Meulan-en-Yvelines (; formerly just ''Meulan'') is a commune 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
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region
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in north-central
France
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. It hosted part of the
sailing
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events for the
1900 Summer Olympics
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held in neighboring
Paris
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Hundred Years' War
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,
Ambroise de Loré Ambroise de Loré (1396, château de Loré, OisseauMay 24, 1446, Paris) was baron of Ivry in Normandy, a French military commander, and comrade-in-arms of Joan of Arc. A reforming commisar of trades and police and "Garde de la prévôté de Paris ...
and Jean de Dunois defeated the English nearby.
Meulan hosted the first
regatta
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1900 Summer Olympics
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.
Population
Heraldry
The Coat of Arms of Meulan-en-Yvelines is blazoned as:
''Azure semy-de-lys or, a chief chequy or and gules of four tiers.''
The shield of arms is composed of the ancient arms of France, granted to the village as an augmentation of honour by Henri IV in 1590, with a chief displaying the first four tiers of the ''chequy or and gules'' arms of the ancient Counts of Meulan.
Kilsyth
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Aubette de Meulan
Aubette de Meulan (, literally ''Aubette of Meulan'') is a French river that begins at Avernes in Val-d'Oise, flows through Vigny, and empties into the Seine in Meulan-en-Yvelines. One commune is named after this river: Tessancourt-sur-Aubette ...
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Communes of the Yvelines department
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