Le Plessis-Robinson




Commune in Île-de-France, France








































































Le Plessis-Robinson
Commune

Le Plessis-Robinson, panorama
Le Plessis-Robinson, panorama


Coat of arms of Le Plessis-Robinson
Coat of arms

Paris and inner ring départements

Paris and inner ring départements


Location of Le Plessis-Robinson







Le Plessis-Robinson is located in France

Le Plessis-Robinson

Le Plessis-Robinson




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Le Plessis-Robinson is located in Île-de-France (region)

Le Plessis-Robinson

Le Plessis-Robinson



Le Plessis-Robinson (Île-de-France (region))

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Coordinates: 48°46′52″N 2°15′48″E / 48.7811°N 2.2633°E / 48.7811; 2.2633Coordinates: 48°46′52″N 2°15′48″E / 48.7811°N 2.2633°E / 48.7811; 2.2633
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement Antony
Canton Châtenay-Malabry
Intercommunality Grand Paris
Government

 • Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}
(2014–2020)
Philippe Pemezec (UMP)
Area
1

 3.43 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population
(2009)2

 26,581
 • Density 7,700/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+02:00 (CEST)

INSEE/Postal code

92060 /92350
Elevation 86–172 m (282–564 ft)
(avg. 170 m or 560 ft)
Website
http://www.plessis-robinson.com Edit this on Wikidata

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Plessis-Robinson is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.5 km (6.5 mi) from the center of Paris. As of 2009[update], it has 26,581 inhabitants.[1]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Transport


  • 3 Education


  • 4 Sites of interest


  • 5 Twin towns


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





History


Plessis was first mentioned in 839 as Plessiacus apud Castanetum, meaning plessis near Castanetum. A plessis was a village surrounded by a fence made of branches. In 1112 the village church was founded, of which the romanesque tower still survives as the oldest monument of Le Plessis. At the end of the 12th the village was renamed Le Plessis-Raoul, after the local lord Raoul, chamberlain of king Philip II of France. In 1407 it came into the hands of Jean Piquet de La Haye, who built a castle in the village, now called Le Plessis-Piquet. In 1614 a monastery of the Congregation of the Feuillants was built in the village. In 1682 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Minister of Finances under Louis XIV had a pond dug which fed the fountains of the nearby Château de Sceaux. Pierre de Montesquiou d'Artagnan purchased the estate in 1699, and expanded the gardens. In 1790, as a result of the French Revolution, Antoine Moullé was elected the first mayor of Le Plessis. The commune was renamed Le Plessis-Liberté. The monastery was nationalised and demolished.[2]


The commune was renamed back to Le Plessis-Piquet in 1801.[3] In 1848, a guinguette (cabaret) was established in the area as a suite of interconnected tree houses. It was named Le grand Robinson after the tree house described in Swiss Family Robinson, a novel itself named after Robinson Crusoe. Several other popular establishments arose in the area, and remained popular until the 1960s. In 1909, the commune of Le Plessis-Piquet was officially renamed Le Plessis-Robinson, after Le grand Robinson.[4] In 1854, Louis Hachette bought the castle and the grounds. He later became the mayor of Le Plessis-Piquet and a city councillor. The village and the castle were ruined in the War of 1870, but the castle was rebuilt by the Hachette family.[3]



Transport


Le Plessis-Robinson is not served by the Paris Métro, RER, or the suburban rail network. The closest station to Le Plessis-Robinson is Robinson station on Paris RER line B. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Sceaux, 1.5 km (0.93 mi) from the town center of Le Plessis-Robinson.



Education


Primary schools include two groups of nurseries and preschools, five standalone nurseries/preschools (maternelles), four standalone elementaries, and Ecole Raymond Aumont.[5]


Secondary schools:[6]



  • Two junior high schools: Collège Claude Nicolas Ledoux and Collège Romain Rolland

  • One senior high school: Lycée Montesquieu



Sites of interest


  • Château park


Twin towns


See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Le Plessis-Robinson is twinned with the following towns:[7]




  • United Kingdom Woking, United Kingdom[7][8][9]


  • Armenia Arabkir, Yerevan, Armenia[7]



See also


  • Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department


References





  1. ^ INSEE


  2. ^ History of Le Plessis-Robinson (Middle Ages until Revolution)


  3. ^ ab History of Le Plessis-Robinson (19th century)


  4. ^ History of Le Plessis-Robinson (Guinguettes)


  5. ^ "Les écoles." Le Plessis-Robinson. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.


  6. ^ "Les établissements." Le Plessis-Robinson. Retrieved on September 9, 2016.


  7. ^ abc Commune website


  8. ^ "British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-12..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  9. ^ "Woking Town twinning". The Woking Town Twinning Association. Retrieved 2013-07-19.




External links






  • Le Plessis-Robinson City Hall












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