Pierrelaye

Pierrelaye is a commune of the Val-d'Oise located at approximately 25 km in the North-West of Paris.

Its inhabitants are Pierrelaysien () S.

Geography

The commune is bordering on Saint-Ouen-the Alms, Méry-on-Oise, Bessancourt, Beauchamp, Montigny-the-Cormeilles and Herblay.

History

The name of Pierrelaye comes from the Greek will petra , stone, and lata , broad or lying.

The village was born on the Roman way called fitted Jules-César connecting Lutèce to the sea. The stronghold is a possession at the time feudal of the Abbaye of Saint-Denis.

The commune, primarily devoted to the market gardening, knows a certain opening-up at the 19th century with the arrival of the Belgian railroad Paris-border. The line was completed in 1846, but the Gare of Pierrelaye was open only in 1881, because of the opposition of certain inhabitants, ensuring transport before, and fearing to see disappearing their customers.

The market gardenings fed Rungis, but they declined because of the distance.

The plain where these market gardenings were, during 100 years, was fed by the spreading of waste water of Paris. At the conclusion of these years, this plain was declared multi-polluted.

An important zone of marketing activity extends partly on the territory from the commune along D14.

Administration

Pierrelaye belongs to the jurisdiction of authority of Montmorency, and great authority as well as trade of Pontoise.

Safety

The rate of criminality of the district of police force of Cergy (including Pontoise, Saint-Ouen-the Alms, Osny, Éragny and Pierrelaye) is of 110,62 acts for 1000 inhabitants (crimes and offenses, figures 2005) what locates it in second position in the Val-d'Oise behind Enghien-the-Baths, largely beyond average the main road (83/1000) and secondary road (88,15/1000). The rate of resolution of the businesses by the police services is of 30,46%, slightly higher than the average of the department of 28,83%.

Demography

Monuments and places of visit

the church Saint-Jean-Baptist , was rebuilt in 1852 to replace a building, probably of the 13th century, threatening ruin.

It contains two more " reliques" , probably transferred during the rebuilding. One (fragments of hair) is allotted to Jean the evangelist, the other (fabric fragment) in Jean-Baptiste.

The baptistry, out of stone, date probably of the old church of the XIII° century.

See too

Internal bonds

Common of the Val-d'Oise

Notes, sources and references

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