Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis

Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis (French pronunciation: [lə menil sɛ̃ dəni] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis
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Coordinates: 48°44′39″N 1°57′50″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Rambouillet
Canton	Maurepas
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Buhot[1]
Area 1	8.95 km2 (3.46 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	6,929
• Density	770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	78397 /78320
Elevation	120–177 m (394–581 ft) (avg. 168 m or 551 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The church

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 474 —     1800 529 +1.58% 1806 450 −2.66% 1821 491 +0.58% 1831 519 +0.56% 1836 503 −0.62% 1841 489 −0.56% 1846 534 +1.78% 1851 505 −1.11% 1856 445 −2.50% 1861 504 +2.52% 1866 491 −0.52% 1872 498 +0.24% 1876 518 +0.99% 1881 518 +0.00% 1886 536 +0.69% 1891 553 +0.63% 1896 657 +3.51%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 670 +0.39% 1906 650 −0.60% 1911 654 +0.12% 1921 623 −0.48% 1926 633 +0.32% 1931 758 +3.67% 1936 792 +0.88% 1946 1,046 +2.82% 1954 1,161 +1.31% 1962 1,727 +5.09% 1968 4,061 +15.32% 1975 5,381 +4.10% 1982 6,594 +2.95% 1990 6,528 −0.13% 1999 6,518 −0.02% 2007 6,622 +0.20% 2012 6,593 −0.09% 2017 6,789 +0.59%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Schools

The commune has two public preschools, Maternelle de Champmesnil and Maternelle du Bois du Fay,^[5] as well as two public elementary schools, Élémentaire de Champmesnil and Élémentaire du Bois du Fay.^[6] It also hosts two junior high schools, the public Collège Philippe de Champaigne and the private Collège privé Saint Thérèse.^[7] Collège Philippe de Champaigne also serves residents of La Verrière.^[8]

Twin towns

• Hankensbüttel, Germany since 1983

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. "Écoles maternelles." Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
6. "Écoles élémentaires." Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
7. "Collèges." Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
8. "Jeunesse > Les établissements ." La Verrière. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.

External links

• Home page (in French)