Villeron

Villeron
region	Île-de-France
Department	Val d'Oise
Arrondissement	Sarcelles
Canton	Goussainville
Community association	Roissy Pays de France
Coordinates	49 ° 3 '  N , 2 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 3 '  N , 2 ° 32'  E
height	81-140 m
surface	5.61 km 2
Residents	1,001 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	178 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	95510
INSEE code	95675
Website	http://www.villeron.fr/
Town hall (Mairie) of Villeron

Villeron is a French commune in the Val-d'Oise department in the Île-de-France with 1,001 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), called Villeronais (es) . It belongs to the canton of Goussainville (until 2015: canton of Gonesse ) in the arrondissement of Sarcelles .

geography

Aerial view of Villeron

Villeron is located about 30 kilometers northeast of Paris . Villeron is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Witz in the north and north-east, Vémars in the east, Chennevières-lès-Louvres in the south and south-east, Louvres in the west and south-west and Marly-la-Ville in the north-west.

Autoroute A1 runs along the eastern edge of the municipality .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 833.

population

Number of inhabitants
(source: INSEE)

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	263	294	311	271	361	702	709	787

Attractions

• Saint-Germain-d'Auxerre church, 16th century, remodeled in the 19th century
• Grange de Vaulerent ( Grangie ) with pigeon tower , monument historique since 1889
• Ruins of the Villeron Castle
• Former distillery

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  Saint-Germain-d'Auxerre church

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  Grange de Vaulerent with pigeon tower

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  Ruins of the castle

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , pp. 335–336.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ INSEE: Population figures from 1962

Web links

Commons : Villeron  - collection of images, videos and audio files