Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt

Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt
region	Île-de-France
Department	Val d'Oise
Arrondissement	Sarcelles
Canton	Deuil-la-Barre
Community association	Plaine Vallée
Coordinates	49 ° 0 ′ N , 2 ° 21 ′ E Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ N , 2 ° 21 ′ E
height	60-165 m
surface	6.00 km 2
Residents	14,883 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	2,481 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	95350
INSEE code	95539
Website	Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt
	; town hall

Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt is a municipality with 14,883 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Île-de-France region , about 20 kilometers from Paris . It belongs to the canton of Deuil-la-Barre and the Arrondissement Sarcelles in the Département Val-d'Oise .

history

The name of the parish comes from the eponymous Saint Brictius of Tours (* around 370, † 444), also Britius, Brixius, Briccius or Bricio, who was the fourth bishop of Tours and successor of St. Martin in this office. A document from the 13th century assigns the village to the dominion of the noble family Montmorency . In the 18th century it belonged to the Count of Vienna, brigadier of the king's armies.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
3,364	4,804	7,491	9,528	11,662	12,540	13,696	14,883

Attractions

Colombe Pavilion , built in the 18th century ( Monument historique )

Personalities

The ecologist and agricultural scientist René Dubos (1901–1982) was born in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt.
Paul Éluard (1895–1952), one of the most famous poets of Surrealism , bought a house after the First World War and invited Max Ernst , André Breton and Robert Desnos to Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt.
The American writer Edith Wharton (1862-1937), who came from a patrician family in New York, lived in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt from 1919 until her death; a street was named after her.

literature

Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , pp. 231-239.

Web links

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