Gargenville

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Gargenville
Commune
The town hall in Gargenville
The town hall in Gargenville
Coat of arms of Gargenville
Coat of arms
Location of Gargenville
Gargenville is located in France
Gargenville
Gargenville
Coordinates: 48°59′34″N 1°48′39″E / 48.9928°N 1.8108°E / 48.9928; 1.8108Coordinates: 48°59′34″N 1°48′39″E / 48.9928°N 1.8108°E / 48.9928; 1.8108
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentYvelines
ArrondissementMantes-la-Jolie
CantonLimay
IntercommunalityCU Grand Paris Seine et Oise
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Yann Perron
Area
1
8.67 km2 (3.35 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
7,490
 • Density860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
78267 /78440
Elevation17–191 m (56–627 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gargenville (French pronunciation: ​[ɡaʁʒɑ̃vil]) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France, 45 km to the center of Paris. It is part of the . With the neighborhing commune of Issou, it forms an urban area of around 10000 inhabitants.

Inhabitants are known in French as the Gargenvillois.

History[]

The name Gargenville is referenced as Gargen villam[2] in 1164, Gargenvilla in 1249,[3] Girgenville in 1265,[4] Gargenville in 1429.[3] It comes from the gallic name Garganus and the gallo-romain suffix VILLA, "rural domain" (villa rustica in Latin).

Before the French Revolution, Gargenville was made of two fiefs, the domaine d'Hanneucourt and the Moufle de la Tuilerie. In 1790, they were merged to form the new commune, which then had 990 inhabitants.

Economy[]

The "Aciérie et Laminoir de Paris", now electric steelworks,[5] and various industries, including industrial waste treatment centers and quarries.

Transportation[]

Public transportation is provided by Transilien on the Paris Saint Lazare to Mantes Station via Conflans-Sainte-Honorine line.

Geography[]

Neighbouring communes[]

On the edge of the Seine, the territory is highly urbanized, in which residential areas and industries alternate. It forms an almost continuous agglomeration from Follainville-Dennemont in the west to Juziers in the east, and which continues beyond towards Meulan and Poissy. There are major communication routes: , railway line on the north bank of the Seine, private or public port facilities, including the river-sea port of which depends on the Autonomous Port of Paris.

This is where the industrial zones are located, notably with the Gargenville-Juziers cement plant, the Issou-Gargenville oil depot (ex-refinery), and the Porcheville thermal power plant.

The northern part of the canton, entirely included in the regional natural park, very wooded, more sparsely populated, is dedicated to traditional agriculture and forestry, crafts and tourism.

See also[]

  • Communes of the Yvelines department

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Les Amis du Vexin Français
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Hippolyte Cocheris, Anciens noms des communes de Seine-et-Oise, 1874, online at Corpus Etampois.
  4. ^ , Coutumes et folklores en Yvelines, Préface de , président du de 1977 à 1994, membre émérite de l', Librairie Guénégaud, 1977 (FRBNF 34588328), Page 239
  5. ^ "ALPA : Aciérie et Laminoir de Paris". Communauté Urbaine Grand Paris Seine & Oise. Retrieved 3 April 2021.


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