Mont-Saint-Aignan

Geography

The town is the fifth-largest suburb of the city of Rouen and lies directly adjacent to the north side of Rouen at the junction of the D121 and D43. In addition to its population of 21,265, there are also around 20,000 students at the university and the various Grandes Écoles.

History

The town is ultimately named for the ancient Saint Aignan of Orleans.

The parishes of Saint-Aignan () and Mont-aux-Malades (Monte Infirmorum, which takes its name from a hospital) are mentioned in documents dating back to the 12th century. Henry II built a church there dedicated to Thomas Becket in 1176 in an attempt to make up for his unwitting role in the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The modern commune of Mont-Saint-Aignan was created in the early 19th century (1815–1819) out of the merger of the communes of Monts-aux-Malades, Saint-Aignan and (partly) Saint-Denis-de-Bondeville.

Heraldry

Or, a leopard gules within a laurel wreath vert, and on a chief indented azure, 3 fleurs de lys and 2 half ones Or

People

• Jacques Anquetil (1934–1987), first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times
• Viviane Asseyi, footballer
• Ousmane Camara, basketball player
• Flora Coquerel, Miss France 2014
• Maurice Euzennat (1926–2004), historian and archaeologist
• Thierry Foucaud (1954– ), politician
• govy, artist
• Franck Haise, football manager and former player
• Jamel Ait Ben Idir, footballer
• Lagaf', humorist and television presenter
• Sébastien Larcier, footballer
• Pierrick Lebourg, professional footballer
• Matthieu Louis-Jean, footballer
• Jackson Mendy, footballer
• Tony Parker, basketball player
• Mohamed Sissoko, footballer
• Lucien Tesnière (1893–1954), linguist
• Sébastien Le Toux, footballer

Population

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Places of interest

• The church of St. Jacques, dating from the eleventh century, used as a workshop after the Revolution
• The church of St. Thomas, dating from the twelfth century
• The sixteenth century church of St. Aignan
• The nineteenth century church of St. André
• The modern church of Notre-Dame-de-Miséricorde (1970)
• The chapel of the Petit-Séminaire (1862)
• Several ancient houses

Colleges and universities

• University of Rouen
• NEOMA Business School (former École Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen)
• Institut de Formation Internationale (part of the Business School)
• ésitpa (agriculture and agronomy)
• ESIGELEC formerly in Mont-Saint-Aignan; moved in 2004 to nearby Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray
• Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen (INSA Rouen) also – since Oct 2009 – now wholly in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray

Twin towns – sister cities

Mont-Saint-Aignan is twinned with:

• GER Barsinghausen, Germany (1967)
• ENG Edenbridge, England (1973)
• ROU Osica de Sus, Romania (1991)
• POL Brzeg Dolny, Poland (2003)
• BFA Rouko, Burkina Faso (2010)

References

References

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