Saint-Cyr-l'École

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Saint-Cyr-l'École
Coat of arms of Saint-Cyr-l'École
Saint-Cyr-l'École (France)
Saint-Cyr-l'École
region Île-de-France
Department Yvelines
Arrondissement Versailles
Canton Saint-Cyr-l'École (main town)
Community association Versailles Grand Parc
Coordinates 48 ° 48 '  N , 2 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 48 '  N , 2 ° 4'  E
height 99-174 m
surface 5.01 km 2
Residents 18,795 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 3,751 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 78210
INSEE code
Website www.saintcyr78.fr

Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole is a French municipality with 18,795 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France , just west of Versailles and just over 20 kilometers from the city center of the capital Paris removed.

The community is best known for the Saint-Cyr military school , which has been in Coëtquidan since 1945 .

history

In 1686, at the suggestion of Madame de Maintenon , the Sun King Louis XIV founded a monastery for young women, the Maison Royale de Saint-Louis , to which she later retired. In 1793 a military hospital moved into the building. On May 1, 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte founded a military college in Fontainebleau , the École spéciale militaire , which moved to Saint-Cyr-l'École in 1808. After the Franco-Prussian War (1870/71), the Fort de Saint-Cyr was built, which is now used as a storage facility for important films. On June 13, 1921, the German Zeppelin LZ 121 , which had to be given to France as a reparation payment, reached Saint-Cyr-l'École, which was the destination of its transfer.

Architectural monuments

See: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Cyr-l'École

Town twinning

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 827-833.

Web links

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