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Mont-Saint-Aignan

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Mont-Saint-Aignan

|commune status = Commune

|image = Eglise Saint-Thomas de Mont-Saint-Aignan.jpg

|caption = The church in Mont-Saint-Aignan

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Mont-Saint-Aignan (Seine-Maritime).svg

|arrondissement = Rouen

|canton = Mont-Saint-Aignan

|INSEE = 76451

|postal code = 76130

|mayor = Catherine Flavigny{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Métropole Rouen Normandie

|coordinates = {{coord|49.4630|1.0883|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 145

|elevation min m = 44

|elevation max m = 171

|area km2 = 7.94

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Mont-Saint-Aignan ({{IPA|fr|mɔ̃ sɛ̃t‿ɛɲɑ̃}}) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the region of Normandy, northwestern France.

The inhabitants of the town of Mont-Saint-Aignan are called Mont-Saint-Aignanais in French.[https://www.habitants.fr/seine-maritime-76 Seine-Maritime], habitants.fr

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).{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.toutes-les-villes.com/villes-etudiantes.html Classement des villes étudiantes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609033441/http://www.toutes-les-villes.com/villes-etudiantes.html |date=2011-06-09 }}

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 town is ultimately named for the ancient Saint Aignan of Orleans.

The parishes of Saint-Aignan ({{langx|la|Sanctus Anianus}}) 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 =

{{Blazon-arms

| img1=Blason ville fr Mont-Saint-Aignan (Seine-Maritime).svg

| legend1=Arms of Mont-Saint-Aignan

| text= 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

Population

{{Historical populations

|align = none

|cols = 2

|percentages = pagr

|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|23179|Mont-Saint-Aignan}} and INSEE (1968–2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-76451#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|graph-pos = bottom

|1793 |625

|1800 |976

|1806 |754

|1821 |1617

|1831 |1929

|1836 |2116

|1841 |2382

|1846 |2369

|1851 |2567

|1856 |2603

|1861 |2888

|1866 |3045

|1872 |2909

|1876 |2985

|1881 |3115

|1886 |3408

|1891 |3379

|1896 |3729

|1901 |4151

|1906 |4242

|1911 |4316

|1921 |4942

|1926 |5262

|1931 |5588

|1936 |5845

|1946 |6585

|1954 |7358

|1962 |9989

|1968 |16031

|1975 |19146

|1982 |19736

|1990 |19961

|1999 |21265

|2007 |20207

|2012 |19798

|2017 |18850

}}

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

Colleges and universities

=Twin towns – sister cities=

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}

Mont-Saint-Aignan is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Jumelages|url=https://montsaintaignan.fr/jumelages|website=montsaintaignan.fr|publisher=Mont-Saint-Aignan|language=fr|access-date=2019-11-20}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{Commons category|Mont-Saint-Aignan}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20041221110907/http://www.ville-mont-saint-aignan.fr/ City council website] {{in lang|fr}}
  • [http://www.montsaintaignan.info/ Info website-blog about Mont Saint Aignan] {{in lang|fr}}

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Category:Communes of Seine-Maritime