Plaisir

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Plaisir

|commune status = Commune

|image = Découverte de Plaisir (6275527094).jpg

|caption = The church and shops in Plaisir

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Plaisir (Yvelines).svg

|map size = 270px

|adjustable map = Plaisir_map.png

|map caption = Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs

|coordinates = {{coord|48.8183|1.9472|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|arrondissement = Versailles

|canton = Plaisir

|INSEE = 78490

|postal code = 78370

|mayor = Joséphine Kollmannsberger{{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 = Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

|elevation m = 111

|elevation min m = 92

|elevation max m = 173

|area km2 = 18.68

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

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

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

}}

Plaisir ({{IPA|fr|plɛziʁ|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-Plaisir (Yvelines).wav}}) is a commune located in the heart of the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is located in the western outer suburbs of Paris, {{convert|29.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the centre of Paris.

It borders among others on Élancourt (south), Trappes (southeast) and Les Clayes-sous-Bois (east).

Plaisir has managed to preserve its twelfth century church. Its varied territory is characterised by large agricultural plains, many green spaces and a forest area that together occupy half of its surface.

Plaisir is the twelfth commune of the Yvelines department in terms of population, with nearly 31,000 inhabitants. It is a member of the communauté d'agglomération Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

Between 1968 and 1990, Plaisir has seen explosive growth in its population, but since then, the town's policy has been to contain growth and aim for stabilisation, in order to main the local quality of living as well as the natural spaces (forests and agricultural lands).

It has a major shopping mall that is still expanding. This commercial activity has been a boon for local tax revenues, but also led to congestion of its roads.

Aside from this commercial activity, Plaisir is also home to a number of other activities, for instance it is home to the Zodiaxc corporation and hosts the Lenôtre culinary school which attracts students from across the globe.

Population

The inhabitants are called Plaisirois.

{{Historical populations

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| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|27003|Plaisir}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-78490#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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|1793 |1260

|1800 |1313

|1806 |1291

|1821 |1260

|1831 |1215

|1836 |1274

|1841 |1259

|1846 |1178

|1851 |1095

|1856 |1117

|1861 |1182

|1866 |1225

|1872 |1265

|1876 |1374

|1881 |1469

|1886 |1579

|1891 |1615

|1896 |1636

|1901 |1652

|1906 |1729

|1911 |1894

|1921 |1900

|1926 |2085

|1931 |2167

|1936 |2224

|1946 |2398

|1954 |2683

|1962 |3850

|1968 |6869

|1975 |21259

|1982 |22593

|1990 |25877

|1999 |31045

|2007 |30937

|2012 |31119

|2017 |31419

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Transport

Plaisir is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris-Montparnasse suburban rail line: Plaisir – Les Clayes and Plaisir – Grignon

Education

The commune has 17 preschools with 1,560 students and 13 elementary schools with 2,273 students, with a total of 3,843 students."[http://ville-plaisir.fr/enfance-scolaire/scolarite/etablissements Etablissements]." Plaisir. Retrieved on September 2, 2016.

Secondary schools in Plaisir:

Secondary schools in nearby municipalities:

Twin towns

Plaisir is twinned with Lowestoft, England and Bad Aussee, Austria.

See also

References

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