Maisons-Laffitte
Commune
Château de Maisons-Laffitte
Château de Maisons-Laffitte
Coat of arms of Maisons-Laffitte
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location of Maisons-Laffitte
Maisons-Laffitte is located in France
Maisons-Laffitte
Maisons-Laffitte
Maisons-Laffitte is located in Île-de-France (region)
Maisons-Laffitte
Maisons-Laffitte
Coordinates: 48°56′49″N 2°08′44″E / 48.9469°N 2.1456°E / 48.9469; 2.1456
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentYvelines
ArrondissementSaint-Germain-en-Laye
CantonSartrouville
IntercommunalityCA Saint Germain Boucles Seine
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jacques Myard (LR)[1]
Area
1
6.75 km2 (2.61 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
23,080
 • Density3,400/km2 (8,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
78358 /78600
Elevation22–57 m (72–187 ft)
(avg. 38 m or 125 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Maisons-Laffitte (French pronunciation: [mɛzɔ̃ lafit] ⓘ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the northern Île-de-France region of France. It is a part of the affluent outer suburbs of northwestern Paris, 18.2 km (11.3 mi) from its centre.

Maisons-Laffitte is famous for the Château de Maisons-Laffitte, built by architect François Mansart in the 17th century, and its horse racing track, the Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse. Église Saint-Nicolas was built between 1867 and 1872.

History

Originally called Maisons-sur-Seine (meaning "Houses upon Seine"), the commune was officially renamed Maisons-Laffitte in 1882 in honour of banker Jacques Laffitte who financed the housing developments on the estate of the Château de Maisons-Laffitte.

The Château de Maisons-Laffitte has a secret passage to what once used to be part of the Château de Maisons-Laffitte but which is now a school – Collège de l'Ermitage.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 799—    
1800 711−1.65%
1806 733+0.51%
1821 826+0.80%
1831 916+1.04%
1836 1,087+3.48%
1841 1,422+5.52%
1846 1,405−0.24%
1851 1,560+2.12%
1856 1,752+2.35%
1861 2,175+4.42%
1866 2,720+4.57%
1872 3,330+3.43%
1876 3,247−0.63%
1881 3,725+2.78%
1886 4,380+3.29%
1891 4,744+1.61%
1896 5,622+3.45%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 6,730+3.66%
1906 8,149+3.90%
1911 9,674+3.49%
1921 10,571+0.89%
1926 12,026+2.61%
1931 13,573+2.45%
1936 13,040−0.80%
1946 13,074+0.03%
1954 15,481+2.13%
1962 19,132+2.68%
1968 24,223+4.01%
1975 23,504−0.43%
1982 22,595−0.56%
1990 22,173−0.24%
1999 21,856−0.16%
2009 22,717+0.39%
2014 23,705+0.86%
2020 23,204−0.36%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2020)[4]

Landmarks

Église Saint-Nicolas

Maisons-Laffitte is famous for the Château de Maisons-Laffitte, built by architect François Mansart in the 17th century. Maisons-Laffitte is also known for its horse racing track, the Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse, which is why the town is known as the "cité du cheval" and compared with Newmarket in the United Kingdom.

Église Saint-Nicolas was mainly built between 1867 and 1872 under architect Eugène Millet, on the land of an old cemetery. It was consecrated in 1872 by Jean-Pierre Mabile, the bishop of Versailles.[5]

Transport

Maisons-Laffitte is served by Maisons-Laffitte station on Paris RER line A and on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.

Notable residents

Education

Public schools:[6]

  • Six preschools/nurseries (maternelles): Bois-Bonnet, Clos-Lainé, Cocteau, Colbert, La Renarde, Montebello
  • Four elementary schools: Jehan Alain/André Ledreux, Colbert, Le Prieuré, Mansart
  • Junior high schools (collèges): Jean Cocteau and Le Prieuré
  • Senior high schools/sixth-form colleges: Lycée Évariste Galois (Sartrouville) and Lycée Les Pierres Vives (Carrières sur Seine)

Private schools:[6]

Twin towns – sister cities

Since 2023, Maisons-Laffitte is exclusively and reciprocally twinned with Arkadag city, Turkmenistan. [7][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  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 Maisons-Laffitte, EHESS (in French).
  4. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ↑ "Eglise Saint-Nicolas" (in French). Patrimoine Religieux. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Liste des établissements." See the attendance boundaries
  7. ↑
  8. ↑
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