Mousseaux-sur-Seine

Mousseaux-sur-Seine is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Mousseaux-sur-Seine
Commune
The town hall in Mousseaux-sur-Seine
Location of Mousseaux-sur-Seine
Mousseaux-sur-Seine Mousseaux-sur-Seine
Coordinates: 49°02′37″N 1°38′51″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Mantes-la-Jolie
Canton	Bonnières-sur-Seine
Intercommunality	CU Grand Paris Seine et Oise
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Gérard Ours
Area ^1	7.20 km^2 (2.78 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	682
• Density	95/km^2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	78437 /78270
Elevation	12–68 m (39–223 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Map commune

Mousseaux-sur-Seine is a riverside town in the Seine, situated 14 km west of Mantes-la-Jolie and 6 km east of Bonnières-sur-Seine, on the Left Bank, in the loop Moisson. It borders of Freneuse Mericourt and west, north Moisson. To the east, it is separated by the Seine Saint-Martin-la-Garenne.

The village is located by the river along a limestone cliff where many were dug basements, "boves" which once served homes.

Seine borders the town to the southeast. Sablière of loops of the Seine Moisson-Mousseaux.

History

This territory was already inhabited in the Neolithic period. Numerous flint weapons have been found. In pre-Roman Gaul the Belgic tribe of the Veliocasses or Velocasses controlled a large area around the town. Christianity came to the area with the work of Nicasius of Rouen, about 250AD

The village of Mousseaux is a center of caving in the area. The inhabitants of the area have nicknamed the caves "sparkling".[2]

The village was until the late 18th century an important wine production, which remains, still visible, an old press. In 2003, Mousseaux-sur-Seine chooses to join the urban community of Mantes en Yvelines, rather than the community of communes des Portes Île-de-France focused on Bonnières-sur-Seine.

Landmarks

• Saint-Léger church stone church Gothic Revival limestone dating from 1875.
• winepress: kept in a "bove" excavation dug into the limestone cliff.
• Painting workshop of Martine Darcel
• the Town Hall
• recreation Park on the river popular with Parisians

• 
  recreation Park
• 
  Town Catholic Church

Population

In 1793 the population was 631 persons and by 1800 had dropped to 627. This began a steady decline through the 19th century till 1900 when the population was about 170 and had reached 136 by the eve of World War II. After the war the population grew till today it has reached its pre-revolution numbers. In 2017, the municipality had 682 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 631 —     1800 627 −0.09% 1806 593 −0.92% 1821 568 −0.29% 1831 515 −0.97% 1836 462 −2.15% 1841 426 −1.61% 1846 407 −0.91% 1851 356 −2.64% 1856 321 −2.05% 1861 281 −2.63% 1866 259 −1.62% 1872 230 −1.96% 1876 230 +0.00% 1881 232 +0.17% 1886 233 +0.09% 1891 211 −1.96% 1896 188 −2.28%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 168 −2.22% 1906 170 +0.24% 1911 181 +1.26% 1921 151 −1.80% 1926 141 −1.36% 1931 136 −0.72% 1936 198 +7.80% 1946 185 −0.68% 1954 172 −0.91% 1962 180 +0.57% 1968 191 +0.99% 1975 289 +6.10% 1982 415 +5.31% 1990 494 +2.20% 1999 558 +1.36% 2007 610 +1.12% 2012 640 +0.96% 2017 682 +1.28%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Patrick Saletta, Sanctuaires souterrains: aux origines de l'Église en France, page 43
3. Données Cassini, EHESS
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE