Chaville

Chaville
Paris and inner ring départements
Location within Île-de-France region  Chaville
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement	Boulogne-Billancourt
Canton	Chaville
Intercommunality	Grand Paris Seine Ouest
Mayor	Jean-Jacques Guillet
Statistics
Elevation	63–173 m (207–568 ft)
Land area1	3.55 km2 (1.37 sq mi)
Population2	18,825  (2006)
- Density	5,303 /km2 (13,730 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	92022/ 92370
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.

Chaville is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) from the center of Paris.

Nearest communes

• Meudon
• Sèvres
• Vélizy-Villacoublay
• Viroflay
• Ville-d'Avray.

Roughly 44% of the land is forest. It is bordered by Meudon forest and Fausse-Repose to the other side.

History

It was founded in the 9th century. It was called Inchadivilla, later Chadivilla and Cativilla and became Chaville.

It is located on route D910 between Paris and Versailles.

Today it is a suburban city and is served by public transit and is crossed by three train lines.

Transport

Chaville is served by Chaville Rive Droite station on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.

It is also served by Chaville Rive Gauche station on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse suburban rail line.

Southern Chaville is served by Chaville-Vélizy station on Paris RER line C. This station is located at the border between the commune of Chaville and the commune of Viroflay, on the Viroflay side of the border.

Twin towns

• Alsfeld, Hesse, Germany
• Barnet, London, England
• Settimo Torinese, Piedmont, Italy
• Thanh Hoa, Vietnam

See also

• Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Chaville website (in French)