Sagy (Val-d'Oise)
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Val d'Oise | |
| Arrondissement | Pontoise | |
| Canton | Vauréal | |
| Community association | Vexin Center | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 3 ' N , 1 ° 57' E | |
| height | 42-130 m | |
| surface | 10.53 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,114 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 106 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 95450 | |
| INSEE code | 95535 | |
| Website | http://sagy.fr/ | |
 Saint-Sulpice church |
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Sagy is a place and a municipality in northern France with 1,114 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Val-d'Oise department in the Île-de-France region ( France ). The community consists of several hamlets ( hameaux ) and individual farmsteads .
location
The place Sagy is located on the Aubette river at an altitude of about 55 m above sea level. d. About 47 km (driving distance) north-west of Paris in the Vexin countryside near the Normandy border . The town of Pontoise is only 14 km to the east. The municipality is part of the Vexin français Regional Nature Park .
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2017 |
| Residents | 636 | 627 | 453 | 464 | 1127 | 1114 |
The population decline in the first half of the 20th century is due to the increasing mechanization of agriculture . Because of its proximity to the greater Paris area, the population has increased again since the 1960s.
economy
In earlier centuries the inhabitants lived on the produce of their fields and gardens as self-sufficient ; cattle breeding was also carried out on a small scale. Agriculture and retail trade continue to play a major role in the community's economic life. Some houses are designated as holiday homes ( gîtes ).
history
Small finds from the Neolithic Age were discovered in the municipality; nothing is known from Gallo-Roman and medieval times. In 1071 the parish and thus the place belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Denis near Paris.
Attractions
- The old Romanesque parish church of Saint-Sulpice burned down in 1740, but the new building, which still exists today, was completed in the same year. The building, which is unadorned both inside and outside, has a facade in the strict classical style , above which a squat bell tower rises. The windows cut into the masonry made of precisely hewn stones show simple round arches.
- Saillancourt
- In the hamlet of Saillancourt there is a wash house ( lavoir ) in the middle of the village.
- Petit Mesnil
- In the hamlet of Petit Mesnil , a harvest museum ( Musée de la Moisson ) shows various agricultural machines and implements.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , pp. 1007-1009.
