Hardricourt | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Hardricourt (Yvelines).svg |
Arrondissement: | Mantes-la-Jolie |
Canton: | Les Mureaux |
Insee: | 78299 |
Postal Code: | 78250 |
Mayor: | Yann Scotte[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CU Grand Paris Seine et Oise |
Coordinates: | 49.0089°N 1.8944°W |
Elevation M: | 58 |
Elevation Min M: | 18 |
Elevation Max M: | 118 |
Area Km2: | 3.28 |
Hardricourt (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
The castle of Hardricourt was between 1970 and 2011 the property of Jean-Bedel Bokassa, from 1966 dictator and between 1977 and 1979 self-appointed emperor of the Central African Republic. He was overthrown in 1977 and, after a period in the Ivory Coast, lived in the castle in exile from c. 1983 to 1986.[2]