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Milly-la-Forêt
Milly-la-ForêtLocation within Île-de-France region
Milly-la-ForêtAdministration Country France Region Île-de-France Department Essonne Arrondissement Évry Canton Milly-la-Forêt Intercommunality Vallée de l'École Mayor François Orcel (PR)
(2008–2014)Statistics Elevation 60–135 m (200–443 ft) Land area1 33.80 km2 (13.05 sq mi) Population2 4,839 (2006) - Density 143 /km2 (370 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 91405/ 91490 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. Coordinates: 48°24′18″N 2°28′04″E / 48.4050°N 2.46778°E
Milly-la-Forêt is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.
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Geology
The Forest of Fontainebleau in the western end of which Milly-la-Forêt lies, is composed of the Oligocene Fontainebleau sands, which are a marine deposit, laid down in an intertidal zone.
History
Milly-la-Forêt is the probable birthplace of Wulfram of Sens, Saint Wulfram; in about 640.
The village
The market hall
Milly contains several facilities: such as the Collège Jean Rostand, the Conservatoire des Deux Vallées, a gymnasium and sports ground complex, a multimedia library, a swimming pool, a bus station, dealers in craft products and so on. There is a market every Thursday in the very impressive late medieval market hall, built in 1479.
The yearly calendar includes attic-clearing sales; at the opening of the summer holiday period, the town celebrates la Saint-Pierre, a fair is organised and there are several fairground rides and other attractions, as well as cultural stands for the sale of specialist food and craft products.
Economy
- Milly produces many culinary and medicinal herbs. The firm of Daregal is a world leader and began in 1887 under the leadership of the Darbonne family who still run the enterprise.
- The Conservatoire National des Plantes à Parfum, Médicinales, Aromatiques et Industrielles is a botanical garden situated in a former farm.
Culture
Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples- Christian Dior and Jean Cocteau have made their homes here. Cocteau died in 1963.
Towards the end of the 1950s Jean Cocteau decorated the chapelle Saint-Blaise, which dates from the twelfth century. His theme was those medicinal and culinary herbs on which the renown of Milly rests. He is now buried in the chapel.
Twin towns
Milly-la-Forêt is twinned with the German town of Morsbach, situated in the valley of the Sieg to the east of Cologne and with Forest Row in East Sussex, England.
References
- INSEE
- Mayors of Essonne Association (French)
- The French Wikipedia article
- Dercourt, J. Géologie et Géodynamique de la France Outre-mer et Européenne 3rd edition (2002) ISBN 2-10-006459-2
- Anon Carte géologique de la France à l'échelle du millionème 6th edition (2003) ISBN 2-7159-2158-6
External links
All these links are in French (except for the second link which offers English, Spanish, German and French).
- Milly-la-Forêt official website
- The Cyclop
- Pictures of the town
- Milly 1900 (postcards & text)
- Population statistics INSEE. Scroll down the liste alphabétique.
- Trades and services INSEE
- Mérimée database - Cultural heritage (French)
- Land use (IAURIF) (English)
Categories:- Communes of Essonne
- Essonne geography stubs
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