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Mandeville (Jamaican Patois: Mandivl) is the capital and largest town in the parish of Manchester in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica. In 2005, the town had an estimated population of 50,000, and including the immediate suburbs within a radius of 16 km (9.9 mi) the total population was about 72,000.
The first "Free Library" in Jamaica was established in 1938, and is the oldest Parish Library. MegaMart, Mandeville under construction in December 2012. The growth of the town was given a substantial stimulus when Alcan Bauxite Company opened operations there. It built houses for its then mostly expatriate staff.
A second span was added in 1969. The new road spurred the growth of Mandeville and the surrounding area as a suburban commuter community for people working in New Orleans. This trend increased in the 1980s and 1990s, further integrating Mandeville into the greater New Orleans metropolitan area. Girod Street during the Hurricane Ike flood in 2008
The Johnson House, in Mandeville in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, was substantially built c.1915, redeveloping from a c.1890 predecessor. [2] It is located three blocks from Lake Pontchartrain. [2] It has been marketed as an event venue, Maison Lafitte, with phrase "circa 1880". [3] It is a "mansion" on a "lush" 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) property. [2]
Portmore began as a large area for schematic residential development in the late 1960s, [5] as the West Indies Home Contractors (WIHCON) organization built thousands of prototype housing units in an effort to alleviate the over-population of Kingston; the first was called Independence City. [5]
The Bertus-Ducatel House, at 1721 Lakeshore Dr. in Mandeville, Louisiana, was built around 1839.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]It is French Creole in style. [2]
The Hardington part of the name of the village means settlement of Heardred's people. [2]The manor was held before the Norman Conquest by Gunhilda, the daughter of Godwin, Earl of Wessex and then by William the Conqueror. during the 12th century it was granted to the Mandeville family, from which the second part of the name is taken.
Betty Mandeville (1910 or 1911 - 2001), American radio director and producer; Chris Mandeville (born 1965), American football defensive back; De Mandeville, the surname of a Norman noble family; Francis Mandeville (1850–1905), Irish nationalist politician; Fred Mandeville (1922–2020), Canadian politician; Gay Mandeville (1894–1969 ...