Mantes-la-Ville

For other places called Mantes, see Mantes (disambiguation).

Mantes-la-Ville
Commune
Mantes bridge over the Vaucouleurs
Coat of arms
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Mantes-la-Jolie
Canton	Mantes-la-Jolie
Intercommunality	CU Grand Paris Seine et Oise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sami Damergy
Area1	6.06 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	78362 / 78711
Elevation	17–114 m (56–374 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Mantes-la-Ville (French pronunciation: [mɑ̃t la vil]) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris 48.6 km (30.2 mi) from the center.

Mantes-la-Ville is located at the confluence of the Seine and the Vaucouleurs. The Paris–Rouen rail line separates Mantes-la-Ville from the larger commune of Mantes-la-Jolie. The A13 autoroute to Normandy also passes through Mantes-la-Ville.

Population

Inhabitants are called Mantevillois. Approximately one-third of the town's population is Muslim.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 811 —     1800 832 +0.37% 1806 725 −2.27% 1821 788 +0.56% 1831 838 +0.62% 1836 909 +1.64% 1841 938 +0.63% 1846 971 +0.69% 1851 1,001 +0.61% 1856 748 −5.66% 1861 788 +1.05% 1866 844 +1.38% 1872 932 +1.67% 1876 990 +1.52% 1881 1,058 +1.34% 1886 1,211 +2.74% 1891 1,303 +1.48% 1896 1,610 +4.32%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,859 +2.92% 1906 2,088 +2.35% 1911 2,322 +2.15% 1921 2,720 +1.59% 1926 3,604 +5.79% 1931 5,414 +8.48% 1936 6,011 +2.11% 1946 5,780 −0.39% 1954 6,670 +1.81% 1962 10,319 +5.61% 1968 14,632 +5.99% 1975 16,708 +1.91% 1982 17,360 +0.55% 1990 19,081 +1.19% 1999 19,231 +0.09% 2007 18,739 −0.32% 2012 19,944 +1.25% 2017 20,452 +0.50%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Economy

Mantes-la-Ville is the headquarters of two world-renowned makers of wind instruments: Henri Selmer and Buffet Crampon.

Eduard Beaugnier et Cie, another saxophone manufacturer, was also based in Mantes until the company closed down in the early 1970s. Beaugnier manufactured saxophones under their own name, and also as "stencils" for other companies under names such as Noblet, Vito and Revere. Though not as well known as the instruments of Henri Selmer, Beaugnier instruments have a good reputation amongst saxophone enthusiasts. Another high-quality saxophone manufacturer based in Mantes was Dolnet, whose factory closed down in the late 1970s.

There is an industrial park on the old site of Cellophane.

Twin towns

• Chigwell, Essex, England
• Hillingdon, Greater London, England
• Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany

Transport

Mantes-la-Ville is served by Mantes-Station station, an interchange station on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare and Transilien Paris-Montparnasse suburban rail lines.

Culture

The Mantes-la-Ville Orchestral Ensemble is led by Jean-Luc Fillon

Education

There are 15 communal primary schools. There are also two junior high schools Les Plaisances (opened in 1968) and de la Vaucouleurs (has 615 students as of 2016), and one vocational high school, Lycée Camille Claudel (des métiers de l'accompagnement aux personnes, du commerce et de l'hôtellerie-restauration).

Universities:

• ISTY
• Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department

External links

• Official website