Rueil-Malmaison | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Map: | Rueil-Malmaison_map.svg |
Map Caption: | Paris and inner ring départements |
Coordinates: | 48.876°N 2.181°W |
Arrondissement: | Nanterre |
Canton: | Rueil-Malmaison |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Rueil-Malmaison (Hauts-de-Seine).svg |
Insee: | 92063 |
Postal Code: | 92500 |
Mayor: | Patrick Ollier[1] |
Party: | LR |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Grand Paris |
Area Km2: | 14.7 |
Rueil-Malmaison (in French pronounced as /ʁɥɛj malmɛzɔ̃/) or simply Rueil is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France region. It is located 12.6km (07.8miles) from the centre of Paris. It is one of the wealthiest suburbs of Paris.
Rueil-Malmaison was originally called simply Rueil. In medieval times the name Rueil was spelled either Latin: Roialum, Latin: Riogilum, Latin: Rotoialum, Latin: Ruolium, or Latin: Ruellium. This name is made of the Gaulish word Celtic languages: ialo (meaning 'clearing, glade' or 'place of') suffixed to a radical meaning 'brook, stream' (Latin: rivus, French, Old (842-ca.1400);: rû), or maybe to a radical meaning 'ford' (Celtic Celtic languages: ritu) .
In 1928, the name of the commune officially became Rueil-Malmaison in reference to its most famous tourist attraction, the Château de Malmaison, home of Napoleon's first wife Joséphine de Beauharnais.
The name Malmaison comes from Medieval Latin Latin: mala mansio, meaning 'ill-fated domain', 'estate of ill luck'. In the Early Middle Ages Malmaison was the site of a royal residence which was destroyed by the Vikings in 846.
The Rueil barracks of the Swiss Guard were constructed in 1756 under Louis XV by the architect Axel Guillaumot, and have been classified Monument historique since 1973. The Guard was formed by Louis XIII in 1616 and massacred at the Tuileries on 10 August 1792 during the French Revolution.
Rueil is famous for the Château de Malmaison where Napoleon and his first wife Joséphine de Beauharnais lived. Upon her death in 1814, she was buried at the nearby Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul church, which stands at the centre of the city.
During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Rueil was located on the front line.
At the end of the 19th century, Impressionist painters like Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Édouard Manet and Claude Monet came to paint the Seine River which crosses the town.
The Château de Malmaison, the residence of Napoléon's first wife Joséphine de Beauharnais, is located in Rueil-Malmaison. It is home to a Napoleonic museum.
Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul Church housing notable graves.
Lydia Huntley Sigourney's poem Tomb of Josephine was published in her volume 'Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Lands' published in 1842 and follows her visit to Europe in 1840. [2]
The main campus of the French Institute of Petroleum research organisation is in Rueil. The city has also become home to many large companies moving out of La Défense business district, located only 5km (03miles) from Rueil, a trend first established by the move of Esso headquarters to Rueil.
There are about 850 service sector companies located in Rueil, 70 of which employ more than 100 people. A business district called Rueil-sur-Seine (previously known as "Rueil 2000") was created near the RER A Rueil-Malmaison station to accommodate these companies. The business district is equipped with a fiber-optic network.
Several major French companies have their world headquarters in Rueil-Malmaison, such as Schneider Electric and VINCI.[3] [4] Schneider had its head office in Rueil-Malmaison since 2000; previously the building Schneider occupies housed the Schneider subsidiary Télémécanique.[5]
Several large international companies have also located their French headquarters in Rueil-Malmaison, such as ExxonMobil, AstraZeneca, American Express and Unilever.
Rueil-Malmaison is served by Rueil-Malmaison station on RER A. In the future, the commune will be served by Rueil – Suresnes – Mont Valérien station on Line 15 of the Grand Paris Express (GPE), which will be located on the border with the commune of Suresnes, as well as a western extension of Île-de-France tramway Line 1.
The Stell Hospital, a teaching hospital of Sorbonne University, is located in Rueil-Malmaison.[6]
The area has a local history museum the Musée d'histoire locale de Rueil-Malmaison. Since 21 May 2016 it has been home to the Ancient Egyptian mummy of a 5 year old called Ta-Iset.[7]
Public schools:
Private schools:[12]
There are tertiary educational institutions in the area.[13]
Engineering College:
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France. Rueil-Malmaison is twinned with:[16]