Vaujours
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Seine-Saint-Denis | |
| Arrondissement | Le Raincy | |
| Canton | Tremblay-en-France | |
| Community association |
Métropole du Grand Paris and Grand Paris Grand Est |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 56 ' N , 2 ° 34' E | |
| height | 61-127 m | |
| surface | 3.78 km 2 | |
| Residents | 7,030 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,860 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 93410 | |
| INSEE code | 93074 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-vaujours.fr/ | |
Vaujours is a French commune in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis with 7030 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017). The inhabitants are called Valjovien (ne) s . Vaujours is about 18 kilometers east of Paris .
geography
Vaujours is the easternmost municipality in the Seine-Saint-Denis department. It extends over an area of 378 ha at a height of 61 m. The community is built on a slope above the Plaine de France . It borders on Tremblay-en-France in the north, Villeparisis in the north-east, Courtry in the south-east, Coubron in the south, Livry-Gargan in the south-west, Sevran in the west, Villepinte in the north-west.
history
The city is mentioned in early documents from the 9th century. In the archives of the 12th century it is called "Vallis Jost" and "Vaujoi" (Val de jost or Val de la joie). Etymologically, the word comes from the Latin "vallis jocosa", d. H. "Valley of Joy".
Around 1100 the area belonged to Étienne de Senlis, who later donated it to the Abbey of Saint-Victor de Paris (property of the City of Paris until 1792).
Henri IV had a hunting lodge near the Mautauban hill . He left his name in the place and in the division of the Vert-Galant. The Fénelon Horticultural High School was founded in 1844, which gave the 18th century castle a certain reputation. This castle was surrounded by a landscaped park in which there was a tithe barn from the 16th century.
At the end of the 18th century, the Saint-Nicolas church was built. It still houses religious works of art, notably an 18th century painting depicting the baptism of Christ, a 17th century tabernacle and the tombstones of the Maistre family who ruled the village from 1760 to 1840.
Vaujours was a strategic point in the First Battle of the Marne in September 1914 .
Architectural monuments
See: List of Monuments historiques in Vaujours
Town twinning
- Court-Saint-Etienne in Wallonia (Belgium)
- Tamworth (England)
Personalities
- Jeanne d'Alcy (1865–1956), first French film actress
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-Saint-Denis. Flohic Éditions, 2nd edition, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-133-3 , pp. 389–393.
