Wy-dit-Joli-Village explained

Wy-dit-Joli-Village
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Wy-dit-Joli-Village (Val-d'Oise).svg
Coordinates:49.1031°N 1.8358°W
Arrondissement:Pontoise
Canton:Vauréal
Intercommunality:Vexin-Val de Seine
Mayor:Laurent Bossu[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Elevation M:115
Elevation Min M:99
Elevation Max M:199
Area Km2:8.37
Insee:95690
Postal Code:95420

Wy-dit-Joli-Village (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department and Île-de-France region of France.

Name

The name Wy comes from the Latin vicus – meaning "village" or cluster of houses (as opposed to a villa, an isolated farm and master's residence).

The full name Wy-dit-Joli-Village ("Wy-called-Pretty-Village") is said to have arisen from an incident in which King Henry IV of France, hunting in the area and enquiring what the settlement was called, exclaimed Ah! Quel joli village! : "Oh, what a pretty village!"

Geography

Climate

Wy-dit-Joli-Village has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Wy-dit-Joli-Village is . The average annual rainfall is with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around, and lowest in December, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Wy-dit-Joli-Village was on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 7 January 2009.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.