Wy-dit-Joli-Village

Wy-dit-Joli-Village
The town hall of Wy-dit-Joli-Village
Coat of arms
Wy-dit-Joli-Village
Location within Île-de-France region  Wy-dit-Joli-Village
Coordinates: 49°06′11″N 1°50′09″E / 49.1031°N 1.8358°ECoordinates: 49°06′11″N 1°50′09″E / 49.1031°N 1.8358°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Val-d'Oise
Arrondissement	Pontoise
Canton	Magny-en-Vexin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Georges Moisset
Area^1	8.37 km^2 (3.23 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	340
• Density	41/km^2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	95690 / 95420
Elevation	99–199 m (325–653 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 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.

Wy-dit-Joli-Village is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department and Île-de-France region of France.

Name

The name Wy comes from the Latin vicus – meaning "village" or cluster of houses (as opposed to a villa, an isolated farm and master's residence).

The full name Wy-dit-Joli-Village ("Wy-called-Pretty-Village") is said to have arisen from an incident in which King Henry IV of France, hunting in the area and enquiring what the settlement was called, exclaimed Ah! Quel joli village! : "Oh, what a pretty village!"

See also

• Communes of the Val-d'Oise department

References

• INSEE
• Association of Mayors of the Val d’Oise (French)

External links

• Mérimée database - Cultural heritage (French)
• Land use (IAURIF) (English)