Le Mesnil-le-Roi

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Le Mesnil-le-Roi
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Le Mesnil-le-Roi
Coordinates: 48°56′15″N2°07′39″E / 48.9375°N 2.1275°E / 48.9375; 2.1275
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Yvelines
Arrondissement Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Canton Sartrouville
Intercommunality CA Saint Germain Boucles Seine
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Serge Caseris [1]
Area
1
3.27 km2 (1.26 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
6,322
  Density1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
78396 /78600
Elevation20–71 m (66–233 ft)
(avg. 42 m or 138 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Mesnil-le-Roi (French pronunciation: [menilʁwa] ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is about 3.5 km (2 mi) from Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

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The name "Mesnil" comes from Latin : mansionilis meaning "little estate". The name "Le Mesnil-le-Roi" could be said "The King's small estate" (Francis I). On the other hand, the name of Mesnil-le-Roi in the time of the French Revolution was Le Mesnil-Carrières, "Mesnil quarries".

The inhabitants are called Mesnilois (male) and Mesniloise (female).

Geography

Le Mesnil-le-Roi is situated between the Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the left bank of the River Seine. It is bordered by Maisons-Laffitte to the north, Le Pecq to the south and Saint-Germain-en-Laye to the west. To the east, the Seine separates it from Montesson. The communal land includes an equal part of an island in the Seine, the Île de la Borde.

Outside the town, conjoining with Maisons-Laffitte, the commune includes a second major estate, Carrières-sous-Bois.

The commune is crossed in its southern part by the A14 autoroute, partly underground. This autoroute crosses the Seine on a viaduct of reinforced concrete, forming two parallel bridges.

History

Heraldry

Arms of Le Mesnil-le-Roi Blason ville fr Le Mesnil-le-Roi (Yvelines).svg
Arms of Le Mesnil-le-Roi
The arms of Le Mesnil-le-Roi are blazoned  :
Azure, two spurs fesswise lower one contourny undersole straps one against the other intertwined in pale rowelled and buckled Or, and on a chief argent a salamander gules between two fleur-de-lis Or.



This coat of arms, adopted in 1952, derives from the La Salle family, the ancient landowners of Carrières-sous-Bois, and it was given to them by Francis I.

Administration

List of successive mayors
Election dateName
Missing results before 2001 are no longer known.
March 2008Marc Demeure
March 2001Marc Demeure
May 1995Marc Demeure
March 1971Henri-Georges Dupret-Ecuyer

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
19685,473    
19755,680+0.53%
19825,557−0.31%
19906,206+1.39%
19996,207+0.00%
20076,401+0.39%
20126,383−0.06%
20176,292−0.29%
Source: INSEE [3]

Culture

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War memorial
Forest Gate Le Mesnil-le-Roi - Porte de la foret.jpg
Forest Gate
Brassens Centre Le Mesnil-le-Roi - Centre Brassens.jpg
Brassens Centre

The town participates in a Concours des villes et villages fleuris ("Towns and Villages in Bloom" competition) and in 2007 won two flowers. [4]

Monuments

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Church of St Vincent

Twin towns

Flag of England.svg England: Newmarket, Suffolk

Famous people

Economy

See also

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References

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  2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. "Palmarès du Concours des villes et villages fleuris dans les Yvelines" (in French). Archived from the original on March 14, 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  5. Nicole Savy, Le Siècle des dictionnaires (Paris: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication/Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1987), p. 23.