Maurepas (Yvelines)
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region | Île-de-France | |
Department | Yvelines | |
Arrondissement | Rambouillet | |
Canton | Maurepas (main town) | |
Community association | Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 46 ′ N , 1 ° 57 ′ E | |
height | 87-178 m | |
surface | 8.32 km 2 | |
Residents | 18,281 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 2,197 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 78310 | |
INSEE code | 78383 | |
Website | http://www.maurepas.net/ |
Maurepas is a French municipality with 18,281 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Rambouillet and the canton of the same name .
location
The city is on the N10 national road between Versailles (19 km) and Rambouillet (18 km).
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Maurepas (Yvelines)
- Remains of a defense tower, built around the year 1000 and destroyed by the English in the Hundred Years War in 1425 .
- Church Saint-Sauveur at the foot of the ruined castle of the 15th and 16th centuries.
- Notre Dame church in the center of the city. Built in 1973 by the architect Roland Predieri and decorated with a large facade mosaic (250 m²) by the artist Robert Lesbounit .
Town twinning
Sister cities of Maurepas
- Henstedt-Ulzburg , Schleswig-Holstein , since 1986
- Usedom , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , since 1996
- Waterlooville , England
- Tirat Carmel , Haifa , Israel
There are partnerships within the framework of development cooperation with Mopti in Mali and Bait Sahur in Palestine .
Personalities
Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957), director, actor and writer, died in Maurepas and is buried there.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 487-490.
Web links
Commons : Maurepas - collection of images, videos and audio files
proof
- ^ Website of the city - jumelages , accessed on April 20, 2018
- ↑ Entry about the twin cities on the homepage of the City of Usedom.Retrieved on April 8, 2019, 10:50 pm