The Mesnil-the-King

the Mesnil-the-King is a common department of the Yvelines, in the area Île-de-France, in France, located at approximately 8 km to the north of Saint-Germain-in-Bush hammer.

The name of “Mesnil” comes from the Latin , mansionilis , small field. The name the Mesnil-the-King wanting to say the inhabited field of the king (François 1st). In addition, the revolutionary name of the Mesnil-the-King was “the Mesnil-Careers”.

Geography

The commune of the Mesnil-the-King is located between the Forêt of Saint-Germain-in-Bush hammer and the the Seine, on left bank of the Fleuve. It is bordering on Houses-Laffitte in north, the Pecq in the south and Saint-Germain-in-Bush hammer in the west. In the east, the Seine separates it from Montesson. The communal territory also includes part of a island of the Seine, the island of the Commune.

In addition to the borough of the Mesnil-the-King, agglomerate in north with Houses-Laffitte, the commune includes/understands in the south a second inhabited center, Career-under-Wood.

The commune is crossed in its southern part by the highway A14, partially underground. This Autoroute crosses the Seine by a Viaduc in Concrete prestressed formed of two parallel works.

History

Administration

Demography

Culture

Monuments

  • Saint-Vincent Church: Gothic church of style blazing devoted the August 2nd 1587.
  • Castle of the Valley, 17th century, located in skirt of forest of saint-Germain-in-Bush hammer, works of the architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart.
  • Orangery of the castle of Mesnil, located in an protected area of POS ND-EBC (classified wooded space) within a private residence of 43 houses.
  • Old well (castle of Mesnil, now disappeared) located in edge of the private residence of the Orangery - street of the General Leclerc
  • artificial Cave, old refrigerators and ruins of water levels located in communal wood (castle of Mesnil, now disappeared)

Twinning

Famous characters

  • Emile Littré, bought a house with the Mesnil-the-King in 1847 and lived there until its death in 1881
  • Augustin Henry-Lepaute, clock and watch maker
  • Jacques Fath, dressmaker, born with the Mesnil-the-King in 1912
  • Serge Gainsbourg, whereas he is yet only Lucien Ginsburg, wife with the town hall of the Mesnil-the-King, Elisabeth Levitsky on November 3rd, 1951. He works at that time at the House Champsfleur (currently residence of elderly) as monitor near young children Jews whose parents were victims of Shoa.
  • Jeanne Bourin, novelist and medievist
  • Louis Pauwels, journalist
  • Jules Kidney, politician, mayor of the Mesnil-the-King, it is at the origin of the creation of the canton of House-Laffitte - the Mesnil-the-King - Coals.

Economy

  • Common residential.

See too

To deepen

  • Common of Yvelines

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