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Place details
- Locality
- Carrières-sous-Bois
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 6,515
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Article
Le Mesnil-le-Roi ( French pronunciation: [lə menil lə ʁwa] ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is about 3.5 km (2 mi) from Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
The name "Mesnil" comes from Latin: mansionilis meaning "little estate". The name "Le Mesnil-le-Roi" could be said "The King's small estate" (Francis I). On the other hand, the name of Mesnil-le-Roi in the time of the French Revolution was Le Mesnil-Carrières, "Mesnil quarries".