Chaville
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Location of Chaville
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Chaville Chaville | |
Coordinates: 48°48′31″N 2°11′19″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 |
Area 1
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3.55 km2 (1.37 sq mi) |
Population
(Jan. 2020)
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20,524 |
• Density | 5,800/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 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.
Population
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Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) |
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 there are five preschools (maternelles) with 730 students total: Les Iris, Les Jacinthes, Le Muguet, Les Myosotis, and Les Pâquerettes As of the same year there are three elementary schools with 1,000 students total: Anatole France, Paul Bert, and Ferdinand Buisson. There is one junior high school, Collège Jean Moulin de Chaville.
It is served by the public high school/sixth-form college Lycée Jean Pierre Vernant in Sèvres.
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