Valmondois

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Valmondois
Valmondois coat of arms
Valmondois (France)
Valmondois
region Île-de-France
Department Val d'Oise
Arrondissement Pontoise
Canton Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
Community association Sausseron Impressionnistes
Coordinates 49 ° 6 ′  N , 2 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 6 ′  N , 2 ° 11 ′  E
height 24-116 m
surface 4.59 km 2
Residents 1,195 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 260 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 95760
INSEE code 95628

Valmondois is a French village with 1,195 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Val-d'Oise in the region of Ile-de-France ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Pontoise and the canton of Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône .

geography

The neighboring municipalities of Valmondois are Parmain , L'Isle-Adam , Butry-sur-Oise , Auvers-sur-Oise and Nesles-la-Vallée . The municipality is part of the Vexin français Regional Nature Park . The place is in the valley of the river Sausseron , which flows into the Oise just below .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007
Residents 831 894 966 1.002 1,095 1,206 1,236

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Valmondois

  • Saint-Quentin Church (11th / 13th centuries)
  • La Naze watermill (1403)
  • Orgivaux Castle (19th century)
  • Le Roy Mill (12th century)

  • Entrance

  • Orgivaux Castle

  • Saint-Quentin Church

Personalities

  • Louis-Nicolas Bescherelle (1802–1883), lexicographer, buried in Valmondois
  • Gilbert Duprez (1806-1896), singer and composer, Mayor of Valmondois 1853-1870
  • Honoré Daumier (1808–1879), died in Valmondois
  • Adolphe-Victor Geoffroy-Chaume (1816–1892), sculptor, died in Valmondois
  • Théophile Sylvestre (1832–1876), writer, died in Valmondois
  • Jacques Bertillon (1851–1922), statistician and demographer, died in Valmondois
  • Maurice de Vlaminck (1876–1958), painter, lived in Valmondois from 1919 to 1925
  • Georges Duhamel (1884–1966), writer, died in Valmondois
  • Georges Huisman (1889–1957), politician and mayor of Valmondois, died in Valmondois
  • Antoine Duhamel (1925–2014), composer, born in Valmondois
  • Noëlle Lenoir (* 1948), judge, politician, Mayor of Valmondois

literature

  • Jean Aubert: La Grande Histoire du Val d'Oise - Toutes les communes de Ableiges à Wy-dit-Joli-Village. ISBN 2-904675-17-5 .
  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , pp. 917-923.

Web links

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