Les Essarts-le-Roi () is a

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in the

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in the

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in north-central

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Geography

Les Essarts-le-Roi is bordered by Coignières and

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to the northeast,

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to the east, Senlisse to the southeast, Auffargis to the south, Le Perray-en-Yvelines to the southwest, Les Bréviaires to the west and Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré to the north.

History

An imperial decree in 1814 led to the creation of the commune of Les Essarts-le-Roi by combining the former communes of Essarts and Des Layes. In 1944, the young Paris-born boy

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received

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radio transmissions for three Allied officers, so they could receive their instructions on when and where to sabotage French railway against Nazi occupying forces.

Demographics

Since the 1980s, Les Essarts-le-Roi has been home to a large number of

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, who mostly arrived in France following the

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. While refugees initially settled in Paris, the suburbanization and growing affluence of the population resulted in many moving to outer communes of the Île-de-France region.

Education

The commune has two preschools, Ecole maternelle de La Romanie and Ecole maternelle Pré-Gallot, and two elementary schools, Ecole élémentaire René Coudoint and Ecole élémentaire Roger COLART. Junior high school students are assigned to Collège Les Molières; it has 800 students. Students attend Lycée Louis Bascan in nearby

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References

External links

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