Sartrouville

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Sartrouville
Sartrouville Coat of Arms
Sartrouville (France)
Sartrouville
region Île-de-France
Department Yvelines
Arrondissement Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Canton Sartrouville (main town)
Community association Saint-Germain Boucles de Seine
Coordinates 48 ° 57 '  N , 2 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 57 '  N , 2 ° 10'  E
height 22-62 m
surface 8.46 km 2
Residents 51,967 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 6,143 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 78500
INSEE code 78586
Website www.sartrouville.fr

Sartrouville Town Hall

Sartrouville is a French commune in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France . It is located around 17 kilometers northwest of downtown Paris on the right bank of the Seine across from Maisons-Laffitte . Sartrouville has 51,967 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). The inhabitants are called Sartrouvillois .

history

The exact meaning of the place name, first mentioned as Sartori's Villa , is controversial, but it is in any case of Latin origin. In the 20th century the place developed into a typical Parisian suburb.

During the Second World War , Allied bombers tried on May 27, 1944 to destroy the railway bridge between Sartrouville on the right bank of the Seine and Maisons-Laffitte on the left bank, which was important for the supply of German troops. The bombs did not hit the bridge, but instead hit the town of Sartrouville. About 200 sartrouvilloises were killed.

Population development
year 1793 1841 1881 1901 1921 1946 1962 1975 1990 1999 2006 2015
Residents 1,717 1,775 1,730 2.211 5,847 17,494 31,267 42,253 50,329 50.219 51,600 52,538

politics

In the years 1959-1989 the communist Auguste Chrétienne served as mayor, who was replaced by Laurent Wetzel, member of the Christian conservative party Center des démocrates sociaux ; Pierre Fond has been mayor of the UMP (since May 2015 LR ) since 1995 (term of office until 2014). In 2015 he was re-elected with over 70% of the valid votes. Yaël Braun-Pivet , member of La République en Marche, has been the deputy since 2017 .

Attractions

See: List of Monuments historiques in Sartrouville

Town twinning

Sartrouville maintains partnerships with the cities

traffic

The city's train station is served by the RER A line of the Paris RER .

Culture

The popular theater established in 1966 by Patrice Chéreau is well known .

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 911-917.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Bombardement du pont ferroviaire de Sartrouville / Maisons-Laffitte , accessed on December 31, 2016.

Web links

Commons : Sartrouville  - Collection of images, videos and audio files