Les Mesnuls

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Coordinates: 48°45′25″N 1°50′20″E / 48.756944, 1.838889

Commune of Les Mesnuls
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Rambouillet
Canton	Montfort-l'Amaury
Mayor	Marc Lautour (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	93 m–184 m (avg. 112 m)
Land area¹	6,49 km²
Population² (1999)	883
- Density	85,2/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	78398/ 78490
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Les Mesnuls is a commune in the Yvelines department in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 16 km N of Rambouillet, in the canton of Montfort l'Amaury.

[edit] History

The place was called Ménil until the XIII^th century, before becoming Les Mesnils, then Les Mesnuls. The name derives from Latin 'mansionile', meaning a small 'mansio', or dwelling

[edit] Sites of Interest

• Église Saint-Éloi, XV^th century.
• The Château des Mesnuls : the first elements (entrance gate, moat) were built during XVI^th century, and the main body dates from 1731. Protected since 1945, it is classified as monument historique since 1975.
• Chapelle Notre-Dame du Chêne on the road to Montfort-l'Amaury, built around 1825.
• Communal laundry house in rue du Moulin, XIX^th century.

[edit] References

Monique Bardy. La grande histoire des Yvelines, éditions Édijac, Pontoise 1989, ISBN 2-904625-25-6