Maurepas, Yvelines

Coordinates: 48°46′N 1°57′E / 48.76°N 1.95°E / 48.76; 1.95
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Maurepas
The church of Saint-Sauveur, in Maurepas
The church of Saint-Sauveur, in Maurepas
Coat of arms of Maurepas
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Maurepas
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Maurepas is located in France
Maurepas
Maurepas
Maurepas is located in Île-de-France (region)
Maurepas
Maurepas
Coordinates: 48°46′N 1°57′E / 48.76°N 1.95°E / 48.76; 1.95
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentYvelines
ArrondissementRambouillet
CantonMaurepas
IntercommunalitySaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Grégory Garestier[1]
Area
1
8.32 km2 (3.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
18,611
 • Density2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
78383 /78310
Elevation87–178 m (285–584 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Maurepas (French pronunciation: [moʁpa]) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris 31.2 km (19.4 mi) from the center.

History[edit]

Most ancient buildings are the ruins of the donjon, built in the 11th century and destroyed in 1425.

There is also near St Sauveur's church, dating from the 15th century.

In 768, the French king Pepin the Short offered the village of Maurepas (formerly spelled Malrepast) and its wooden keep to the Abbey of Saint-Denis. Facing the Normans' invasions, they left the domain to the Lords of Chevreuse. The castle and village were given to the family of Malrepast, a vassal of the Lords of Chevreuse, which gave its name to the village.

In 1432, during the Hundred Years' War, the English conquered the village and destroyed the keep.

After the war, the domain of Maurepas returned to the family of Chevreuse, but the castle remained a ruin.

Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux from the Phélypeaux family, was Count of Maurepas. He was living in the next city of Jouars-Pontchartrain in the Château de Pontchartrain.

People[edit]

who lived in Maurepas

Transportation[edit]

Maurepas is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Maurepas is La Verrière station on the Transilien La Défense and Transilien Paris – Montparnasse suburban rail lines. This station is located in the neighboring commune of La Verrière, 0.7 km (0.43 mi) from the town center of Maurepas.

Demography[edit]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793247—    
1800282+1.91%
1806255−1.66%
1821272+0.43%
1831306+1.18%
1836306+0.00%
1841288−1.21%
1846311+1.55%
1851283−1.87%
1856263−1.46%
1861262−0.08%
1866264+0.15%
1872242−1.44%
1876222−2.13%
1881232+0.89%
1886227−0.43%
1891242+1.29%
1896242+0.00%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901226−1.36%
1906252+2.20%
1911273+1.61%
1921284+0.40%
1926300+1.10%
1931286−0.95%
1936253−2.42%
1946325+2.54%
1954304−0.83%
1962352+1.85%
19681,791+31.15%
197513,577+33.56%
198218,764+4.73%
199019,718+0.62%
199919,586−0.07%
200718,789−0.52%
201218,907+0.13%
201718,281−0.67%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE[4]

Education[edit]

Junior high schools:[5]

  • Collège Alexandre Dumas
  • Collège Louis Pergaud
  • Collège de la Mare aux Saules in nearby Coignières

Senior high schools/sixth-form colleges:[5]

Twin towns[edit]

It is twinned with Waterlooville in Hampshire, and Tirat Carmel in Haifa district, Israel.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Maurepas, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ a b "Annuaire des écoles publiques." Maurepas. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.

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