Gargenville


Gargenville 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 in 1164, Gargenvilla in 1249, Girgenville in 1265, Gargenville in 1429. It comes from the gallic name Garganus and the gallo-romain suffix VILLA, "rural domain".
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.

Geography

Location

Neighbouring communes

Transportation

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