Meulan-en-Yvelines

Meulan-en-Yvelines
Town hall (Hôtel de ville)
Coat of Arms
Meulan-en-Yvelines
Location within Île-de-France region  Meulan-en-Yvelines
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Mantes-la-Jolie
Canton	Meulan
Intercommunality	Vexin-Seine
Mayor	Guy Poirier (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	18–117 m (59–384 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
Land area1	3.46 km2 (1.34 sq mi)
Population2	8,803  (2006)
- Density	2,544 /km2 (6,590 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	78401/ 78250
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.

Meulan-en-Yvelines (formerly Meulan) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It hosted part of the sailing events for the 1900 Summer Olympics held in neighboring Paris, and would do so again twenty-four years later.

People

• Frederic Esther, boxer
• Kevin Mendy, basketball player
• Mbaye Niang, footballer
• Ibrahim Sacko, footballer
• Maurice Thiriet, (1906–1972) -composer
• Yannick Zachee, basketball player
• David Douillet, judoka

Twin towns

Meulan is twinned with;

• • Kilsyth, Scotland
  • Taufkirchen (bei München), Germany

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department

References

• Sports-reference.com Summer Olympics Paris 20 May 1900 sailing mixed open results. Accessed 14 November 2010.
• 1924 Olympics official report. pp. 582-3. (French)
• INSEE