Ableiges

Ableiges is a common French, located in the department of the Val-d'Oise and the area Île-de-France.

Its inhabitants are called Ableigeois (be).

Geography

The village is located in the valley of the Viosne, small river of the French Vexin.

The commune is bordering on: Vigny, Custom, Frémécourt, Cormeilles-in-Vexin, Montgeroult, Courcelles-on-Viosne, Sagy and Longuesse.

History

The etymology of the village of Ableiges (or Ablege) would come from Celtic the Ab Leg , stone.

Populated as of the ancient time, common preserve of the traces of the Roman way Lutèce - Lillebonne known as Jules-César roadway with the hamlet of Villeneuve-Saint-Martin. Important a necropolis mérovingienne was discovered with the locality of the Boxwood; a funerary stele discovered on the site is visible with the archaeological museum of Guiry-in-Vexin.

The stronghold, depend on the Abbey of Saint-Denis since 1071, became the seigniory of Maupeou, and was set up in county in 1671. The castle of the 14th century, bought in 1614 per Gilles de Maupeou, was sold with the Révolution like Bien national then finally demolished in 1886. There remains about it only one section of wall and the dovecote of the farm seigneuriale.

The hamlet of Villeneuve-Saint-Martin was attached to the commune in 1843.

Administration

Demography

Monuments and places of visit

the church Saint-Martin () consists of a framed nave-barn of two galleries. The bell-tower is partly Romance, the chorus comprising six spans and dating from the 13th century pentagonal and is arched in half dome.

the church Our-Lady-with-the Assomption of Villeneuve-Saint-Martin (13th century) was restored after having failed well to disappear fault from maintenance. The nave comprises two spans and is arched on intersecting ribs. The bell-tower, rather squat, is capped as a bâtière.

the dovecote of the 17th century is the only vestige of the seigneurial field.

Heraldic

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Notes, sources and references

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