Évecquemont

Évecquemont is a common department of the Yvelines, in the area Île-de-France, in France, to 15 km in the east of Mantes-the-Pretty and to 40 km in the west of Paris.

The inhabitants of Évecquemont are the Épiscomontois .

Geography

The village is located in the Massif of Hautil, on Right Bank of the the Seine, opposite the Mureaux. The city nearest is Meulan to 3,5 km in the west of Évecquemont. The Mantes-the-Pretty sub-prefecture, , is with less than 20 km towards the west. The prefecture, Versailles, are to 35 km in south-east.

The commune is bordering on Menucourt in the North-East, the Be worth-on-Seine in the east and the south, Meulan in south-west, Tessancourt-on-Bus shelter in the North-West and Condécourt in north (the communes of Menucourt and Condécourt belong to the department of the Val-d'Oise).

The southern limit of the commune is to approximately 350 Mr. of the Seine without to reach it, the territories of the communes of Be worth and Meulan forming a band along the fleuve.
More half of the communal territory is occupied by the forest of Hautil, primarily in its northern and north-eastern part. Some agricultural extents are in the west of the commune

The commune is crossed by the secondary road D922 of East-West axis which leads to Meulan towards the west and the agglomeration of Cergy-Pontoise towards the east.

The commune does not have a station the SNCF, nearest being the Gare to the Be worth-on-Seine.

History

The commune could have related, with the Moyen-âge, the Latin name Aviscus Mons , the mount with the birds, because of gatherings of migratory birds to the hill where the commune is located. Thereafter, to the 12th century, the name Episcopus Mons , the episcopal mount, is given to this place where a priory of monks Bénédictin S was established, concerned with the abbey of Fécamp.

The chorus, the apse and the bell-tower of the church Our-Lady-with-the Assomption date from the 13th century. The porch of entry of the church dates, as for him, of the 16th century.

The currency of the commune is Originum wild, traditionum fidissimi (Intrepid by nature, very faithful by tradition) .

The two principal streets of the village are the street of Adhémar and the street of Chollet. The count Jean-Balthazar d' Adhémar, who had acquired the seigniories of Thun and Evecquemont in 1782, leased the castle of Evecquemont to his wife in November 1789. The street of Adhémar owes its name with the countess of Adhémar, born Gabrielle Pauline Bouthillier de Chavigny, which lived the revolutionary years with the castle of Evecquemont, and made gift of the pastures of the plate of Hautil to the commune, donation confirmed in 1830 by his/her niece Madam de Chollet.

Economy

Culture

Évecquemont entered the Regional natural park of French Vexin on January 1st 2006.

Administration

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Demography

Anecdotes, curiosities

The tradition of the bread of andouille

The July 14th 1789, two Épiscomontois, hearing of the Parisian disorders, want to take part in the storming of the Bastille. The way of Évecquemont with Paris with foot taking a certain time, the two accomplices will arrive after the events. The legend tells that one found them drunk dead and exhausted in a ditch of edge of road with the Be worth-on-Seine. The burgomaster of the time learning the news it would be cleaned in front of the crowd gathered on the place of the village: “ That the mare is harnessed, that one our heroes, I recover put the wine in borer, that one sounds the bells with the flight, I offer the bread, the wine and andouille! ” Since, every year on July 14th, Episcomontois meet and taste together breads furnished with andouille.
Source: Mail of Mantes

The microclimate of Évecquemont

The town hall of Évecquemont is one of the very rare communes of France to have on its frontispiece a barometer of important size. However, this barometer is broken down and switches blocked on good weather (see, on the photograph of the town hall, the needle with 2 hours ). What makes say to the mayor, Mr Ledanois, whom his commune profits from an exceptionally favorable microclimate!

The cemetery

The cemetery of Évecquemont is located on a ground of which a part is with hillside: after a first part, relatively plane, one finds the war memorial and from this one, the ground is being inclined while practically going up to 40°. The burials are thus placed in staircases, in parallel, and thus staged on approximately 60 Mr. a central staircase allows to go up between the feet of the tombs.

See too

Internal bonds

Common of Yvelines | French Vexin | Jean-Balthazar d' Adhémar | Gabrielle Pauline Bouthillier de Chavigny countess of Adhémar

External bonds

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