Mézières-sur-Seine

Mézières-sur-Seine
Town hall
Mézières-sur-Seine
Location within Île-de-France region Mézières-sur-Seine
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Mantes-la-Jolie
Canton	Guerville
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Pierre Blévin
Area¹	10.42 km² (4.02 sq mi)
Population (2006)²	3,536
• Density	340/km² (880/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	78402 / 78970
Elevation	17–156 m (56–512 ft) (avg. 22 m or 72 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.

Mézières-sur-Seine is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, near the bank of the Seine 47 km (29 mi) west of Paris.

The name of the commune comes from the Latin word: maceria, meaning walls.

Sites of interest

Saint-Nicolas church, built in the 13th century in Gothic style. A

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