Gargenville | |
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 The town hall in Gargenville | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Gargenville  | |
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| Coordinates:48°59′34″N1°48′39″E / 48.9928°N 1.8108°E /48.9928; 1.8108 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Yvelines |
| Arrondissement | Mantes-la-Jolie |
| Canton | Limay |
| Intercommunality | CU Grand Paris Seine et Oise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Yann Perron[1] |
Area 1 | 8.67 km2 (3.35 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 7,848 |
| • Density | 910/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 78267 /78440 |
| Elevation | 17–191 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 acommune in theYvelinesdepartment in theÎle-de-Franceregion in north-centralFrance, 45 km to the center of Paris. It is part of theParc naturel régional du Vexin français. With the neighborhing commune ofIssou, it forms an urban area of around 10000 inhabitants.
Inhabitants are known in French as theGargenvillois.
The name Gargenville is referenced asGargen villam[3] in 1164,Gargenvilla in 1249,[4]Girgenville in 1265,[5] Gargenville in 1429.[4] It comes from thegallic name Garganus and the gallo-romain suffix VILLA, "rural domain" (villa rustica in Latin).
Before the French Revolution, Gargenville was made of twofiefs, 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.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 4,904 | — |
| 1975 | 4,663 | −0.72% |
| 1982 | 5,532 | +2.47% |
| 1990 | 6,202 | +1.44% |
| 1999 | 6,611 | +0.71% |
| 2007 | 6,732 | +0.23% |
| 2012 | 6,824 | +0.27% |
| 2017 | 7,467 | +1.82% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
The "Aciérie et Laminoir de Paris", nowAlpa Riva electric steelworks,[7] and various industries, including industrial waste treatment centers and quarries.
Public transportation is provided byTransilien on theParis Saint Lazare toMantes Station viaConflans-Sainte-Honorine line.
On the edge of the Seine, the territory is highly urbanized, in which residential areas and industries alternate. It forms an almost continuous agglomeration fromFollainville-Dennemont in the west toJuziers in the east, and which continues beyond towardsMeulan andPoissy. There are major communication routes:D191 departmental road,Paris-Mantes railway line on the north bank of the Seine, private or public port facilities, including the river-sea port ofLimay-Porcheville which depends on theAutonomous 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 thePorcheville 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.
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