Fourqueux

Fourqueux is a common French, located in the department of the Yvelines and the area Île-de-France.

Its inhabitants is called the Foulqueusiens or, more commonly, the Fourqueusiens .

Geography

The communes bordering are Saint-Germain-in-Bush hammer in the North-East, Mareil-Marly in the east, the Pond-the-City in south-east, Saint-Name-the-Bretèche in south-west, and Chambourcy in the west.

History

Inhabited at the time Neolithic, the occupied territory today by the commune of Fourqueux was attended at the time Mérovingien as the always visible Baptistère in the cellar does not testify any to the Villa Hake. At the 7th century, the queen Clotilde finances there a Chapelle which will become, at the 12th century, the church Holy Cross, thus baptized because of the remainders of the “Vraie Cross” that Saint Louis would have repurchased in 1238. In 811, the name of the locality is mentioned in the will of Charlemagne, which also quotes its vines.

It seems that with the Moyen-âge, this territory included/understood primarily coppices and covered forests of Fougère S (filcusas) which gave him its name. At the 11th century, the Abbey of Joyenval, which cultivates contiguous grounds, decides essarter the forest to open roads towards the localities of the surroundings. Some colonists are established on the ground which becomes Fulcosium then, then Fulcosa at the 12th century. The lord Barthelemy de Fulcosa and his descendants then exerted there high, average and low the justice.

The name of the hamlet evolves/moves then as its population increases. It is called Forquensa at the 14th century then Fourqueusa and Fourqueus , and takes its current name of Fourqueux at the 16th century. Yielded to the lord of Beaudricourt, the village lodges Jeanne d' Arc at the time of its voyage from 1429 to meet the king. Territory of hunting, Fourqueux becomes gradually an arable land.

In 1539, Etienne de Montmirail, who inherited the seigniory, sells it to Pierre Séguier (1504-1580), president of the Parliament of Paris. Its grandson Pierre Séguier, become Minister of Justice of the Cardinal of Richelieu, yields the field to the king Louis XIII on June 22nd 1633. The king makes of it gift with his doctor, Charles Bouvard. Its descendants, Bouvard de Fourqueux will keep the field until the Révolution, shortly after the death of Michel Bouvard de Fourqueux. Their coffins are preserved in the arched cellar of the church of Fourqueux. The last lord of Fourqueux was the count de Monteynard who sold the castle in 1841. The building was then destroyed and its sold materials.

In holiday in the area, Victor Hugo discovers Fourqueux and decides in 1836 to rent for its family a house street of Saint-Name. His/her daughter Léopoldine made her communion with the church Holy-Cross of the village. Other personalities of the time came to return visit to Hugo, like Alexandre Dumas. The house of Hugo was then occupied by the Marret family. The painter Henri Marret installed his workshop in the park there.

Culture

From its proximity with the international college of Saint-Germain-in-Bush hammer, Fourqueux attracts many inhabitants resulting from country such as Spain, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Sweden, etc

Inheritance

the Villa Hake which still contains very beautiful pieces and works of art, was carried out by Joseph Auguste Emile Vaudremer ; it is classified historic building.
the house of Victor Hugo: the residence which sheltered the Hugo family, was repurchased by the painter Henri Marret, whose certain works are still in Fourqueux. This residence is rich memories because of the artists who followed one another there.
the church Holy-Cross : the first church out of wooden dated from the 7th century. It was destroyed and a news was built at the 12th century, classified since historic building.
the library

Economy

The town of Fourqueux counts ten trade, distributed on two sites, the place of the Grid and, in the middle of the old man Fourqueux, the place Victor Hugo. Fourqueux is a primarily residential city and economically remains very dependant on Saint-Germain-in-Bush hammer and especially on Paris.

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