Commune in Île-de-France, France
Maisons-Laffitte (French pronunciation: [mɛzɔ̃ lafit] ⓘ ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the northern Île-de-France region of France . It is a part of the affluent outer suburbs of northwestern Paris , 18.2 km (11.3 mi) from its centre .
Maisons-Laffitte is famous for the Château de Maisons-Laffitte , built by architect François Mansart in the 17th century, and its horse racing track, the Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse . Église Saint-Nicolas was built between 1867 and 1872.
History Originally called Maisons-sur-Seine (meaning "Houses upon Seine "), the commune was officially renamed Maisons-Laffitte in 1882 in honour of banker Jacques Laffitte who financed the housing developments on the estate of the Château de Maisons-Laffitte.
The Château de Maisons-Laffitte has a secret passage to what once used to be part of the Château de Maisons-Laffitte but which is now a school – Collège de l'Ermitage .
Population
Landmarks Église Saint-Nicolas Maisons-Laffitte is famous for the Château de Maisons-Laffitte , built by architect François Mansart in the 17th century. Maisons-Laffitte is also known for its horse racing track, the Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse , which is why the town is known as the "cité du cheval" and compared with Newmarket in the United Kingdom .
Église Saint-Nicolas was mainly built between 1867 and 1872 under architect Eugène Millet , on the land of an old cemetery. It was consecrated in 1872 by Jean-Pierre Mabile, the bishop of Versailles.[5]
Transport Maisons-Laffitte is served by Maisons-Laffitte station on Paris RER line A and on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.
Notable residents Pape-Philippe Amagou , basketball playerGrégory Baugé , cyclistEugène Louis Bouvier , zoologistJean Cocteau , writer, filmmaker, and artistJerzy Giedroyc , founder and editor of a leading Polish-émigré literary-political journal, Kultura Philippe Jaroussky , opera singerCoralie Lassource , handball playerRené Le Roy (1898–1985), classical flautistOdd Nerdrum , painterRandy de Puniet , motorcycle racerAnne Queffélec , pianistYvonne Rokseth , composer and musicologistEmma Watson (until the age of five), actressJames Winkfield , jockey, horse trainerGhislaine Maxwell , British socialite known for her association with Jeffrey Epstein
Education Public schools:[6]
Six preschools/nurseries (maternelles ): Bois-Bonnet, Clos-Lainé, Cocteau, Colbert, La Renarde, Montebello Four elementary schools: Jehan Alain/André Ledreux, Colbert, Le Prieuré, Mansart Junior high schools (collèges ): Jean Cocteau and Le Prieuré Senior high schools/sixth-form colleges: Lycée Évariste Galois (Sartrouville) and Lycée Les Pierres Vives (Carrières sur Seine) Private schools:[6]
Twin towns – sister cities Since 2023, Maisons-Laffitte is exclusively and reciprocally twinned with Arkadag city, Turkmenistan . [7] [8]
See also
References ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies . 28 December 2023. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui : Commune data sheet Maisons-Laffitte, EHESS (in French) .^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE ^ "Eglise Saint-Nicolas" (in French). Patrimoine Religieux. Retrieved 8 November 2023 . ^ a b "Liste des établissements." See the attendance boundaries ^ "Arkadag et maison-Laffitte deviendront des villes jumelles - Pravda FR". 6 September 2023. ^ "Аркадаг и Мезон-Лаффит станут городами-побратимами".
External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maisons-Laffitte .
Local website (in English) Official website (in French) Tourist Office (multi-lingual) Pictures and history of Maisons-Laffitte ( French)