Saint-Martin-de-Bréthencourt
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Rambouillet | |
| Canton | Rambouillet | |
| Community association | Rambouillet Territoires | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 31 ' N , 1 ° 56' E | |
| height | 107-162 m | |
| surface | 16.67 km 2 | |
| Residents | 642 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 78660 | |
| INSEE code | 78564 | |
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Saint-Martin-de-Bréthencourt is a French municipality with 642 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Rambouillet and the canton of Rambouillet .
Saint-Martin-de-Bréthencourt is located in the south of the Yvelines department on the border of Beauce and Hurepoix . In the east, the municipality borders on the Essonne department . It consists of the villages of Saint-Martin with church and Mairie and the slightly higher Bréthencourt with a medieval fortress.
Neighboring communities
| Sonchamp | Ponthévrard | Sainte-Mesme |
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Corbreuse |
| Allainville | Boinville-le-Gaillard |
history
In the 11th century, Guido von Rochefort had the Bréthencourt castle built, of which only the ruins of the donjon remain today. The lordship of Bréthencourt was successively owned by the Montfort and Vendôme families, acquired by the L'Hôpital in 1653 and finally by the Rohan-Rochefort in 1788.
Population development
- 1962: 361
- 1968: 354
- 1975: 353
- 1982: 388
- 1990: 504
- 1999: 588
- 2007: 598
- 2011: 634
Attractions
- Romanesque church of Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul (12th century, Monument historique ), which was part of a Benedictine priory that has now disappeared
- Chapel Saint-Jacques in Bréthencourt (12th century), to a likewise disappeared Leproserie belonged
- Remains of the keep of Bréthencourt Castle (11th century)
