Mont-Saint-Aignan

Coordinates: 49°27′47″N 1°05′18″E / 49.4630°N 1.0883°E / 49.4630; 1.0883
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Mont-Saint-Aignan
Commune
The church in Mont-Saint-Aignan
The church in Mont-Saint-Aignan
Coat of arms of Mont-Saint-Aignan
Coat of arms
Location of Mont-Saint-Aignan
Map
Mont-Saint-Aignan is located in France
Mont-Saint-Aignan
Mont-Saint-Aignan
Mont-Saint-Aignan is located in Normandy
Mont-Saint-Aignan
Mont-Saint-Aignan
Coordinates: 49°27′47″N 1°05′18″E / 49.4630°N 1.0883°E / 49.4630; 1.0883
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementRouen
CantonMont-Saint-Aignan
IntercommunalityMétropole Rouen Normandie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Catherine Flavigny[1]
Area
1
7.94 km2 (3.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
20,066
 • Density2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
76451 /76130
Elevation44–171 m (144–561 ft)
(avg. 145 m or 476 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mont-Saint-Aignan (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ sɛ̃t‿ɛɲɑ̃]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the region of Normandy, northwestern France.

The inhabitants of the town of Mont-Saint-Aignan are called Mont-Saint-Aignanais in French.[3]

Due to the presence of higher education institutions (notably the

University of Rouen and the NEOMA Business School) and the city's relatively small population, Mont-Saint-Aignan is considered the French city that has the largest proportion of students relative to its population (students represented in 2014 25,61% of the total population).[4]

Geography

The town is the fifth-largest

Grandes Écoles
.

History

The town is ultimately named for the ancient Saint Aignan of Orleans.

The parishes of Saint-Aignan (

Latin: Sanctus Anianus) and Mont-aux-Malades (Monte Infirmorum, which takes its name from a hospital) are mentioned in documents dating back to the 12th century. Henry II built a church there dedicated to Thomas Becket in 1176 in an attempt to make up for his unwitting role in the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury
.

The modern commune of Mont-Saint-Aignan was created in the early 19th century (1815–1819) out of the merger of the communes of Monts-aux-Malades, Saint-Aignan and (partly) Saint-Denis-de-Bondeville.

Heraldry

Arms of Mont-Saint-Aignan
Arms of Mont-Saint-Aignan
 Arms of Mont-Saint-Aignan are blazoned :
Or, a leopard gules within a laurel wreath vert, and on a chief indented azure, 3 fleurs de lys and 2 half ones Or



People

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 625—    
1800 976+6.57%
1806 754−4.21%
1821 1,617+5.22%
1831 1,929+1.78%
1836 2,116+1.87%
1841 2,382+2.40%
1846 2,369−0.11%
1851 2,567+1.62%
1856 2,603+0.28%
1861 2,888+2.10%
1866 3,045+1.06%
1872 2,909−0.76%
1876 2,985+0.65%
1881 3,115+0.86%
1886 3,408+1.81%
1891 3,379−0.17%
1896 3,729+1.99%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 4,151+2.17%
1906 4,242+0.43%
1911 4,316+0.35%
1921 4,942+1.36%
1926 5,262+1.26%
1931 5,588+1.21%
1936 5,845+0.90%
1946 6,585+1.20%
1954 7,358+1.40%
1962 9,989+3.90%
1968 16,031+8.20%
1975 19,146+2.57%
1982 19,736+0.43%
1990 19,961+0.14%
1999 21,265+0.71%
2007 20,207−0.64%
2012 19,798−0.41%
2017 18,850−0.98%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968–2017)[6]

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Jacques, dating from the eleventh century, used as a workshop after the Revolution
  • The church of St. Thomas, dating from the twelfth century
  • The sixteenth century church of St. Aignan
  • The nineteenth century church of St. André
  • The modern church of Notre-Dame-de-Miséricorde (1970)
  • The chapel of the Petit-Séminaire (1862)
  • Several ancient houses

Colleges and universities

Twin towns – sister cities

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

Mont-Saint-Aignan is

twinned with:[7]

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Seine-Maritime, habitants.fr
  4. ^ (in French) Classement des villes étudiantes Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Mont-Saint-Aignan, EHESS (in French).
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  7. ^ "Jumelages". montsaintaignan.fr (in French). Mont-Saint-Aignan. Retrieved 2019-11-20.

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