Civry-the-Forest

Civry-the-Forest is a common department of the Yvelines, in the area Île-de-France, in France, located at approximately 18 kilometers in the south-west of Mantes-the-Pretty.

The name of “Civry” would come from the name of a Gallo-Roman character, Sevire .

The inhabitants are called the Civryiens . __TOC

Geography

The commune of Civry-the-Forest is in the west of Yvelines and the south of the Mantois, with approximately twenty kilometers in the south-west of Mantes-the-Pretty and with ten kilometers in the north of Houdan, the chief town of canton.

It is bordering on Mulcent in the North-East, of Orvilliers in the east, Gressey in the south, Richebourg in south-east, Boissets in the west, Tilly in the North-West and Montchauvet in north.

The communal territory extends on nearly 1000 hectares on the plate to the Mantois to approximately 130 meters to altitude light inclined towards north. It is sprinkled by the Vaucouleurs, small river tributary of the the Seine which follows the north-western limit of the commune. The territory is primarily rural (with nearly 90%) and wooded for a third approximately, in the content of the valley of Vaucouleurs and with the Forêt of Civry which occupies a quarter of the communal territory in its southern part.

The habitat of the individual type is stretched along the main roads (D166) in the borough around the school and of the town hall and in the contiguous Hameau of Picotière; a aute hamlet, Bonneville, are more in the south.

Located in a plain dedicated at the field crop, to the variation of the main roads, Civry-the-Forest is connected to the common neighbors by the secondary road 166.

The commune is traversed by a hiking trail, the GR. of country of Yvelines.

History

Formerly “ Severicurtis ”, the parish was called “Forest de Civry” until the revolution.

The territory was already inhabited with the Bronze Age; one found there the vestiges of a workshop of foundry of this time, like various tools.

The seigniory of Forest belonged to several families successively, Raoul de Civry in XIe century, the lords of Richebourg to XIVe century then with the Vialard family in XVIe century. She was repurchased before the Révolution by Louis Charles of Bourbon, count of Have. This church is isolated from the borough, with approximately a kilometer.