Jouars-Pontchartrain
Geography
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
The commune comprises seven hamlets:
- 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
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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 |
Monuments
- 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.
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Entrance of St Martin's Church .
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St-Lin's church.
Twin towns
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Les Yvelines. Les 262 communes (in French). Éditions Delattre. 2009. p. 107.
- ^ "Présentation de la commune". www.jouars-pontchartrain.fr (in French). 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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