Chaville
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 (2020–2026) | Jean-Jacques Guillet[1] |
Area 1 | 3.55 km2 (1.37 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 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 (French pronunciation: [ʃavil] ) is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department and Île-de-France region of north-central France. It lies some 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) 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.
Population
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4] |
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[5] As of the same year there are three elementary schools with 1,000 students total: Anatole France, Paul Bert, and Ferdinand Buisson.[6] There is one junior high school, Collège Jean Moulin de Chaville.[7]
It is served by the public high school/sixth-form college Lycée Jean Pierre Vernant in Sèvres.[8][9]
Twin towns
- Alsfeld, Hesse, Germany
- Barnet, London, England, United Kingdom
- Settimo Torinese, Piedmont, Italy
- Thanh Hóa, Vietnam
- Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, United States
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Chaville, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "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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