Meulan-en-Yvelines
Meulan-en-Yvelines (French pronunciation: [mølɑ̃ ɑ̃.n‿ivlin]; formerly just Meulan) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It hosted part of the sailing events for the 1900 Summer Olympics held in neighboring Paris, and would do so again twenty-four years later.
Meulan-en-Yvelines | |
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 Town hall (Hôtel de ville) | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Meulan-en-Yvelines  | |
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| Coordinates: 49°00′24″N 1°54′26″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Yvelines |
| Arrondissement | Mantes-la-Jolie |
| Canton | Les Mureaux |
| Intercommunality | CU Grand Paris Seine et Oise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Cécile Zammit-Popescu[1] |
| Area 1 | 3.46 km2 (1.34 sq mi) |
| Population | 9,005 |
| • Density | 2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 78401 /78250 |
| Elevation | 18–117 m (59–384 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
In 1435 as a part of the Hundred Years' War, Ambroise de Loré and Jean de Dunois defeated the English nearby.[3]
Meulan hosted the first regatta in the sailing event at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Heraldry
The Coat of Arms of Meulan-en-Yvelines is blazoned as:
Azure semy-de-lys or, a chief chequy or and gules of four tiers.
The shield of arms is composed of the ancient arms of France, granted to the village as an augmentation of honour by Henri IV in 1590, with a chief displaying the first four tiers of the chequy or and gules arms of the ancient Counts of Meulan.
Notable People
- Abdoulaye Doucouré, footballer
- Frederic Esther, boxer
- Elie Konki, boxer
- Kevin Mendy, basketball player
- M'Baye Niang, footballer
- Ibrahim Sacko, footballer
- Maurice Thiriet, (1906–1972), composer
- Yannick Zachee, basketball player
- David Douillet, judoka
- Ferland Mendy, footballer
Twin towns - sister cities
Meulan is twinned with:[4]
Arraiolos, Portugal
Kilsyth, Scotland, United Kingdom
Taufkirchen, Germany
References
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- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. Access on July 2, 2015.
- "Comité de Jumelage". ville-meulan.fr (in French). Meulan-en-Yvelines. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
- Sports-reference.com Summer Olympics Paris 20 May 1900 sailing mixed open results. Accessed 14 November 2010.
- 1924 Olympics official report. pp. 582–3. (in French)
