Saint-Germain-en-Laye

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Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France)
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
region Île-de-France
Department Yvelines
Arrondissement Saint-Germain-en-Laye (administrative headquarters)
Canton Saint-Germain-en-Laye (main town)
Community association Agglomération Saint-Germain Boucles de Seine
Coordinates 48 ° 54 '  N , 2 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 54 '  N , 2 ° 6'  E
height 22-176 m
surface 51.94 km 2
Residents 44,753 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 862 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 78100, 78112 (Fourqueux)
INSEE code 78551
Website www.saintgermainenlaye.fr

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Hotel de Ville (Town Hall)

Saint-Germain-en-Laye [sɛ.ʒɛʁmɛ.ɑ.lɛ] is a French municipality with 44,753 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France . The municipality is the administrative seat of the arrondissement of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the capital of the canton of Saint-Germain-en-Laye .

It was created with effect from January 1, 2019 as Commune nouvelle by amalgamating the previously independent municipalities of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Fourqueux , which have since had the status of Communes déléguées . The administrative headquarters are in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

geography

Saint-Germain-en-Laye is located about 20 kilometers northwest in the catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) of Paris in the northwest of the department.

Neighboring communities

Saint-Germain-en-Laye is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities:

Achères Maisons-Laffitte
Poissy
Chambourcy 		Neighboring communities Le Mesnil-le-Roi
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche L'Étang-la-Ville
Mareil-Marly 		Le Pecq

Saint-Germain-en-Laye is located in the Seine catchment area . The Ru de Buzot, a tributary of the Seine, crosses the territory of the municipality.

structure

Commune déléguée former
INSEE code 		Postcode Area (km²) Population (2017)
Saint-Germain-en-Laye (administrative headquarters) 78551 78100 48.27 40,765
Fourqueux 78251 78112 3.67 3,988

Attractions

Saint-Germain-en-Laye is rich in sights that have the status of a monument historique .

Fourqeux has the following attractions:

  • Church Sainte-Croix of the 12th century
  • Villa Collin, as a monument historique classified
  • House of Victor Hugo

  • Fourqueux church

  • Villa Collin

Town twinning

Saint-Germain-en-Laye has the following twin cities:

Economy and Infrastructure

Saint-Germain-en-Laye is nicknamed the “largest open-air shopping center west of Paris” with more than 800 shops, most of which are in the historic center.

Saint-Germain-en-Laye is the headquarters of Ford France or FMC AUTOMOBILES, Pall France, the French branches of Bose Corporation and Cargill , among others . The Seine-Aval sewage treatment plant des Syndicat interdépartemental pour l'assainissement de l'agglomération parisienne (SIAAP), the waste water association for the greater Paris area, has been in operation since 1940 and treats an average of 1.5 million m³ of water per day.

Agriculture plays only a very minor role in the municipality's economy.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 5,451
Lycée International

education

In the Commune déléguée Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the commune has:

  • a private school,
  • ten preschools,
  • thirteen primary schools,
  • eight colleges and
  • eleven lycées.

The commune has a preschool and a primary school in the Commune déléguée Fourqueux.

traffic

RER train at Saint-Germain-en-Laye station

Local public transport

Most of the connection from Saint-Germain-en-Laye to Paris is carried by the RER A line des Réseau express régional d'Île-de-France , which has a terminus in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The Châtelet-Les Halles stop in the heart of Paris can be reached in just over half an hour.

Via a line of the Grande ceinture Ouest with stops in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Fourqueux, operated by SNCF , passengers can change trains at Saint-Lazare station in Paris.

The public transport within the municipality is operated by regular buses from the company Transdev under the name Résalys .

Transdev bus routes connect Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Fourqueux with other municipalities in the department such as Cergy , Conflans-Sainte-Honorine , Mantes-la-Jolie , Poissy or Versailles .

The SNCF railway line from Paris-Saint-Lazare to Le Havre crosses the area of ​​the commune without a stop.

Road traffic

The A 14 autoroute crosses the municipality's area largely underground. Saint-Germain-en-Laye is connected via exit 6a at Chambourcy.

Traffic sign

Saint-Germain-en-Laye is connected by two national roads . The Route nationale 13 crosses the municipality from west to east and leads to Mantes-la-Jolie in the west and to Paris in the east. The Route nationale 184 , however, has a north-south orientation and connects the municipality in the north with Cergy-Pontoise via Conflans-Sainte-Honorine .

Several départementales routes cross Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Fourqueux and connect the places with the neighboring municipalities:

  • The RD 308 connects Poissy in the west with Maisons-Laffitte in the east
  • The RD 157 connects the municipality with Maisons-Laffitte via Le Mesnil-le-Roi in the east
  • The RD 190 crosses the center of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and leads to Poissy in the west and Le Pecq in the southeast
  • The RD 98 branches off from Route nationale 13 in a southerly direction, crosses Fourqueux and leads to Les Clayes-sous-Bois via Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche.

Daughters and sons of the city

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 844-881.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Germain-en-Laye  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RECUEIL DES ACTES ADMINISTRATIFS SPÉCIAL N ° 78-2018-188 ( fr , PDF) Yvelines department. Pp. 3-7. December 20, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  2. ↑ Aire urbaine de Paris (001) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  3. ↑ Fiche cours d'eau Ru de Buzot (F7125000) ( fr ) Service d'Administration Nationale des Données et Référentiels sur l'Eau (SANDRE). Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  4. ↑ City website - Les villes jumelles , accessed December 7, 2018
  5. ↑ Jumelage avec Schwelm ( fr ) Former municipality of Fourqeux. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  6. ↑ Le plus grand center commercial à ciel ouvert de l'ouest parisien ( fr ) Office du Commerce of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  7. ↑ His Aval ( fr ) SIAAP. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  8. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (78551) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  9. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Fourqueux (78251) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  10. ^ Yvelines (78), Saint-Germain-en-Laye, écoles ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  11. ^ Yvelines (78), Fourqueux, écoles ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved January 5, 2019.