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Montfort-l'Amaury

Field	Value
name	Montfort-l'Amaury
commune status	Commune
image coat of arms	Arms of Montfort-l'Amaury.svg
image	Montfort-l'Amaury Mairie.jpg
caption	Town hall
arrondissement	Rambouillet
canton	Aubergenville
INSEE	78420
postal code	78490
mayor	Hervé Planchenault
term	2020–2026
intercommunality	CC Cœur d'Yvelines
demonym	Montfortois
coordinates
elevation min m	98
elevation max m	183
area km2	5.71
population
population date
population footnotes
website

|image coat of arms = Arms of Montfort-l'Amaury.svg

Montfort-l'Amaury () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It is located 20 km north of Rambouillet. The name comes from Amaury I de Montfort, the first seigneur (lord) of Montfort. It was a seat of several noble families, including the Chardonnay family, who held lands there from the late 13th century.

Geography

Montfort-l'Amaury lies north of the Rambouillet Forest. It is located at the foot of low hills, at about 130 m above sea level. Montfort-l’Amaury has a land area of about 5.71 km², with an elevation of approximately 130 meters above sea level. As of the latest legal census, the population is around 2,790 inhabitants, giving a population density of about 489 persons per square kilometer. Additionally, the composer Maurice Ravel lived in this commune between 1921 and 1937 in a house called Le Belvédère, which is now a museum. The ruins of the castle founded around the year 996 and the church of Saint-Pierre are also notable landmarks.

History

King Robert II built a castle in 996 in the hills of Montfort. Montfort-l'Amaury was the stronghold of the Montfort family from the start of the 11th century. Amaury I built the ramparts.

The Comté de Montfort was related to the Duchy of Brittany following the marriage of Yolande de Dreux-Montfort with Arthur of Brittany in 1294. It returned to the crown of France when Brittany became a part of France under Francis I. The castle was destroyed by the English during the Hundred Years' War.

Population

|1968 |2074 |1975 |2319 |1982 |2566 |1990 |2651 |1999 |3137 |2007 |3088 |2012 |3073 |2017 |2940

Sites of interest

The ruins of the donjon, above the house of Maurice Ravel

Ruins of the castle
Maison de Maurice Ravel, which is now a museum. Maurice Ravel lived here from 1921 until his death.
Château de Groussay, built in the 19th century

People

Jean Anouilh, dramatist
Colette Darfeuil, actress
Henri George Doll, scientist
Pierre Dupuis (1610–1682), painter
Jean Monnet, architect of European Unity
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (born in the castle, 1208)
Maurice Ravel, composer
Charles Aznavour, singer
Ambroise Roux (1921-1999), CEO of Compagnie générale d'électricité (later known as Alcatel) from 1970 to 1981, lived and died in Montfort-l'Amaury.
Omar Sy, actor

Twin towns

Nickenich, Germany

References

(4 May 2022). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-78420#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
[https://www.montfortlamaury.fr/culture-tourisme/sites-et-monuments/la-maison-musee-de-maurice-ravel/ La maison-musée Maurice Ravel], Ville de Montfort-l’Amaury.
(9 April 1999). "Obituary: Ambroise Roux". The Independent.

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