Monthyon

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Monthyon

(2020–2026) Claude Decuypère^[1]Area

12.11 km² (4.68 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,749 • Density140/km² (370/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

77309 /77122

Elevation89–168 m (292–551 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Monthyon (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tjɔ̃] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department of the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Notable residents

The Belgian painter Eugène Boch lived in the Villa La Grimpette.^[3] In 1959, French actor Jean-Claude Brialy acquired a château in the commune; he lived there, with his partner, until he died in 2007.^[4]

Demographics

From a population of 858 in 1975,^[5] Monthyon grew to 1,730 by 2018.^[5] The inhabitants of Monthyon are called Monthyonnais.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" [National list of elected [officials]: the mayors] (in French). Government of France. 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "La Villa La Grimpette". Eugène Boch website (in French). November 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ Calant, Guénaèle (1 July 2021). "Monthyon: ils ont découvert les souvenirs de Jean-Claude Brialy dans son château" [Monthyon: they discovered the souvenirs of Jean-Claude Brialy in his castle]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Monthyon" (in French). City Population. 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Monthyon.

1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
Eugene Boch, peintre Impressioniste (in English)