Saint-Gervais (Val-d'Oise)
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region | Île-de-France | |
Department | Val d'Oise | |
Arrondissement | Pontoise | |
Canton | Vauréal | |
Community association | Vexin-Val de Seine | |
Coordinates | 49 ° 10 ′ N , 1 ° 46 ′ E | |
height | 55-158 m | |
surface | 13.18 km 2 | |
Residents | 920 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 70 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 95420 | |
INSEE code | 95554 | |
Magnitot Castle |
Saint-Gervais is a French commune with 920 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Val-d'Oise department in the Île-de-France region . The residents call themselves Bercagniens or Bercagniennes because the community formerly known Bercagny had.
geography
The municipality of Saint-Gervais is located approx. 62 kilometers northwest of Paris and two kilometers north of Magny-en-Vexin , the chief town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Magny-en-Vexin . It is located in the Vexin français Regional Nature Park .
Neighboring municipalities of Saint-Gervais are La Chapelle-en-Vexin in the north-west, Alincourt in the north, Nucourt in the east, Magny-en-Vexin in the south and south-east, Hodent in the south and Omerville in the west.
The hamlet of Magnitot belongs to the municipality .
history
The parish was named Saint-Gervais in the 9th century when the relics of St. Gervasius of Rouen were transferred to the local church to protect it from the attacks of the Normans .
Attractions
- Church Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais , built in the 12th century ( monument historique )
- Magnitot Castle , built in 1780 (Monument historique)
- Magnitot Castle Park (Monument historique)
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2011 |
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Residents | 602 | 581 | 597 | 675 | 703 | 893 | 956 | 961 |
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , pp. 596-600.
Web links
- Community presentation (French)
- Saint-Gervais at annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais Church in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Castle of Magnitot in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Magnitot Castle Park in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)