Mousseaux-sur-Seine
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Mousseaux-sur-Seine | |
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 The town hall in Mousseaux-sur-Seine | |
 Location of Mousseaux-sur-Seine | |
  Mousseaux-sur-Seine  Mousseaux-sur-Seine | |
| Coordinates: 49°02′37″N 1°38′51″E / 49.0436°N 1.6475°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Yvelines |
| Arrondissement | Mantes-la-Jolie |
| Canton | Bonnières-sur-Seine |
| Intercommunality | CU Grand Paris Seine et Oise |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gérard Ours Prisbil[1] |
Area 1 | 7.20 km2 (2.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 689 |
| • Density | 95.7/km2 (248/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 78437 /78270 |
| Elevation | 12–68 m (39–223 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Mousseaux-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: [muso syʁ sɛn], literally Mousseaux on Seine) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Mousseaux-sur-Seine is a riverside town in the Seine, situated 14 km west of Mantes-la-Jolie and 6 km east of Bonnières-sur-Seine, on the Left Bank, in the loop Moisson. It borders of Freneuse Mericourt and west, north Moisson. To the east, it is separated by the Seine Saint-Martin-la-Garenne.
The village is located by the river along a limestone cliff where many were dug basements, "boves" which once served homes.
Seine borders the town to the southeast. Sablière of loops of the Seine Moisson-Mousseaux.
History
This territory was already inhabited in the Neolithic period. Numerous flint weapons have been found. In pre-Roman Gaul the Belgic tribe of the Veliocasses or Velocasses controlled a large area around the town. Christianity came to the area with the work of Nicasius of Rouen, about 250AD
The village of Mousseaux is a center of caving in the area. The inhabitants of the area have nicknamed the caves "sparkling".[3]
The village was until the late 18th century an important wine production, with remains, still visible, of an old press. In 2003, Mousseaux-sur-Seine chose to join the urban community of Mantes en Yvelines, rather than the community of communes des Portes Île-de-France focused on Bonnières-sur-Seine.
Landmarks
- Saint-Léger church stone church Gothic Revival limestone dating from 1875.
- winepress: kept in a "bove" excavation dug into the limestone cliff.
- Painting workshop of Martine Darcel
- the Town Hall
- recreation Park on the river popular with Parisians
recreation Park
Town Catholic Church
