Chaville
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 The town hall of Chaville | |
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| Coordinates: 48°48′31″N 2°11′19″E / 48.8086°N 2.1886°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-Billancourt |
| Canton | Meudon |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris; EPT Grand Paris Seine Ouest |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-Jacques Guillet |
| Area 1 | 3.55 km2 (1.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 19,991 |
| • Density | 5,600/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 92022 /92370 |
| Elevation | 63–173 m (207–568 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Chaville is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department and Île-de-France region of north-central France. It lies some 12 km from the centre of Paris in the south-western suburbs of the French capital.
Geography
Chaville is bordered by the following communes (clockwise from the north):
Roughly 44% of the territory of the commune, situated between the forest of Meudon to the south-east and the forest of Fausses-Reposes to the north-west, is wooded.
History
Chaville was founded in the 9th century by Inchadus, Bishop of Paris. The earliest recorded form of the name is Inchadi villa.
Transport
Chaville is located on route D910 between Paris and Versailles. It is served by three railway stations and one bus line:
- Gare de Chaville-Rive-Droite, on the Transilien suburban rail line from Paris-Saint-Lazare to Versailles-Rive-Droite
- Gare de Chaville-Rive-Gauche, on the Transilien suburban rail line from Paris-Montparnasse to Rambouillet
- Chaville-Vélizy station on Paris RER line C
- RATP Bus line 171
Education
As of 2016[update] there are five preschools (maternelles) with 730 students total: Les Iris, Les Jacinthes, Le Muguet, Les Myosotis, and Les Pâquerettes[2] As of the same year there are three elementary schools with 1,000 students total: Anatole France, Paul Bert, and Fernand Buisson.[3] There is one junior high school, Collège Jean Moulin de Chaville.[4]
It is served by the public high school/sixth-form college Lycée Jean Pierre Vernant in Sèvres.[5][6]
Twin towns
- Alsfeld, Hesse, Germany
- Barnet, London, England
- Settimo Torinese, Piedmont, Italy
- Thanh Hóa, Vietnam
- Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, United States
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Écoles maternelles." Chaville. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
- ^ "Écoles élémentaires." Chaville. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
- ^ "Collège." Chaville. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
- ^ Home page. Lycée Jean Pierre Vernant. Retrieved on September 7, 2016. [...]qui relèvent de la zone de desserte du lycée ( communes de Sèvres, Ville d’Avray, Chaville, Saint -Cloud) [...]
- ^ "Lycée." Chaville. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
External links
- Chaville website (in French)
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