French Vexin
The French Vexin is an ancient province of France located to the northwest of the Isle of France and a small part of Picardy, is between the departments of the Valley of the Oise of Yvelines and the Oise. Geography
The French Vexin, like its Norman counterpart, is on a calcareous plateau bounded to the south by the meanders of the Seine. It is bordered by the main valleys facing north-south of Epte and Andelle. The territory, more or less rectangular, is delimited, geographically, by the course of the rivers that have been forming great cliffs:
The interior of the plateau is irrigated by numerous rivers, tributaries of the previous ones:
It is an almost rural, sparsely populated region, which makes it a center of attraction for the cities of the periphery. The main ones are: Ruan to the West; Pontoise, to the Ete; Vernon and Mantes-la-Jolie to the South. The main town of Vexin Gisors has about 10,000 inhabitants. The most inhabited cities are in the periphery: Chaumont-en-Vexin, to the Northeast; Cergy-Pontoise, to the East; Meulan and Limay to the South; and Magny-en-Vexin to the west.
The main axis of communication is the national road 14 that connects Paris with Ruan, via Pontoise. Its layout, which is the most direct between both cities, is almost rectilinear, following the layout of an old Roman road the causeway of Julius Caesar. History
Until the Treaty of Saint-Clair-su-Epte of 911, see: Vexin
The counts of Vexin were subject to the abbey of Saint-Denis. Philip I of France bought the county in 1077. Economy
The French Vexin was constituted in Regional Natural Park in 1995, its soothes is in Théméricourt. It has 94 municipalities, 77 in the Valley of Oise, and 17 in Yvelines. It has an area of 680 km² and 79,000 inhabitants.
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