Meulan-en-Yvelines
Meulan-en-Yvelines | |
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Coordinates: 49°00′24″N 1°54′26″E / 49.0067°N 1.9072°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Yvelines |
Arrondissement | Mantes-la-Jolie |
Canton | Les Mureaux |
Intercommunality | CU Grand Paris Seine et Oise |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Cécile Zammit-Popescu[1] |
Area 1 | 3.46 km2 (1.34 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 9,041 |
• Density | 2,600/km2 (6,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 78401 /78250 |
Elevation | 18–117 m (59–384 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Meulan-en-Yvelines (French pronunciation: [mølɑ̃ ɑ̃.n‿ivlin]; formerly just Meulan) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It hosted part of the sailing events for the 1900 Summer Olympics held in neighbouring Paris, and would do so again 24 years later.
History
In 1435, as a part of the Hundred Years' War, Ambroise de Loré and Jean de Dunois defeated the English nearby.[3]
Meulan hosted the first regatta in the sailing event at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 4,580 | — |
1975 | 8,486 | +9.21% |
1982 | 8,832 | +0.57% |
1990 | 8,101 | −1.07% |
1999 | 8,394 | +0.40% |
2007 | 8,773 | +0.55% |
2012 | 8,988 | +0.49% |
2017 | 8,990 | +0.00% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Heraldry
The coat of arms of Meulan-en-Yvelines is blazoned as:
Azure semy-de-lys or, a chief chequy or and gules of four tiers.
The shield of arms is composed of the ancient arms of France, granted to the village as an augmentation of honour by Henri IV in 1590, with a chief displaying the first four tiers of the chequy or and gules arms of the ancient Counts of Meulan.
Notable people
- Abdoulaye Doucouré (born 1993), footballer
- David Douillet (born 1969), judoka
- Frederic Esther (born 1972), boxer
- Elie Konki (born 1992), boxer
- Ferland Mendy (born 1995), footballer
- Kevin Mendy (born 1992), basketball player
- M'Baye Niang (born 1994), footballer
- Ibrahim Sacko (born 1993), footballer
- Maurice Thiriet (1906–1972), composer
- Yannick Zachee (born 1986), basketball player
Twin towns – sister cities
Meulan is twinned with:[5]
- Arraiolos, Portugal
- Kilsyth, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Taufkirchen, Germany
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Comité de Jumelage". ville-meulan.fr (in French). Meulan-en-Yvelines. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- Sports-reference.com Summer Olympics Paris 20 May 1900 sailing mixed open results. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- 1924 Olympics official report. pp. 582–3. (in French)
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