Le Vésinet

Le Vésinet
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location within Île-de-France region  Le Vésinet
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Canton	Le Vésinet
Intercommunality	Boucle de la Seine
Mayor	Robert Varèse (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	26–47 m (85–154 ft)
Land area1	5.0 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Population2	16,950  (2006)
- Density	3,390 /km2 (8,800 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	78650/ 78110
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.

Le Vésinet (pronounced: [lə ve.zi.nɛ]) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris 16.4 km (10.2 mi) from the center.

Le Vésinet is one of the wealthiest suburbs of Paris, known for its wooded avenues, mansions and lakes. It contains many English-style gardens designed by French landscape gardener Paul de Lavenne Comte Choulot.

History

The commune of Le Vésinet was created on 31 May 1875 by detaching a part of the territory of Chatou and merging it with a part of the territory of Croissy-sur-Seine and a part of the territory of Le Pecq.

Transport

Le Vésinet is served by two stations on Paris RER line A: Le Vésinet – Centre and Le Vésinet – Le Pecq.

Twin towns

Le Vésinet is twinned as a sister city with the following:

• Oakwood, Ohio
• Outremont, Quebec
• Unterhaching, Germany
• Worcester, United Kingdom
• Hunters Hill, Australia (pact of friendship)
• Villanueva de la Canada, Spain

Heritage

Le Vésinet was the first "ville-parc" to be built in France^{[citation needed]}. It has many green places, lakes and lavish mansions.

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department

References

• INSEE

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  Woodcottage

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  The park des Ibis