Milly-la-Foret
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Essonne | |
| Arrondissement | Evry | |
| Canton | Mennecy | |
| Community association | Deux Vallées | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 24 ' N , 2 ° 28' E | |
| height | 60-135 m | |
| surface | 33.80 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,609 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 136 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 91490 | |
| INSEE code | 91405 | |
| Website | Milly-la-Foret | |
 Milly-la-Forêt - Market hall (hall) |
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Milly-la-Forêt is a centrally French community with 4,609 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the southeast of the department of Essonne in the region of Ile-de-France .
Location and climate
The place Milly-la-Forêt is located on the river École in the old cultural landscape of the Gâtinais in the Île-de-France a good 62 km (driving distance) south of Paris at an altitude of 70 m . The municipality belongs to the Gâtinais français Regional Nature Park . The climate is temperate; Rain (approx. 635 mm / year) falls over the year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2015 |
| Residents | 1,905 | 2,208 | 2,379 | 2,609 | 4,601 | 4,726 |
The nearly doubling of the population between 1954 and 1999 is mainly due to the relative proximity to the greater Paris area, which can be reached by car in about 45 minutes. A large new district has emerged in the southwest of the municipality.
economy
Milly-la-Forêt is still traditionally agricultural; the residents lived on the produce of their fields and gardens and a little cattle-raising as self-sufficient . As early as the end of the Middle Ages, aromatic herbs and medicinal plants were cultivated, for which the community is still known today; here is the Conservatoire national des plantes à parfum, médicinales, aromatiques et industrielles .
history
The history of the region can be traced back to the Gallo-Roman era; in Merovingian times, Milly belonged to the Saint-Wandrille Abbey . Karl Martell (r. Approx. 715-741) led the Gâtinais back into the possession of the crown domain ( Domaine royal ) , but the region remained between the crown and its favorites on the one hand and the county of Anjou or the vice counts of until the 14th century Sens and other pretenders controversial. In the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) it fell temporarily to the English, but then it came back into the possession of the crown. Around the year 1500, Milly-la-Forêt was surrounded by a seven-gate city wall by Louis Malet de Graville , who held the title of Admiral of France , because the place had become an important post and trading post on the way from Paris to Lyon; in addition, he probably had the market hall built.
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Milly-la-Forêt
- The Chapelle Saint-Blaise-et-des-Simples from the 12th century stands in a small garden . This formerly part of a leprosy station and dedicated to St. Jean Cocteau had painted the chapel consecrated to Blasius at his last place of residence, so that one day it would be his grave monument. He died on October 11, 1963 near Paris and was buried here. For the funeral, the bronze portrait created by his artist friend Arno Breker was placed in the chapel in the presence of Jean Marais and numerous mourners ( Monument historique since 1982).
- At the Château de Milly-la-Forêt changes were of changing owners from the 13th to the 19th century made again and again; ( Monument historique since 1996).
- The collegiate church Notre-Dame de l'Assomption was built in the 11th century - but only the lower part of the bell tower (clocher) dates from this time ; all other components date from the 14th / 15th centuries. Century. Parts of the interior are remarkable. ( Monument historique since 1926).
- A round pigeon tower (colombier) differs from many other specimens of this type by its outer walls that reach to the ground. The bird droppings were used as fertilizer in the gardens.
- The market hall , built in 1479, is approx. 46 m long and 16 m wide. On the two long sides, the roof, which rests on 48 supports, extends almost to the ground; on the narrow sides it is hipped ( Monument historique since 1923).
- There are two wash houses ( lavoirs ) from the 19th century in the village .
- The building of Espace Culturel Paul Bédu shows numerous objects from the environment of Jean Cocteau and Niki de Saint-Phalles .
Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples
Chateau
Notre-Dame de l'Assomption
Pigeon tower (colombier)
Wash house (lavoir)
- Surroundings
- In a wood about 25 m north of the village is the museum of the "Tinguely Universe" called Le Cyclop , a monument of contemporary art of the 20th century. The work, begun in 1969, was the result of the collaboration of fifteen artists - it houses works by Niki de Saint Phalle , Daniel Spoerri , Paul Wiedmer , Arman , César , Jean-Pierre Raynaud , Eva Aeppli , Jesús Rafael Soto , Bernhard Luginbühl , among others , Seppi Imhof , Rico Weber , Larry Rivers , Philippe Bouveret , Pierre Marie Lejeune and Jean Tinguely . In 1987, Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle donated Le Cyclop to the French state.
- In the fields about three kilometers southwest of the village ( 48 ° 22 ′ 46.3 ″ N , 2 ° 24 ′ 43.8 ″ E ) stands the approximately four meter high Pierre Droite , one of the few menhirs in central France ( Monument historique since 1974) .
Personalities
- Wulfram von Sens (around 640 - around 720 or 740), Bishop of Sens, saint
- Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), writer , director and painter
- Christian Dior (1905–1957), fashion designer
- Clotilde Joano ( Clotilde Rabinowitsch ) (1932–1974), Swiss actress
Community partnerships
- Morsbach , Germany
- Forest Row , England
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 736-747.
Web links
- Milly-la-Forêt at annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Milly-la-Forêt - Map with altitude information
- ↑ Milly-la-Forêt - Climate tables
- ↑ Milly-la-Forêt - Chapelle Saint-Blaise-et-des-Simples in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Milly-la-Forêt - Château in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Milly-la-Forêt - Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Milly-la-Forêt - Market hall (hall) in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Milly-la-Forêt - Espace Culturel Paul Bédu
- ↑ Milly-la-Forêt - Le Cyclop Museum
- ↑ Milly-la-Forêt - Menhir Pierre Droite in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Milly-la-Forêt - Menhir Pierre Droite