Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines
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region | Île-de-France | |
Department | Yvelines | |
Arrondissement | Rambouillet | |
Canton | Rambouillet | |
Community association | Rambouillet Territoires | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 34 ′ N , 1 ° 56 ′ E | |
height | 103-164 m | |
surface | 12.55 km 2 | |
Residents | 6,001 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 478 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 78730 | |
INSEE code | 78537 | |
Website | Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines |
Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines is a French municipality with 6001 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France about 14 kilometers southeast of Rambouillet and 65 kilometers from Paris . It is located on the Rémarde River . It belongs to the arrondissement of Rambouillet .
history
The name of the parish comes from St. Arnoul . He was Bishop of Tours in the 6th century.
A document from the 17th century shows the place under the rule of the de Rohan-Rochefort family until the French Revolution .
Population development
1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2015 |
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1.006 | 1.008 | 1,160 | 1,384 | 1,584 | 3,016 | 4,442 | 5,811 | 5,671 | 5,699 | 6,086 |
Town twinning
Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines has the following city partnerships:
- Freudenberg , Germany , since 1993
- Terras de Bouro , Portugal , since 2004
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines
- Parish church of Saint-Nicolas , originally from the 12th century, was enlarged and partially renewed in the 16th century
- Château de l'Aleu, 19th century
- Le Moulin de Villeneuve (12th century) was the residence of Louis Argon and Elsa Triolet
- Le Moulin Neuf (12th century) houses a museum of folk art and traditions
Personalities
- Louis Aragon (1897–1982), French poet and writer
- Elsa Triolet (1896–1970), Russian-French writer, wife of Aragon
- Paul-Loup Sulitzer (* 1946), French writer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 793-804.
Web links
Commons : Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines at annuaire-mairie.fr (French)