Mantes-la-Ville

Mantes- la -Ville is a commune in the region Ile- de -France in the department of Yvelines. The city is located 52 kilometers west of the city center of Paris and has 19,839 inhabitants (1 January 2011).

Geography

Mantes- la- Ville is located at the confluence of Vaucouleurs in the Seine. The municipal area is highly urbanized, but has a park along the river.

The railway line Paris -Rouen separates Mantes- la -Ville from the larger neighboring town of Mantes- la- Jolie. In addition, Mantes- la -Ville, is crossed by the Autoroute A13, which runs from Paris to Normandy.

Demographics

Economy

The city was the seat of a cellophane factory, which specialized in the production of cellulose films. The plant was built in 1926 along the Seine near the farm of Chantereine. The production started in 1929 and stopped with the German invasion on June 6, 1940. 1944, the factory during the Allied bombing was heavily damaged but rebuilt after the Second World War. Then flourished until 1985, when she was decommissioned; the second oil price shock, and the emergence of alternative materials made ​​production increasingly unprofitable. Today is located on the former site of a modern industrial park.

Mantes- la -Ville is the headquarters of two world-renowned manufacturer of wind instruments: Buffet Crampon, the clarinets and other woodwind instruments as well as builds Selmer Company, which manufactures saxophones. The two well-known saxophone manufacturers Beaugnier and Dolnet built their instruments in Mantes -la -Ville, but both plants were closed in the 1970s.

Twinning

On October 3, 1970 in Mantes -la -Ville entered into a twinning with the Saarland Neunkirchen. Senateur - Maire Aimé Bergeal and the then Mayor of Neunkirchen Friedrich Regitz signed the partnership agreement. Accordingly, there are today in Neunkirchen a Mantes- la -Ville Square; conversely, there are in Mantes- la- Ville has a Rue de Neunkirchen ( German " Neunkircher road ").