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Jouars-Pontchartrain

Coordinates: 48°48′14″N 1°54′08″E / 48.8039°N 1.9022°E / 48.8039; 1.9022
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Jouars-Pontchartrain
Castle of Pontchartrain
Castle of Pontchartrain
Coat of arms of Jouars-Pontchartrain
Location of Jouars-Pontchartrain
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Jouars-Pontchartrain is located in France
Jouars-Pontchartrain
Jouars-Pontchartrain
Jouars-Pontchartrain is located in Île-de-France (region)
Jouars-Pontchartrain
Jouars-Pontchartrain
Coordinates: 48°48′14″N 1°54′08″E / 48.8039°N 1.9022°E / 48.8039; 1.9022
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentYvelines
ArrondissementRambouillet
CantonAubergenville
IntercommunalityCœur d'Yvelines
Government
 • Mayor (2023–2026) Thomas Mengelle-Touya[1]
Area
1
9.65 km2 (3.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
5,814
 • Density600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
78321 /78760
Elevation67–171 m (220–561 ft)
(avg. 112 m or 367 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Jouars-Pontchartrain is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is approximately 35 kilometres from Paris. This city is famous for the Château de Pontchartrain.

Geography

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The town of Jouars-Pontchartrain is located 35 km west of Paris, 18 km west of Versailles and 22 km from Rambouillet, on a buttress which delimits the western end of the plain of Versailles and at the foot from which begins the plain of Montfort-l'Amaury. Its territory is irrigated by the Mauldre whose south-north oriented course follows the eastern limit of the town and receives in the park of the Château de Pontchartrain the Élancourt brook, a diversion of which feeds its pond. This brook, oriented east-west, is enlarged a little upstream by the Maurepas brook which joins it at Chennevières.

Hamlets of the municipality

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The commune comprises seven hamlets:[3][4]

  • Pontchartrain, in the north of the municipal territory, heart of the municipality, where are located, around the town hall, the Saint-Lin church and the Saint-Louis hospital, the majority of local shops and most of housing.
  • Chennevières, south-east of Pontchartrain and adjoining it. It is a residential and old hamlet, formerly a humid places where the culture of hemp prospered.
  • La Richarderie, to the east of Chennevières and adjoining it, is a semi-residential, semi-rural hamlet.
  • Jouars, away to the south of Pontchartrain, has a church and has only a few dwellings and rural farms.
  • Ergal, in the far east and on the edge of the municipal territory is adjoining the hamlet of Launay in the municipality of Élancourt, half-residential, half-rural.
  • Les Mousseaux, south of Jouars, on the edge of the municipal territory and adjoining the hamlet of Villeneuve (parc aux Loups) in the municipality of Maurepas, is half-residential, half-rural with a few small craft businesses.
  • La Dauberie, a very wooded residential area, is on the edge of Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré.

The last two hamlets form a kind of enclave between the municipal territories of Maurepas, Coignières, Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré and Le Tremblay-sur-Mauldre.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 2,159—    
1975 2,549+2.40%
1982 3,774+5.77%
1990 4,282+1.59%
1999 4,569+0.72%
2007 5,145+1.50%
2012 5,289+0.55%
2017 5,658+1.36%
Source: INSEE[5]

Monuments

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  • The Château de Pontchartrain built in the 17th century. It was held for many years by the family Phélypeaux.
  • St Martin's Church from the 12th century.
  • St-Lin's church from the beginning of the 20th century.

Twin towns

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Les Yvelines. Les 262 communes (in French). Éditions Delattre. 2009. p. 107.
  4. ^ "Présentation de la commune". www.jouars-pontchartrain.fr (in French). 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE