Montlhéry: Difference between revisions

|coordinates latitude = {{coord|48.6392|2.2722|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|canton = MontlhéryLongjumeau

|intercommunality = Cœur[[Communauté dud'agglomération HurepoixParis-Saclay|CA Paris-Saclay]]

|term = 20082020–20142026

|population = 6731{{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = 2006{{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

'''Montlhéry''' ({{IPA-fr|mɔ̃.le.ʁimɔ̃leʁi|pron-|Fr-Paris--Montlhéry.ogg}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Essonne]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Île-de-France (region)|Île-de-France]] in northern [[France]]. It is located {{unit lengthconvert|26|km|26mi|1|abbr=on}} from [[Paris]].

Montlhéry lay on the strategically important road from Paris to [[Orléans]]. It was an old [[Gaulish]] site called Mons Aetricus by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]]. Under the [[Merovingians]], it was owned by the church in [[Reims]] and in 768 it was given to the abbey of St. Denis in Paris. It was the site of a number of battles between the lords of Montlhéry and the early [[House of Capet|Capetian]] monarchy.

The Montlhéry noble house was related to the [[Montmorency family]]; Thibaud, the founder of the Montlhéry dynasty, was the brother of Bouchard II, the progenitor of the Montmorency house. Thibaud ruled from 970 to 1031 and was succeeded by his son [[Guy I of Montlhéry|Guy I]], who ruled until 1095. Guy I's children married into other local noble families: his daughter Melisende married Hugh, [[count of Rethel]], and another daughter Elizabeth married Joscelin of Courtenay. Through these marriages and subsequent Montlhéry participation on the [[First Crusade]], Guy I was the ancestor of the ruling dynasties of the crusader [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]] and the [[County of Edessa]]. Another daughter, Alice, married into the [[Le Puiset]] family, and a son, Guy, became count of [[Rochefort-en-Yvelines|Rochefort]]. Guy I was succeeded by Milo I, followed by Milo's sons Guy II and Milo II. In 1118, after many disputes with the rebellious lords, [[Louis VI of France]] ordered the castle to be dismantled and turned the town into a royal residence. Louis VI had himself been married to a granddaughter of Guy I, Lucienne of Rochefort, from 1104 to 1107.

Today Montlhéry is twinned with [[Stetten am kalten Markt]], [[Germany]].<!ref>[http://www.stetten--which oneakm.de/index.php?--id=39 Partnerstädte Stetten am kalten Markt]</ref>.

South of Montlhéry (on the communes of [[Linas]] and [[Bruyères-le-Châtel]]) is the site of an [[automobile]] [[race track]], the ''[[Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry|Autodrome de Montlhéry]]'', established by Alexandre Lamblin in 1924. It is sometimes referred to as the 'French [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway|Indianapolis]]', because it is laid out as a high speed [[oval]]. Many speed records were set there within months of its opening. Today the racetrack has fallen into disuse and is also used for other purposes including a variety of automobile meetups.

* [[Paul Fort]], nicknamed ''Le Prince des Poètes'' lived there from 1921 until his death in 1960.<br />

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