Nesles-la-Vallée

Nesles- la- Vallée is a French municipality with 1808 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Val- d'Oise in the Île- de -France region; it belongs to Arrondissement Pontoise and the District of La Vallée- du- Sausseron.

Geography

Neighboring communities of Nesles- la- Vallée are Parmain, Hédouville, Frouville, Labbeville, Hérouville, Auvers- sur -Oise and Valmondois. Districts are Fontenelle, la Frileuse and Les Groux. The municipality is part of the Regional Natural Park Vexin français. The village lies in the valley of the river Sausseron.

Demographics

Attractions

• Church of Saint- Symphorien (1180-1185, Monument historique since 1962)
• Ferme de Bertheuil, the church adjacent (15th century), formerly called Manoir de Wet Elles
• Croix des Friches (around 1200), cross at the border with Parmain
• Manoir de Launay (c. 1600 )
• Ferme de Fontenelle (. Along the road to Hérouville, 12./14 century)
• Rectory (18th century)
• Vaulted cellar on the Boulevard Pasteur ( 14th century)
• Château de la Garenne (19th Century )
• Auberge du faison doré, Robert Delaunay and Sonia Delaunay's whereabouts, Marc Chagall, Albert Gleizes ', Hans Arp and Le Corbusier

Saint- Symphorien

Ferme de Bertheuil

Auberge du doré faisan

Personalities

• Jean de Santeul (1630-1697), poet, lived at Manoir de Launay
• Henri Maigrot ( " Henriot ", 1857-1933 ), draftsman and caricaturist, died in Nesles- la- Vallée
• Émile Henriot (1889-1961), writer whose son, lived in Nesles- la- Vallée
• Roland Dorgelès (1885-1973), writer, lived in Nesles- la- Vallée
• Paul Cézanne painted the now named after him Moulin de Cézanne
• The artist group of Auberge du faison doré (see above)
• Eugène Viollet -le- Duc took drawings of the Ferme de Bertheuil ( dovecote ) and the Manoir de Launay in his Dictionnaire d'architecture
• Manuel Robbe (1872-1936), painter and engraver, lived in Nesles- la- Vallée
• Jean Bossu (* 1912), an architect in Algeria and Réunion, was born in Nesles- la- Vallée
• Robert Dorgebray (1915-2005), cyclist and Olympic gold medalist (1936 ), born in Nesles- la- Vallée