Milly-la-Forêt

Milly-la-Forêt

The town hall in Milly-la-Forêt

Coat of arms
Milly-la-Forêt

Coordinates: 48°24′18″N 2°28′04″E / 48.4050°N 2.4678°E / 48.4050; 2.4678Coordinates: 48°24′18″N 2°28′04″E / 48.4050°N 2.4678°E / 48.4050; 2.4678
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Essonne
Arrondissement Évry
Canton Milly-la-Forêt
Intercommunality Vallée de l'École
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) François Orcel (PR)
Area1 33.80 km2 (13.05 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 4,839
 • Density 140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 91405 / 91490
Elevation 60–135 m (197–443 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Milly-la-Forêt is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Geology

The Forest of Fontainebleau in the western end of which Milly-la-Forêt lies, is composed of the Oligocene Fontainebleau sands, which are a marine deposit, laid down in an intertidal zone.

History

Milly-la-Forêt is the probable birthplace of Wulfram of Sens, Saint Wulfram; in about 640.

Origin of the place name

The first name of this domaine was called Maurillac in Gaul, Mauriliaco on a merovingien coin, became Maureliacum, Melliacum in 667, Milliacum in Latin. The place name Milly is relatively current; it refers to an antic presence of a villa rustica owned during the Gallo-romaine era by a cetain Milius or Emilius. Hereby, the name was imported in 1080 by the knight Adam de Milly, originally from Milly-en-Beauvaisis and first lord of the place. But a charter dated from 651 mentioned already the name Melliacus. In the 13th century more accuracy was added to the place, Miliacum in Gastineto in 1267, which gave the name Milly-en-Gâtinais without being official. Upon a request from the municipal council and by a statutory order from 6 February 1948, the name was replaced by Milly-la-Forêt, considered at that time as the most touristic place and to differentiate it from its homonym Milly in Normandy.

The village

The market hall

Milly contains several facilities: such as the Collège Jean Rostand, the Conservatoire des Deux Vallées, a gymnasium and sports ground complex, a multimedia library, a swimming pool, a bus station, dealers in craft products and so on. There is a market every Thursday in the very impressive late medieval market hall, built in 1479.

The yearly calendar includes attic-clearing sales; at the opening of the summer holiday period, the town celebrates la Saint-Pierre, a fair is organised and there are several fairground rides and other attractions, as well as cultural stands for the sale of specialist food and craft products.

Economy

Culture

Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples

Twin towns

Milly-la-Forêt is twinned with the German town of Morsbach, situated in the valley of the Sieg to the east of Cologne and with Forest Row in East Sussex, England.

Famous people

Many popular characters are born, died or lived in Milly-la-Forêt:

References

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