Le Mesnil-le-Roi

Le Mesnil-le-Roi
Town hall
Le Mesnil-le-Roi
Administration
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Yvelines
Arrondissement Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Canton Maisons-Laffitte
Mayor Marc Demeure
(1995–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 20–71 m (66–233 ft)
(avg. 42 m/138 ft)
Land area1 3.27 km2 (1.26 sq mi)
Population2 6,386  (2006)
 - Density 1,953 /km2 (5,060 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 78396/ 78600
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Mesnil-le-Roi is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is about 8 km (5 mi) from Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

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 garrison".

The inhabitants are called Mesnilois (singular) and Mesniloises (plural).

Contents

Composition

Geography

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, 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, tge 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

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 date Name
Missing results before 2001 are no longer known.
March 2008 Marc Demeure
March 2001 Marc Demeure
May 1995 Marc Demeure
March 1971 Henri-Georges Dupret-Ecuyer

Demography

Historical population of Le Mesnil-le-Roi
(Source : INSEE[1])
Year 1990 1999 2006
Population 6,207 6,206 6,386
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Culture

The town participates in a Concours des villes et villages fleuris ("Towns and Villages in Bloom" competition) and in 2007 won two flowers .[2]

Monuments

Twin towns

England: Newmarket, Suffolk

Famous people

Economy

See also

References

  1. ^ Celles-sur-Belle on the INSEE website
  2. ^ "Palmarès du Concours des villes et villages fleuris dans les Yvelines" (in French). http://www.villes-et-villages-fleuris.com/leconcours/palmaresdep/P78.htm. Retrieved 19 October 2009. 

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