Le Vésinet is one of the wealthiest suburbs of Paris, known for its wooded avenues, mansions and lakes. It contains many public gardens designed by French landscape gardener Paul de Lavenne, comte de Choulot.
History
The commune of Le Vésinet was created on 31 May 1875 by detaching a part of the territory of Chatou and merging it with a part of the territory of Croissy-sur-Seine and a part of the territory of Le Pecq.
Le Vésinet is located in a bend of the Seine, but has no access to the river. It is 16.4 km (10.2 mi) west of Paris and 4 km east of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The surrounding communes are Chatou on the east, Croissy-sur-Seine on the south, Le Pecq on the west, and Montesson on the north.
The terrain is an alluvial plain ranging in altitude from 28 meters near Le Pecq to 45 meters at the end of the Route de Montesson, with a gentle slope from northeast to southwest.
The commune is entirely urbanized, principally with single-family dwellings. Green space comprises 20 percent of the territory. There are a number of lakes: the lac Supérieur, the lac Inférieur, the lac de la Station, the lac de Croissy, and the Grand lac (with a large central island, l'Île des Ibis) also called Lac des Ibis. These lakes are linked by nearly 4 km of artificial streams called les Petites Rivières.
Population
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1872
2,285
—
1876
2,465
+1.91%
1881
3,329
+6.19%
1886
4,460
+6.02%
1891
4,342
−0.53%
1896
4,895
+2.43%
1901
5,414
+2.04%
1906
5,680
+0.96%
1911
6,353
+2.26%
1921
7,610
+1.82%
1926
9,405
+4.33%
1931
11,222
+3.60%
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1936
11,712
+0.86%
1946
13,020
+1.06%
1954
15,665
+2.34%
1962
17,964
+1.73%
1968
18,459
+0.45%
1975
17,986
−0.37%
1982
17,272
−0.58%
1990
15,945
−0.99%
1999
15,921
−0.02%
2009
16,159
+0.15%
2014
15,929
−0.29%
2020
15,619
−0.33%
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