Maisons-Laffitte
Maisons-Laffitte | ||
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Commune | ||
Château de Maisons-Laffitte | ||
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Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | ||
Location of Maisons-Laffitte | ||
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Coordinates: 48°56′49″N 2°08′44″E / 48.9469°N 2.1456°E / 48.9469; 2.1456Coordinates: 48°56′49″N 2°08′44″E / 48.9469°N 2.1456°E / 48.9469; 2.1456 | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Île-de-France | |
Department | Yvelines | |
Arrondissement | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | |
Canton | Sartrouville | |
Intercommunality | CA Saint Germain Boucles Seine | |
Government | ||
• Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} (2008–2014) | Jacques Myard | |
Area 1 | 6.75 km2 (2.61 sq mi) | |
Population (2006)2 | 23,014 | |
• Density | 3,400/km2 (8,800/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 78358 /78600 | |
Elevation | 22–57 m (72–187 ft) (avg. 38 m or 125 ft) | |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Maisons-Laffitte is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the north-western suburbs of Paris 18.2 km (11.3 mi) from the center.
Maisons-Laffitte is famous for the Château de Maisons-Laffitte, built by architect François Mansart in the 17th century. Maisons-Laffitte is also known for its horse racing track, the Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse, which is why the town is known as the "cité du cheval" and is compared with Newmarket in the United Kingdom.
Contents
1 History
2 Transport
3 Notable residents
4 Education
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
History
Originally called Maisons-sur-Seine (meaning "Houses upon Seine"), the commune was officially renamed Maisons-Laffitte in 1882 in honor of banker Jacques Laffitte who financed the housing developments on the estate of the Château de Maisons-Laffitte.
The Château de Maisons-Laffitte has a secret passage to what once used to be part of the Château de Maisons-Laffitte but which is now a school - Collège de l'Ermitage.
Transport
Maisons-Laffitte is served by Maisons-Laffitte station on Paris RER line A and on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.
Notable residents
Pape-Philippe Amagou, basketball player
Grégory Baugé, cyclist
Eugène Louis Bouvier, zoologist
Jerzy Giedroyc, founder and editor of a leading Polish-émigré literary-political journal, Kultura
René Le Roy (1898 – 1985), classical flautist
Randy de Puniet, motorcycle racer
Odd Nerdrum, painter
Philippe Jaroussky, opera singer
Jean Cocteau, writer, filmmaker, and artist
James Winkfield, jockey, horse trainer
Anne Queffélec, pianist
Emma Watson (until the age of 5), actress
Barrett Ashley Johnson (until age of 3), composer and sculptor/painter
Education
Public schools:[1]
- Six preschools/nurseries (maternelles): Bois-Bonnet, Clos-Lainé, Cocteau, Colbert, La Renarde, Montebello
- Four elementary schools: Jehan Alain/André Ledreux, Colbert, Le Prieuré, Mansart
- Junior high schools (collèges): Jean Cocteau and Le Prieuré
- Senior high schools/sixth-form colleges: Lycée Évariste Galois (Sartrouville) and Lycée Les Pierres Vives (Carrières sur Seine)
Private schools:[1]
International School of France / L'Ermitage (preschool through senior high)- Sainte-Marie (preschool and elementary)
- Ecole Montessori Internationale
See also
- Communes of the Yvelines department
References
- INSEE
^ ab "Liste des établissements." See the attendance boundaries
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maisons-Laffitte. |
Local website (in English)
Official website (in French)
Tourist Office (multi-lingual)- Pictures and history of Maisons-Laffitte ( French)
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