Mont-Saint-Aignan

Mont-Saint-Aignan
Mont-Saint-Aignan
	Coat of arms
	Location of Mont-Saint-Aignan
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Mont-Saint-Aignan
Intercommunality	Métropole Rouen Normandie
Government
• Mayor (2014 - 2020)	Catherine Flavigny
Area 1	7.94 km2 (3.07 sq mi)
Population (2012)	19,798
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	76451 /76130
Elevation	44–171 m (144–561 ft) ; (avg. 145 m or 476 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

The inhabitants of the town of Mont-Saint-Aignan are "Mont-Saint-Aignanais".^[1]

Due to the presence of higher education institutions (notably the University of Rouen and the NEOMA Business School) and the city's relatively small population, Mont-Saint-Aignan is considered the French city that has the largest proportion of students relative to its population (students represented in 2014 25,61% of the total population).^[2]

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 D 121 and D 43. 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 communes of Monts-aux-Malades, Saint-Aignan and (partly) Saint-Denis-de-Bondeville.

Heraldry

Arms of Mont-Saint-Aignan	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

Jacques Anquetil (1934–1987), first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times
Viviane Asseyi, footballer
Ousmane Camara, basketball player
Flora Coquerel, Miss France 2014
Thierry Foucaud (1954- ), politician
Jamel Ait Ben Idir, footballer
Lagaf', humorist and television presenter
Matthieu Louis-Jean, footballer
Sébastien Larcier, footballer
Jackson Mendy, footballer
Tony Parker, basketball player
Mohamed Sissoko, footballer
Lucien Tesnière (1893–1954), linguist
Sébastien Le Toux, footballer

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	625	—
1800	976	+56.2%
1806	754	−22.7%
1821	1,617	+114.5%
1831	1,929	+19.3%
1836	2,116	+9.7%
1841	2,382	+12.6%
1846	2,369	−0.5%
1851	2,567	+8.4%
1856	2,603	+1.4%
1861	2,888	+10.9%
1866	3,045	+5.4%
1872	2,909	−4.5%
1876	2,985	+2.6%
1881	3,115	+4.4%
1886	3,408	+9.4%
1891	3,379	−0.9%
1896	3,729	+10.4%
1901	4,151	+11.3%
1906	4,242	+2.2%
1911	4,316	+1.7%
1921	4,942	+14.5%
1926	5,262	+6.5%
1931	5,588	+6.2%
1936	5,845	+4.6%
1946	6,585	+12.7%
1954	7,358	+11.7%
1962	9,989	+35.8%
1968	16,031	+60.5%
1975	19,146	+19.4%
1982	19,736	+3.1%
1990	19,961	+1.1%
1999	21,265	+6.5%
2006	20,659	−2.8%
2011	19,333	−6.4%

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