Mont-Saint-Aignan

Mont -Saint -Aignan is a commune with 19,333 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Seine- Maritime in the Haute-Normandie region. It belongs administratively to the Arrondissement Rouen and is the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the Canton of Mont -Saint -Aignan. The inhabitants of Mont-Saint - Aignanais call themselves.

Geography

The city is located north of Rouen above the Seine. The city is divided into the districts of La Vatine, La Village and Saint -André. The neighboring municipalities of Mont-Saint - Aignans are:

  • Notre- Dame-de- Bondeville in the northwest and north,
  • Houppeville in the Northeast,
  • Bois -Guillaume in the East
  • Rouen in the south and
  • Déville -lès -Rouen in the West.

History

During the twelfth century the towns of Saint- Aignan were ( Latinized: Sanctum Anianum ) and Mont- aux- Malades ( Monte Infirmorum ) first mentioned. Henry II of England in 1176 was built the church in honor of Thomas Beckett to redeem himself for his involvement in the murder. Beginning of the 19th century, the community of the earlier parts of Saint- Aignan, Notre -Dame-de - Ville Bonde, Le Houlme Maromme, Saint- Aignan- sur- Ry, Saint -Jean -du- Cardonnay and Saint- Denis- de Bondeville formed.

Since the late 1960s, there is a significant part of the University of Rouen in the city of Mont -Saint -Aignan.

Demographics

Personalities

  • Charles Lenepveu (1840-1910), composer
  • Georges Lanfry (1884-1969), archaeologist
  • Lucien Tesnière (1893-1954), linguist
  • Maurice Euzennat (1926-2004), historian
  • Claude Le Ber ( born 1931 ), cyclist
  • Jacques Anquetil (1934-1987), a cyclist, multiple Tour de France winner (1957, 1961-1964 )
  • Jean -Claude Éloy ( b. 1938 ), composer
  • Éric Delcroix (1944 ), Attorney at Law
  • Vincent Lagaf ' ( born 1959 ), comedian
  • Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer ( b. 1959 ), Archbishop of Poitiers
  • Cyril Bos (born 1972 ), cyclist
  • Allan Carriou (born 1976 ), ice hockey player
  • Élodie Woock (born 1976 ), football player (midfielder )
  • Olivier Blondel ( born 1979 ), football player ( goalkeeper)
  • Aurélie Félix ( born 1979 ), athlete (long jump )
  • Jérôme Pineau ( born 1980 ), cyclist
  • Pierric Poupet ( born 1984 ), basketball player
  • Jamel Ait Ben Idir ( born 1984 ), Moroccan footballer (midfielder )
  • Sébastien Le Toux ( born 1984 ), footballer (Striker)
  • Mathieu Duhamel ( born 1984 ), footballer (Striker)
  • Mohamed Sissoko ( born 1985 ), Malian footballer (midfielder )
  • Jackson Mendy (* 1987), Senegalese- French football player (defender)
  • Loïc Lampérier (* 1989), ice hockey player
  • Ugo Legrand ( * 1989), judoka, Olympic bronze medalist in 2012 ( London)
  • Viviane Asseyi (* 1993), football player ( Storm )

Partner communities

  • Barsinghausen, Lower Saxony, Germany, since 1967
  • Edenbridge ( Kent ), England, since 1973
  • Osica de Sus, Romania, since 1990
  • Brzeg Dolny, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, since 2003
  • Rouko, Burkina Faso, since 2010

Attractions

  • Church of Saint -Thomas -de- Cantorbéry, Monument historique since 1926
  • Saint -Jacques -du -Mont- aux- Malades ( Monument historique since 1971 )
  • Church of Saint- Aignan
  • Church of Saint -André
Arrondissement of Rouen Cantons of France Canton of Mont-Saint-Aignan Postal codes in France Edenbridge, Kent
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