Gargenville

Gargenville
Gargenville
Commune
	The town hall in Gargenville
	Coat of arms
	Location of Gargenville
	Gargenville Gargenville
	Coordinates: 48°59′34″N 1°48′39″E / 48.9928°N 1.8108°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Mantes-la-Jolie
Canton	Limay
Intercommunality	CU Grand Paris Seine et Oise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yann Perron
Area 1	8.67 km2 (3.35 sq mi)
Population (2021)	7,863
• Density	910/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	78267 /78440
Elevation	17–191 m (56–627 ft) ; (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gargenville (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁʒɑ̃vil]) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France, 45 km to the center of Paris. It is part of the Parc naturel régional du Vexin français. With the neighborhing commune of Issou, it forms an urban area of around 10000 inhabitants.

Inhabitants are known in French as the Gargenvillois.

History

The name Gargenville is referenced as Gargen villam^[3] in 1164, Gargenvilla in 1249,^[4] Girgenville in 1265,^[5] Gargenville in 1429.^[4] It comes from the gallic name Garganus and the gallo-romain suffix VILLA, "rural domain" (villa rustica in Latin).

Before the French Revolution, Gargenville was made of two fiefs, the domaine d'Hanneucourt and the Moufle de la Tuilerie. In 1790, they were merged to form the new commune, which then had 990 inhabitants.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,904	—
1975	4,663	−0.72%
1982	5,532	+2.47%
1990	6,202	+1.44%
1999	6,611	+0.71%
2007	6,732	+0.23%
2012	6,824	+0.27%
2017	7,467	+1.82%
Source: INSEE^[6]

Economy

The "Aciérie et Laminoir de Paris", now Alpa Riva electric steelworks,^[7] and various industries, including industrial waste treatment centers and quarries.

Transportation

Public transportation is provided by Transilien on the Paris Saint Lazare to Mantes Station via Conflans-Sainte-Honorine line.

Geography

Neighbouring communes

On the edge of the Seine, the territory is highly urbanized, in which residential areas and industries alternate. It forms an almost continuous agglomeration from Follainville-Dennemont in the west to Juziers in the east, and which continues beyond towards Meulan and Poissy. There are major communication routes: D191 departmental road, Paris-Mantes railway line on the north bank of the Seine, private or public port facilities, including the river-sea port of Limay-Porcheville which depends on the Autonomous Port of Paris.

This is where the industrial zones are located, notably with the Gargenville-Juziers cement plant, the Issou-Gargenville oil depot (ex-refinery), and the Porcheville thermal power plant.

The northern part of the canton, entirely included in the regional natural park, very wooded, more sparsely populated, is dedicated to traditional agriculture and forestry, crafts and tourism.