Chambourcy
Encyclopedia
Chambourcy is a commune
in the Yvelines
department in the Île-de-France
region
in north-central France
. It is located 3 km (1.9 mi) west of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
and about 25 km (15.5 mi) west of Paris
.
Its inhabitants are called Camboriciens. "Chambourcy", formerly "Champ Bourcy", is derived from the Latin expression "campus bruacii", field of brushlands
.
The current mayor, and mayor since 1995 is Pierre Morange. He has also been a member of the French National Assembly since 1997.
to the north, Saint-Germain-en-Laye to the northeast, Fourqueux
to the east, Aigremont
to the west, and Feucherolles
and Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
to the south. Its northern half is highly urbanised, whereas the southern half is very wooded (the forest of Marly) and includes a golf course.
The commune of Chambourcy is served by the route nationale
13
, called the 40 sou
s route (route de quarante sous), which crosses it to the west. It is also served by the autoroutes
A13 to the southwest and A14 to the north, though the nearest access to either is the Orgeval junction about 5 km (3.1 mi) away.
A small 9 km stream, the Buzot, runs through the commune towards the east (mostly in underground channels), crossing the commune of Saint-Germain-en-Laye before discharging in the River Seine at Pecq.
The town's church, dedicated to Saint Clothilde (wife of Clovis I
, king of the Franks
, whom she convinced to convert to Christianity), was built in the 12th century, in the Romanesque
style, though it has frequently been rebuilt. It contains relics of its name saint. In the 13th century an abbey
was built near the commune, at Joyenval, and its ruins on the golf course were listed as historic monuments in 1989.
In 1789 the "desert of Retz" was built on the site of the abandoned and ruined village of Saint-Jacques-de-Retz to the north of Chambourcy, on the fringes of the forest of Marly. It was a Romantic
garden
made up of a number of follies
, including a ruined column, a pyramid
, and a Chinese
pavilion
. It was declared a historic monument in 1941.
Number 64 of the Grande Rue, called the Roseraie, was also built in Chambourcy in the 18th century. André Derain
(one of the founders of Fauvism
) later installed his workshop there. The house was rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries, and listed as a historic monument in 1986.
A 19th century chateau
, not far from the village in the direction of Aigremont
, is now a retirement home.
In 1934 the ALB dairy was founded in Chambourcy. In 1948 it launched the "petit Chambourcy", a petit-suisse.
Chambourcy gave its name to a group of dairy products, one of the most important in the French and European markets until taken over by the Nestlé
group, who abandoned the "Chambourcy" trademark in 1996, then relaunched it in 1998.
47,9 % male (0 to 14 years old = 23,1 %, 15 to 29 years old = 16,7 %, 30 to 44 years old = 20,3 %, 45 to 59 years old = 21,4 %, over 60 years old = 18,6 %) ;
52,1 % female (0 à 14 years old = 19,9 %, 15 to 29 years old = 15,6 %, 30 to 44 years old = 20,9 %, 45 to 59 years old = 21,2 %, over 60 years old= 22,5 %).
Source: French wikipedia page on Chambourcy
(Saxe-Anhalt). Lutterworth
(Leicestershire
). Flottille 32F (flotille of naval
Super Frelons
helicopter
s).
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Yvelines
Yvelines
Yvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France.-History:Yvelines was created from the western part of the defunct department of Seine-et-Oise on 1 January 1968 in accordance with a law passed on 10 January 1964 and a décret d'application from 26 February 1965.It gained the...
department in the Île-de-France
Île-de-France (région)
Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....
region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
in north-central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It is located 3 km (1.9 mi) west of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris from the centre.Inhabitants are called Saint-Germanois...
and about 25 km (15.5 mi) west of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
Its inhabitants are called Camboriciens. "Chambourcy", formerly "Champ Bourcy", is derived from the Latin expression "campus bruacii", field of brushlands
Grassland
Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses and other herbaceous plants . However, sedge and rush families can also be found. Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica...
.
The current mayor, and mayor since 1995 is Pierre Morange. He has also been a member of the French National Assembly since 1997.
Geography
Chambourcy is located to the south of the forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and to the north of the forest of Marly. She is bordered by PoissyPoissy
Poissy is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris from the center.In 1561 it was the site of a fruitless Catholic-Huguenot conference, the Colloquy at Poissy...
to the north, Saint-Germain-en-Laye to the northeast, Fourqueux
Fourqueux
Fourqueux is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is a small suburb west of Paris.It is known for having a diverse community, due to the Lycée International being located in the neighboring town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.-External links:*...
to the east, Aigremont
Aigremont, Yvelines
Aigremont is a commune in the Yvelines department in north-central France....
to the west, and Feucherolles
Feucherolles
Feucherolles is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.-References:*...
and Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.-History:Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche was built around 4 core hamlets near the Forest of Marly...
to the south. Its northern half is highly urbanised, whereas the southern half is very wooded (the forest of Marly) and includes a golf course.
The commune of Chambourcy is served by the route nationale
Route nationale (France)
A route nationale, or simply nationale, is a trunk road in France. Trunk roads are in France are important roads which cross broad portions of the French territory, as opposed to secondary or communal roads who only serve local areas....
13
Route nationale 13
The N13 is a trunk road in France between Paris and Cherbourg.-Paris to Évreux, km 0 to km 91:The road begins at Porte Maillot, one of former gates in West Paris', in direct alignment with the Champs-Élysées. Continuing on this alignment, the road reaches La Défense after crossing the River Seine....
, called the 40 sou
Sou
Sou may refer to:* Sou , a type of food pastry* Sou , a film by Theodore Ushev for Shorts in Motion: The Art of Seduction* Solidus #France, French slang for coins...
s route (route de quarante sous), which crosses it to the west. It is also served by the autoroutes
Autoroutes of France
The Autoroute system in France consists largely of toll roads, except around large cities and in parts of the north. It is a network of worth of motorways. Autoroute destinations are shown in blue, while destinations reached through a combination of autoroutes are shown with an added autoroute logo...
A13 to the southwest and A14 to the north, though the nearest access to either is the Orgeval junction about 5 km (3.1 mi) away.
A small 9 km stream, the Buzot, runs through the commune towards the east (mostly in underground channels), crossing the commune of Saint-Germain-en-Laye before discharging in the River Seine at Pecq.
History
Clovis I
Clovis Leuthwig was the first King of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the leadership from a group of royal chieftains, to rule by kings, ensuring that the kingship was held by his heirs. He was also the first Catholic King to rule over Gaul . He was the son...
, king of the Franks
Franks
The Franks were a confederation of Germanic tribes first attested in the third century AD as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River. From the third to fifth centuries some Franks raided Roman territory while other Franks joined the Roman troops in Gaul. Only the Salian Franks formed a...
, whom she convinced to convert to Christianity), was built in the 12th century, in the Romanesque
Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
style, though it has frequently been rebuilt. It contains relics of its name saint. In the 13th century an abbey
Abbey
An abbey is a Catholic monastery or convent, under the authority of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of the community.The term can also refer to an establishment which has long ceased to function as an abbey,...
was built near the commune, at Joyenval, and its ruins on the golf course were listed as historic monuments in 1989.
In 1789 the "desert of Retz" was built on the site of the abandoned and ruined village of Saint-Jacques-de-Retz to the north of Chambourcy, on the fringes of the forest of Marly. It was a Romantic
Romanticism
Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...
garden
Garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has...
made up of a number of follies
Folly
In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but either suggesting by its appearance some other purpose, or merely so extravagant that it transcends the normal range of garden ornaments or other class of building to which it belongs...
, including a ruined column, a pyramid
Pyramid
A pyramid is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge at a single point. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilateral, or any polygon shape, meaning that a pyramid has at least three triangular surfaces...
, and a Chinese
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
pavilion
Pavilion (structure)
In architecture a pavilion has two main meanings.-Free-standing structure:Pavilion may refer to a free-standing structure sited a short distance from a main residence, whose architecture makes it an object of pleasure. Large or small, there is usually a connection with relaxation and pleasure in...
. It was declared a historic monument in 1941.
Number 64 of the Grande Rue, called the Roseraie, was also built in Chambourcy in the 18th century. André Derain
André Derain
André Derain was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse.-Early years:...
(one of the founders of Fauvism
Fauvism
Fauvism is the style of les Fauves , a short-lived and loose group of early twentieth-century Modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism...
) later installed his workshop there. The house was rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries, and listed as a historic monument in 1986.
A 19th century chateau
Château
A château is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally—and still most frequently—in French-speaking regions...
, not far from the village in the direction of Aigremont
Aigremont, Yvelines
Aigremont is a commune in the Yvelines department in north-central France....
, is now a retirement home.
In 1934 the ALB dairy was founded in Chambourcy. In 1948 it launched the "petit Chambourcy", a petit-suisse.
People
- Jacob-Nicolas Moreau (1717–1803), last seigneurFiefdomA fee was the central element of feudalism and consisted of heritable lands granted under one of several varieties of feudal tenure by an overlord to a vassal who held it in fealty in return for a form of feudal allegiance and service, usually given by the...
of Chambourcy. - Antoine de Gramont, husband of Ida d'Orsay, acquired a property at Chambourcy in 1848 where they welcomed Ida's brother Alfred d'OrsayAlfred Guillaume Gabriel, Count D'OrsayAlfred d'Orsay, known as the comte d'Orsay was a French amateur artist, dandy, and man of fashion in the early- to mid-19th century.-Life:...
, who was buried with his lover Marguerite of Blessington in a pyramidal tomb in Chambourcy.
Economy
- Cheese
- Residential commune.
- Shopping centre off nationale 13 (Many car stores, Carrefour hypermarchés, Decathlon (sports store), Fly (furniture store), etc.)
- ArboricultureArboricultureArboriculture is the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants. It is both a practice and a science....
. - Golf course
Chambourcy gave its name to a group of dairy products, one of the most important in the French and European markets until taken over by the Nestlé
Nestlé
Nestlé S.A. is the world's largest food and nutrition company. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri...
group, who abandoned the "Chambourcy" trademark in 1996, then relaunched it in 1998.
Population
Chambourcy's population by age group was the following in 2007:47,9 % male (0 to 14 years old = 23,1 %, 15 to 29 years old = 16,7 %, 30 to 44 years old = 20,3 %, 45 to 59 years old = 21,4 %, over 60 years old = 18,6 %) ;
52,1 % female (0 à 14 years old = 19,9 %, 15 to 29 years old = 15,6 %, 30 to 44 years old = 20,9 %, 45 to 59 years old = 21,2 %, over 60 years old= 22,5 %).
Source: French wikipedia page on Chambourcy
Associations
ElbingerodeElbingerode
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(Saxe-Anhalt). Lutterworth
Lutterworth
Lutterworth is a market town and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. The town is located in southern Leicestershire, north of Rugby, in Warwickshire and south of Leicester. It had a population of 8,293 in the 2001 UK census....
(Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
). Flottille 32F (flotille of naval
Aviation Navale
French Naval Aviation of the French Navy includes 206 aircraft and 6,800 men, both civilians and military personnel. They operate from six airbases, five of them in Metropolitan France and one overseas....
Super Frelons
Aérospatiale Super Frelon
The Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon is a three-engined heavy transport helicopter produced by Aérospatiale of France. The helicopter is still in use in China where the locally produced version is known as the Z-8. "Frelon" is French for hornet....
helicopter
Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...
s).
External links
- Official town site
- Chambourcy history society
- Aerial view on the IAURIF site
- Plans of Chambourcy and Saint Jacques de Retz on the Yvelines archives site
- Plan of Chambourcy on Google MapsGoogle MapsGoogle Maps is a web mapping service application and technology provided by Google, free , that powers many map-based services, including the Google Maps website, Google Ride Finder, Google Transit, and maps embedded on third-party websites via the Google Maps API...
- Coordinates