Jouy-le-Moutier () is a commune in the

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department, in the northwestern suburbs of

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. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "

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Cergy-Pontoise Cergy-Pontoise () is a new town and an agglomeration community in France, in the Val-d'Oise and Yvelines departments, northwest of Paris on the river Oise. It owes its name to two of the communes that it covers, Cergy and Pontoise. Its populatio ...

, created in the 1960s.

History

The name ''Jouy-le-Moutier'' has only been in use since the 13th century. Two charters by

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to the

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, Eschenradus gave the chapter of

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the possession of the church of Andrésy. When the parish of Jouy was created the chapter of Andrésy became its owner. There is no known nomination at the parish of Jouy before 1186. In 1250 the parish of

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was created from part of the parish of Jouy. Once again it was the chapter of Notre Dame de Paris who chose the first vicar of Jouy. Two letters dated 2 April 1250 from Renaud de Corbeil, bishop of Paris, authorised the parish of Jouy-le-Moutier to build a baptismal church. The monks of Saint Martin-des-Champs owned in Jouy land and a hostel. The

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of Notre-Dame-du-Val (''near L'Isle-Adam'') were also owners of land as early as the 13th century. The rich

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s of the abbey of Saint Martin-des-Champs built in the 12th near the Fontaine à Jouy a building called ''La Maison des Moines'' which was used as a cellar. Wine growers paid their taxes in wine. The main agriculture of Jouy was wine as well as fruit growing. At the beginning of the 20th century the village saw the arrival of the

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. A viaduct crossing the ''Rue de la Vallée'' was built in 1912 carrying the CGB line from

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following the

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valley. In 1978 the village saw the construction of a thousand new dwellings on the

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in relation to the creation of the

. The population grew from 1,200 to 10,000 in less than 5 years. Today most administrative duties are still performed in the village's town hall.

Population

Public transport

Jouy-le-Moutier is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Jouy-le-Moutier is Neuville-Université station on Paris RER line A and on

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's Réseau Saint-Lazare suburban rail network. This station is located in the neighbouring commune of Neuville-sur-Oise, from the town centre (Les Eguerêts) of Jouy-le-Moutier, and is reached by bus service 34S linking Jouy-le-Moutier to

Pontoise Pontoise () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise. Administration Pontoise is the official ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-d'Oise ''dép ...

Education

Primary schools:L'école
" Jouy-le-Moutier. Retrieved on 6 September 2016. *Preschools (''Maternelles''): Les Éguerets, Les Jouannes, Le Noyer, Les Tremblays, Le Vast *Elementary schools: La Côte-des-Carrières, Les Retentis, Les Vaux-Labours, Le Village Secondary schools:Les établissements scolaires
" Jouy-le-Moutier. Retrieved on 6 September 2016. *Junior high schools: Collège Henri Guillaumet and Collège Les Merisiers **Collège Les Toupets is in nearby

*Senior high schools: Lycée polyvalent de l’Hautil and Lycée technologique et professionnel Elisabeth Molé

Cergy-Pontoise University Cergy-Pontoise University (French: ''Université de Cergy-Pontoise'') was a French university, located in Cergy-Pontoise, France. On 1 January 2020, the university merged with the International School of Information Processing Sciences (EISTI) an ...

is the area university.

Sites of interest

Église Notre-Dame

Built in the 12th and 16th centuries and is regarded a chef d'œeuvre of architecture. In the 1930s both of the tower's clocks were replaced by a metallic clock placed on the western corner of the tower.

Théâtre Saint Vincent

The Théâtre Saint-Vincent was built in 1811 and restored by les Beaux Arts de Paris in 1992 and has 120 seats. This superb Italian ''baroque'' has its walls covered in paintings highly colourful, an old balcony and oak flooring. The theatre was partially destroyed by a fire in 1866. It is used for many occasions including café-théatre and musical nights, balls and weddings.

Le Pont de Neuville

In the early 20th century was built a suspension bridge between Neuville and Jouy. This bridge replaced the ferry service between the communes. At the dawn of the

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a new bridge was built to replace the dilapidated suspension bridge, it was dynamited a few months after its inauguration when the war broke off. A new bridge identical to the previous one was built in 1974.

Personalities

Théophile Steinlen Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (November 10, 1859 – December 13, 1923), was a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker. Biography Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Steinlen studied at the University of Lausanne before taking a job ...

(1859–1923), a painter who lived and worked in Jouy-le-Moutier.

Gallery

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