sartrouville , with which it is connected by a road and rail bridge. To the west of the city there is a larger forest area, the Forêt Domaniale de Saint-Germain-en-Laye .
history
The first mention of the place comes from the year 820. However, it is uncertain whether the Mansionis Villa mentioned in the document at that time really means the place today.
Surname
The name "Maisons" comes from the Latin mansio , which means something like place of residence (today the French word "maison" is translated as "house"). Until 1882 the place was called Maisons-sur-Seine , a name that indicates its location on the Seine. The name part "Laffitte" goes to the banker Jacques Laffitte back of the the Castle aufteilte belonging Park into smaller plots and the new owners , the building material by the demolition of the outbuildings of the existing castle of François Mansart made available.
present
Maisons-Laffitte with its racecourse and park is one of the most popular and expensive suburbs of Paris. However, a park should not be thought of as a botanical garden. Rather, the park is a total of spacious, villa-like properties, which, however, represent a welcome change from the big city life - all the more so as the spacious, geometrically laid out avenues are still subject to Laffitte's requirements and in their neat freshness for walking, Jogging or invite you to a summer picnic.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2011 |
| Residents | 19,132 | 23,504 | 22,595 | 22,173 | 21,907 | 22,649 | 23,125 |
politics
Jacques Myard from the UMP ( LR since May 2015 ) is Mayor (term of office until 2014). Yaël Braun-Pivet has been a deputy from La République en Marche since 2017 .
Attractions
- Maisons-Laffitte Castle (1643)
- Notable villas
- Horse racing and racetrack
traffic
The city's train station is served by the RER A (A3 / A5) line of the Paris RER rapid transit system.
Twin cities
Since 1954 there has been a twinning with Newmarket in the English county of Suffolk and since December 1980 with Remagen in Rhineland-Palatinate .
Personalities
- Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), writer, director and painter
- Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin (1896–1976), general of the colonial troops
- René Leroy (1898–1985), flautist and music teacher
- Jacques Fath (1912–1954), fashion designer
- Jacques Bertin (1918-2010), cartographer
- Ghislaine Maxwell (* 1961), entrepreneur
- Sylvain Chomet (* 1963), director and screenwriter
- Philippe Jaroussky (* 1978), countertenor
- Randy De Puniet (* 1981), motorcycle racer
- Grégory Baugé (* 1985), racing cyclist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 391-398.
