Mézy-sur-Seine
Mézy -sur -Seine is a commune with 1964 inhabitants ( 1 January 2011) in the Yvelines department in the Île- de -France region. Parts of the municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park Vexin français.
Geography
Mézy -sur -Seine is located in northern France in the landscape Vexin français on the Seine, 36 kilometers north- west of Paris, about 14 kilometers northwest of Mantes- la -Jolie, the seat of sub-prefecture of the arrondissements, and 1.9 kilometers southwest of Meulan, the capital of the canton and the municipal Association of Vexin -Seine on an average height of 86 meters above sea level. The Mairie stands at a height of 77 meters. Neighboring communities of Mézy -sur -Seine are Oinville -sur- Montcient in the north, Hardricourt in the east, in the southeast and Les Mureaux Juziers in the southwest. The municipality has an area of 476 hectares.
The municipality is one of the type Cfb climate zone ( Köppen and Geiger after ) assigned: Warm Temperate rain climate ( C ), fully wet ( f), the warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C ( b). There is a maritime climate with moderate summer.
History
In the 10th century a fortified structure was built in Mézy that should protect Meulan. By the 13th century Mézy was a fief of the Vicomte de Meulan. Then there was a village with its own church.
In the 17th century, the church grew. The houses were built more often outside the village. The viticulture reached its peak. Later, particularly peas were grown. In the 18th century the road from Paris to Mantes- la -Jolie was born.
1793 received Mézy -sur -Seine as Mézy in the wake of the French Revolution ( 1789-1799 ) the status of a municipality and 1801 under the name Mezy -les- Mureaux by the administrative reform under Napoleon Bonaparte the right to local self-government. Since 1971, the church is called Mézy -sur -Seine.
1879, the old town hall was built in the village school was housed at the same time. 1984 moved to the town hall in the castle.
Culture and sights
Mézy -sur -Seine belongs to the Roman Catholic parish of Meulan - Rive Droite de la Seine of the diocese of Versailles. The church of Saint -Germain was built in the 13th century and restored in the 16th century. The building was registered in 1926 in the Additional List of Monuments historiques ( historical monuments '). In the Church there are various textiles from the 19th century, for example, a chasuble. The articles were classified in 1973 as a monument historique. A statue from the 17th century, representing the Virgin and Child, was classified in 1963 as a historical monument.
The Villa Poiret was built in 1923 by architect Robert Mallet -Stevens for the couturier Paul Poiret. After 1924, the villa was empty. 1934 led Mallet -Stevens for the new owner Elvira Popescu some changes to buildings caused by. The villa is privately owned and incorporated in 1984 in the Additional List of Monuments historiques.
Economy and infrastructure
In 2009, 6.2 percent of workers were unemployed.
There is a public elementary school in the community.
The nearest train station is 1.9 km away, the railway station Meulan - Hardricourt. The nearest airport is 15.7 kilometers distant airport Pontoise - Cormeilles -en- Vexin.
The municipal area protected geographical indication ( PGI ) for poultry ( Volailles de Houdan ) apply.
Personalities who have worked in this community
- François -René de Chateaubriand (1768-1848), writer
- Berthe Morisot (1841-1895), painter
- Jean Jaurès (1859-1914), politician
- Paul Poiret (1879-1944), fashion designer
- Lili Boulanger (1893-1918), composer, spent her last years in Mézy -sur -Seine and died there as well.
- Elvira Popescu (1894-1993), actress
- Alfred Sauvy (1898-1990), a demographer
- Albert Dubout (1905-1976), artist
- Colette Darfeuil (1906-1998), actress