Marcoussis

Marcoussis is a commune with 7987 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Essonne in the Ile- de -France region; it belongs to Arrondissement Palaiseau and Canton Montlhery.

The city is located about 25 km south of the center of Paris and was, until the 1960s, a city part of the vegetables, which supplied the halls of Paris, especially with tomatoes and strawberries.

Neighboring communities

In the canton of Montlhery: Linas Montlhery, Nozay, Saint -Jean -de- Beauregard, La Ville- du- Bois
In Canton Arpajon (same district ): Ollainville
In Canton Limours (same district ): Fontenay- lès- Briis, Janvry
In the Canton of Les Ulis (same district ): Les Ulis;
In Canton Villebon -sur -Yvette (same district ): Villejust

History

The settlement developed around the Priory Saint wall groove branch of the same abbey in Normandy. 854 mentions a document of Charles the Bald possession in Marcoussis, initially only a winery of BUTION at Arpajon. When the monastery was BUTION lost, the monks settled in the early 12th century over after Marcoussis. A monk in the 13th century still lived here less than 120 inhabitants.

From 1404 to 1408 was Jean de Montaigu, the adviser of Charles VI. , Build here his castle, of which, are today only the foundations of a tower, Les Oubliettes available, rebuild the monastery and fill with Cölestinermönchen, and the parish church restoration, which now houses a marble statue of Mary is, the Duke Jean de Berry gave the Convention.

Subsequent owners of Marcoussis were the Malet de Graville and Balzac d' Entragues.

Demographics

Attractions

The parish church of Sainte -Marie -Madeleine from the time of Jean de Montaigus with the statue of Mary, a work Jean de Cambrai
Remains of the castle of Montaigu
The Château of Celestine (now School of Arts)
Remains of the Château de Bellejame
The Commandery de Déluge (12th century)

Personalities

Jean de Montaigu ( Marmousets ) ( 1363-1409 ), advisor to the French kings Charles V and Charles VI, founder of the Abbey Marcoussis, builder of the castles in Marcoussis
Catherine Henriette de Balzac d' Entragues (1579-1633), daughter of a gentleman of Marcoussis and mistress of King Henry IV
Jean -Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) spent 1750/51 a few days in Marcoussis
Jean -Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875) held on several occasions with his painter friend Dumax; he left some pictures of it, including Souvenir de Marcoussis, also called La charette (located in the Musée d' Orsay )
Victor Adolphe Malte -Brun (1816-1889), geographer and cartographer, died in Marcoussis
Aymar de la Baume Pluvinel (1860-1938), astronomer, member of the Académie des sciences, born in Marcoussis
Louis Marcoussis (1878-1941), Polish painter who changed his family name on the advice of his friend Guillaume Apollinaire in Marcoussis

Twinning

Assen forest in Bavaria, Germany, since 1970
Bérégadougou, Burkina Faso, since 1998.
Marianske Lazne ( Marienbad earlier ), Czech Republic, since 2006

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