Jambville

Jambville is a common department of the Yvelines, in the area Île-de-France, in France, located at approximately 20 km in the North-East of Mantes-the-Pretty and at 8 km in the North-West of Meulan.

Jambville is in the perimeter of the Regional natural park of French Vexin.

The name of Jambville is derived from the proper name Latin Johanes (or perhaps from a Germanic name of origin, Hiemo ), Jean , and suffix villa .

The inhabitants are called Jambvillois.

Geography

Located at the extreme north of the department of Yvelines, bordering on the Val-d'Oise, Jambville is a rural district, with the undulating and partly wooded territory. It is bordering on Frémainville in north, of Lainville-in-Vexin and Montalet-the-Wood in the west, of Oinville-on-Montcient in the south and Seraincourt in the east.

the southern part of the commune is irrigated by the Montcient, small river tributary of the the Seine.

To the variation of the main roads, the commune is connected by departmental ways to the common neighbors.

In addition to the principal borough established on a height, the commune includes/understands several isolated hamlets: The Guyon End, the End of in Top, Noquets and Damply.

History

The stronghold of Jambville depended under the old mode on the seigniory on the Mézy-on-Seine.

Culture

Notre-Dame Church: church built hones of it Calcaire at the 12th century. Bell-tower with octagonal stone arrow. The bell-tower and the Romance gate on the northern side of the church were classified with the inventory of the historic buildings the October 17th 1935.

Castle of Jambville: built with XVIIe and XVIIIe centuries on the basis of medieval castle, it lodges since 1952 the National center of formation of Scouts and Guides of France. An alley bordered of 172 Lime S of the XIXe century led to the castle.

Greek Temple in ruins: built towards 1775 in the park of the castle by Etienne-Thomas de Maussion, it is about a “factory” which decorated the park arranged in an English style. It was restored in the years 1970.

Economy

Agriculture.
National center of formation of the Scouts and Guides of France.

Characteristics

Of share the presence of the national center of formation, the village of jambville becomes very regularly, and for a few days, the youngest town of France, by accommodating for example the few 10000 young people of the Frat, or the Jamboree S of the scouts and guides of France (the average age falls then in the neighborhoods 16 years).

See too

Common of Yvelines | French Vexin

External bonds

Jambville on the site of [[the national geographical Institute (France)|IGN]]
Jambville on the site of [[INSEE]] the
Seen air of the commune of Jambville on the site of [[Iaurif]] the
Plane of intendance of the parish of Jambville on the site of the files of Yvelines
National center of formation of the scouts of France

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