Mousseaux-sur-Seine
Mousseaux-sur-Seine is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Geography
[file:Map commune FR insee code 78437.png|thumb|left|Map commune]Mousseaux-sur-Seine is a riverside town in the Seine, situated 14 km west of Mantes-la-Jolie and 6 km east of Bonnières-sur-Seine, on the Left Bank, in the loop Moisson. It borders of Freneuse Mericourt and west, north Moisson. To the east, it is separated by the Seine Saint-Martin-la-Garenne.The village is located by the river along a limestone cliff where many were dug basements, "boves" which once served homes.
Seine borders the town to the southeast.
Sablière of loops of the Seine Moisson-Mousseaux.
History
This territory was already inhabited in the Neolithic period. Numerous flint weapons have been found.In pre-Roman Gaul the Belgic tribe of the Veliocasses or Velocasses controlled a large area around the town.
Christianity came to the area with the work of Nicasius of Rouen, about 250AD
The village of Mousseaux is a center of caving in the area. The inhabitants of the area have nicknamed the caves "sparkling".
The village was until the late 18th century an important wine production, with remains, still visible, of an old press.
In 2003, Mousseaux-sur-Seine chose to join the urban community of Mantes en Yvelines, rather than the community of communes des Portes Île-de-France focused on Bonnières-sur-Seine.
Landmarks
- Saint-Léger church stone church Gothic Revival limestone dating from 1875.
- winepress: kept in a "bove" excavation dug into the limestone cliff.
- Painting workshop of Martine Darcel
- the Town Hall
- recreation Park on the river popular with Parisians