Ecquevilly

Ecquevilly is a common Frenchwoman located in the department of the Yvelines (District of Mantes-the-Pretty) and in the area Île-de-France. It is to 18 km in the east of Mantes-the-Pretty.

The village was called “Fresne” jusq' at the XVIIIe century before taking the name of Ecquevilly.

The inhabitants are called Ecquevillois.

Geography

The commune of Ecquevilly extends in the valley from the the Seine. A timbered part, to the south of the commune, belongs to the Forêt of Alluets.

It is served by the secondary road 113 (ex national 13) and by the Autoroute of Normandy (13 have). The communes bordering are Chapet and Morainvilliers in the east, Bazemont and the Alluets-the-King in the south, Mureaux in north and Bouafle in the west.

History

  • Traces of habitats of the Prehistory at the time mérovingienne.

Ecquevilly has remote origins, one found in his ground of many objects dating from the Gallo-Roman time. Ecquevilly was called originally Fresne, this name appears in an act of the year 1058. The Count de Meulan made there donation with the monastery of Jumièges, of the grounds on which the village will be built.

thumb|right|250px|The house of entry of the park of the town hall

  • the village of Fresne was at the 13th century the property of the lords of Poissy.
Following a tumultuous matrimonial business and to escape general reprobation, Sieur Andre Hennequin, owner of the stronghold of Fresne, requested of the King the authorization to substitute for this name that of Ecquevilly, name which carried already another of its grounds in current the department of the Oise.

The lord of Fresnes

  • It is transformed at the 18th century into marquisat of Ecquevilly.

Fifty years later, in 1724, his/her son obtains from the king Louis XV the letters patent setting up in Marquisat d' Ecquevilly the grounds, seigniory, châtellenie of Fresne, Bouafle and dependences. From a long agricultural past, as testify some still some large farms, and a commercial vocation because of its situation on the road from Paris to Rouen, the village developed little by little.

Culture

Inheritance

  • Saint Martin's day Church: church of the 12th century. It depended on the Saint-Nicaise priory of Meulan, which concerned the abbey of the Nozzle-Helloin then. It underwent, at various times, several restorations and rehandlings, in particular following the collapse of the ceiling of the nave in 1818. The nave was remade at the 19th century.
  • the castle of the 16th century. Located close to the church, this castle knew sumptuous hours formerly.
The castle
  • the castle of Romainville (19th century).
In 1893, Henry Deutsch of Meurthe, industrialist, made build in the forest of Ecquevilly what is called today the castle of Romainville and which is used as lodging for the seminars and meetings. The Castle of Romainville

Catalog of films

Many films were made in Ecquevilly inter alia:
* Risks of the trade of Andre Cayatte in 1967,
* Tintin and blue oranges of Philippe Condroyer, in 1964,
* the longest Day of Ken Annakin and Al in 1962.

Associations

  • ASAH Association with the service of the humanitarian action;
  • the Sheaf Humanitarian association and shop of the Equitable trade;
  • Association of Fresnes with Ecquevilly: association on the history of Ecquevilly;
  • Association Horizons: association of footballers citizens;
  • Portuguese Association of Ecquevilly: Festas, saidas, viagens, acções desportivas ;
  • the Center of assistance by work “the small park” with Ecquevilly
  • Mosaic Association

Economy

  • Agriculture and Truck farming.
  • Small industrial and artisanal park.
  • Common residential.
  • Public transport: deposits of bus of the company Véolia.

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