Mennecy
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Essonne | |
| Arrondissement | Evry | |
| Canton | Mennecy (main town) | |
| Community association | Val d'Essonne | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 34 ' N , 2 ° 26' E | |
| height | 42-97 m | |
| surface | 11.09 km 2 | |
| Residents | 14,319 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,291 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 91540 | |
| INSEE code | 91386 | |
| Website | http://www.mennecy.fr/ www.mennecy.fr/ | |
 Mennecy Town Hall |
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Mennecy is a commune south of Paris with 14,319 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Essonne in the region of Ile-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement Evry and is the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of the same name Mennecy . The inhabitants are called Menneçois .
geography
Mennecy is in the Hurepoix countryside on the Essonne River . In the north the municipality is bounded by Lisses and Villabé , in the northeast by Ormoy , in the east and southeast by Le Coudray-Montceaux , in the south by Chevannes , in the west and southwest by Fontenay-le-Vicomte and in the northwest by Écharcon .
traffic
Mennecy is served by the RER D line.
history
Mennecy is based on the remains of the Gallo-Roman oppidum Minacium . Mennecy gained its importance primarily through the establishment of the porcelain factory between 1738 and 1745, although it was closed again in 1777.
Population development
With the establishment of the planned town of Évry in the 1960s, the number of inhabitants also increased significantly in Mennecy.
| year | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | |
| Residents | 3,867 | 7,644 | 10,702 | 11,048 | 12,779 | 13,325 | 13,344 | |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Mennecy
- 17th century Paris gate
- Saint-Pierre church from the 13th century
- Town hall (19th century)
Personalities
- Louis François Anne de Neufville de Villeroy (1695–1766), Duke of Villeroy
- Jurij Mihevec (1805–1882), composer
- Auguste Béhal (1859–1941), chemist, pharmacologist
- André Beaudin (1895–1979), painter and sculptor
Community partnerships
- Renningen , Baden-Württemberg, Germany, since 1982
- Countesthorpe , Leicestershire, United Kingdom, since 1984
- Occhiobello , Province of Rovigo, Italy, since 2003
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 607-613.
