commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Yvelines
Yvelines () is a Departments of France, department in the western part of the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.department in the
Île-de-France
The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France. Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the ''Région parisienne'' (; en, Pa ...
in north-central
France
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.
Geography
Les Essarts-le-Roi is bordered by
Coignières
Coignières () is a French commune in the Yvelines department, region of Île-de-France.
Geography
Coignières is situated southwest of Versailles. Its neighbours include Maurepas to the north, Mesnil-Saint-Denis and Lévis-Saint-Nom to the ...
Auffargis
Auffargis () is a commune in the Yvelines department in north-central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Yvelines department
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degre ...
to the south,
Le Perray-en-Yvelines
Le Perray-en-Yvelines () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the west of Île-de-France in north-central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Yvelines department
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community ...
to the southwest,
Les Bréviaires
Les Bréviaires () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
See also
*Communes of the Yvelines department
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed ...
to the west and
Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré
Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.
See also
*Communes of the Yvelines department
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed t ...
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 Eddy Palacci received
French Resistance
The French Resistance (french: La Résistance) was a collection of organisations that fought the German occupation of France during World War II, Nazi occupation of France and the Collaborationism, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy régim ...
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 Vietnamese, who mostly arrived in France following the
Vietnam War
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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
Rambouillet
Rambouillet (, , ) is a subprefecture of the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region of France. It is located beyond the outskirts of Paris, southwest of its centre. In 2018, the commune had a population of 26,933.
Rambouillet lie ...
.Lycée " Les Essarts-le-Roi. Retrieved on September 4, 2016.
See also
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Communes of the Yvelines department
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religi ...