Jouy-in-Josas
Jouy-in-Josas is a common department of the Yvelines, in the area Île-de-France, in France.
The inhabitants are the Jovaciens .
Geography
Jouy-in-Josas is located at four km in the south-east of Versailles and at 19 km in the south-west of Paris, in full heart of the valley of the Bièvre. About half of the territory, that is to say approximately 500 hectares, is covered with wood.The communes bordering are Vélizy-Villacoublay in the North-East, Bièvres (the Essonne) in the east, Saclay (the Essonne) in the south, Toussus-the-Noble in the extreme south-west, Cabin-in-Josas in the west, Buc in the North-West and Versailles with the north-north-west.
The A86 borders north of the communal territory and by Paris with RN 118.
The city is connected to Versailles by the RER C thanks to the stations of Jouy-in-Josas and Petit Jouy - the Cabins. The latter has this of private individual to be “with horse” on the communes of Jouy-in-Josas and of Cabin-in-Josas in the sense that the maisonnette sheltering the counter is located on the commune of Jouy and that the quays are located on the commune of the Cabins.
History
The name of “Jouy” comes from the Latin gaudium which means joy. Josas was the name of an old ecclesiastical district (archidiaconat) of évêché of Paris.
If various discoveries attest of a presence Gallo-Roman E in various places of the city, the first traces of a structured village go back to the 9th century. Thanks to the monks of the abbey of Saint-Germain-of-Meadows, Jouy experienced a fast development. But the population was gradually destroyed by the various wars and epidemics. In 1466, one counts nothing any more but three houses. Starting from this date, Jouy becomes a ground of lords. Various families being illustrated by their good relationships with the king follow one another the head of the seigniory such Antoine d' Aquin, personal doctor of Louis XIV, or, in the weapons, like its grandson Antoine-Louis de Rouillé, Secretary of State to the Navy and the Foreign affairs under Louis XV.
In 1759, Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf, contractor of German origin , settles with Jouy-in-Josas to establish to with it its manufacture of Toile of Jouy. He will become the first mayor in about it 1790. The decline of the company starts in 1799 and especially in 1815 with the fall of Napoleon I {{er}} then the death of Oberkampf. The bankruptcy will be consumed in 1843. The currency of Oberkampf was Recte and Viligenter which means Droiture and Vigilance . It was taken again by the commune which makes it appear under its blazon.
The Fondation Cartier for the contemporary art was installed during a time on the communal territory then left it with the profit of Paris. The commune is also the seat of HEC Paris which established its campus in 1964 to with it in a castle in the south of the commune.