Mont-Saint-Aignan

Mont-Saint-Aignan
Mont-Saint-Aignan
Location within Upper Normandy region  Mont-Saint-Aignan
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Mont-Saint-Aignan
Intercommunality	CREA
Mayor	Pierre Léautey (2008 - 2014)
Statistics
Elevation	44–171 m (144–561 ft) (avg. 145 m or 476 ft)
Land area1	7.94 km2 (3.07 sq mi)
Population2	21,150  (2006)
- Density	2,664 /km2 (6,900 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76451/ 76130
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.

Mont-Saint-Aignan is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

The inhabitants of the town of Mont-Saint-Aignan are "Mont-Saint-Aignan, Mont-Saint-Aignanaises."

Geography

The town is the fifth-largest suburb of the city of Rouen and lies directly adjacent to the north side of Rouen at the junction of the D121 and D43. In addition to its population of 21,265, there are also around 20,000 students at the University and the various Grandes Écoles.

History

The parishes of Saint-Aignan (Sanctum Anianum) 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 parishes of Saint-Aignan, Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville, Le Houlme, Maromme, Saint-Aignan-sur-Ry, Saint-Jean-du-Cardonnay, and Saint-Denis-de-Bondeville.

Heraldry

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

• Birthplace of Jacques Anquetil (1934–1987), the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times.
• Viviane Asseyi footballer
• Ousmane Camara basketball player
• Jackson Mendy footballer
• Matthieu Louis-Jean footballer
• Mohamed Sissoko, Juventus F.C footballer, was born here.
• Lucien Tesnière (1893–1954), ínfluential French linguist, was born here.
• Lagaf', French humorist and TV-presenter.
• Thierry Foucaud (1954- ), French politician, was born here.
• Jamel Ait Ben Idir, footballer, was born here.
• For two years it was home to Tony Parker the NBA star recently married to Eva Longoria of Desperate Housewives fame.
• Sébastien Le Toux, who plays for Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer in Canada, was born here.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
9989	16,031	19,146	19,736	19,961	21,265	21,150
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

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.Andre.
• The modern church of Notre-Dame-de-Miséricorde (1970).
• The chapel of the Petit-Séminaire (1862).
• Several ancient houses.

Colleges and universities

• École Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen (ESC Rouen = business school)
• Institut de Formation Internationale (part of the business school)
• ésitpa (agriculture and agronomy)
• ESIGELEC formerly in Mont-Saint-Aignan; moved in 2004 to nearby Saint Etienne du Rouvray
• Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen (INSA Rouen) also - since Oct 2009 - now wholly in Saint Etienne du Rouvray

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

• INSEE

External links

• City council website (French)
• Info website-blog about Mont Saint Aignan (French)
• Mont-Saint-Aignan on the Quid website (French)