Le Mesnil-le-Roi explained

Le Mesnil-le-Roi
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Le Mesnil-le-Roi (Yvelines).svg
Arrondissement:Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Canton:Sartrouville
Insee:78396
Postal Code:78600
Mayor:Serge Caseris[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Saint Germain Boucles Seine
Coordinates:48.9375°N 2.1275°W
Elevation M:42
Elevation Min M:20
Elevation Max M:71
Area Km2:3.27

Le Mesnil-le-Roi (in French pronounced as /lə menil lə ʁwa/) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is about 3.5km (02.2miles) 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 French: Le Mesnil-Carrières, "Mesnil quarries".

The inhabitants are called French: Mesnilois (male) and French: 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

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

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. Web site: Palmarès du Concours des villes et villages fleuris dans les Yvelines . fr . 19 October 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090314040809/http://www.villes-et-villages-fleuris.com/leconcours/palmaresdep/P78.htm . March 14, 2009 .
  3. 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.