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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-Maritime

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
20,207 (2007)

Arrondissement
  
Rouen

Region
  
Normandy

Canton
  
Mont-Saint-Aignan

Area
  
8.85 km²

Local time
  
Friday 10:05 PM

Mont-Saint-Aignan

Intercommunality
  
Métropole Rouen Normandie

Weather
  
8°C, Wind W at 21 km/h, 73% Humidity

Colleges and Universities
  
University of Rouen, NEOMA Business School, Rouen Business School

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

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Map of Mont-Saint-Aignan, France

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

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).

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.

People

  • Maurice Euzennat (1926–2004), historian and archaeologist
  • 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
  • govy, artist

    • 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

  • University of Rouen
  • NEOMA Business School (former École Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen)
  • 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-Étienne-du-Rouvray
  • Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen (INSA Rouen) also - since Oct 2009 - now wholly in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray

    • Twin towns – Sister cities

    Mont-Saint-Aignan is twinned with:

  • Barsinghausen, Germany (1967)
  • Edenbridge, England (1973)
  • Osica de Sus, Romania (1991)
  • Brzeg Dolny, Poland (2003)
  • Rouko, Burkina Faso (2010)

    • References

    Mont-Saint-Aignan Wikipedia
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