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Flag of Vigneux-sur-Seine - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 9 February 2025
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Vigneux-sur-Seine (31,233 inhabitants, 877 ha) is a commune in Essonne, in the southern suburbs of Paris, France.
Human presence on the territory of the commune is attested from the Neolithic period. In the 6th century, the land of Vigneux was dependent on the chapter of Notre-Dame de Paris. From the 12th century, it was the abbey of Saint-Victor de Paris that owned it until the French Revolution. Bordered by the Seine, the wine-growing village was the victim of Viking invasions in the 9th century and during the Hundred Years' War. In the 12th century, the first parish church was built to replace a previous chapel. In 1304, Jehan de Chateaufestu acquired part of the local territory. In the 14th and 15th centuries, several castles were built, including the Château Frayé, the Château de Vigneux, the Château des Bergeries and the Château de Rouvres, a fief whose existence has been attested since the 14th century, successively owned by the families of Caumartin (17th century), Collande (18th century) and then, in the 19th century, by the Parisian bankers Mirabel-Chambaud and Cahen d’Anvers.
In the 17th century, the port of Courcel allowed the use of a ferry to
cross the river before the construction of the Ablon dam.
The nascent industry in the Paris region, driven by the presence of
the commercial port, allowed the transformation of the commune with
the planting of mulberry trees for sericulture in 1826 and the
construction of a sugar factory exploiting sugar beet in 1836. Between
1841 and 1863, the Draveil - Vigneux stop was opened on the
Villeneuve-Saint-Georges - Montargis line and from 1870, sand
extraction began on the banks of the river. This industry and
the rapid access to the capital allowed the town to grow rapidly,
leading to the construction of the town hall in 1880, the post office
in 1890, the implementation of the cemetery in 1906, the construction
of the church from 1909 and the construction of the market hall in
1911. From 1906, the Société des Sablières de la Seine exploited the
subsoil, but in 1908 it was confronted with the strike of
Draveil-Villeneuve-Saint-Georges. On June 2, 1908, clashes between
demonstrators and police left two dead and ten injured. On January 3,
1910, the town took the name of Vigneux-sur-Seine.
In 1932, the Notre-Dame-des-Sables chapel was built, rebuilt in 1999. The prosperity of the interwar period allowed the subdivision of the vast former seigneurial estates. Stopped by the Second World War and the Nazi occupation of the Château de Bergeries, growth resumed in the 1950s and 60s with the construction of large housing complexes.
Olivier Touzeau, 9 February 2025
Officially the coat of arms is blazoned:
Sable a wavy fess and barrulet Argent, between in chief a fleury
escarbuncle flanked by two wheat garbs and in base a bunch of grapes
slipped and leaved, all Or.
The motto, "E flumine surgens" means: born from the river.
In the modern use by the commune, the black (Sable) field has become blue (Azure).
The flag is white with the blue version of the coat of arms and the name below: photo (2008), photo (2018), photo (2022).
Olivier Touzeau, 9 February 2025
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