Chaville
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Chaville ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department and Île-de-France region of north-central France. It lies some Template:Convert from the centre of Paris in the south-western suburbs of the French capital.
GeographyEdit
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.
HistoryEdit
Chaville was founded in the 9th century by Inchadus, Bishop of Paris. The earliest recorded form of the name is Inchadi villa.
PopulationEdit
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TransportEdit
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
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EducationEdit
Template:As of there are five preschools (maternelles) with 730 students total: Les Iris, Les Jacinthes, Le Muguet, Les Myosotis, and Les Pâquerettes<ref>"Écoles maternelles." Chaville. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.</ref> As of the same year there are three elementary schools with 1,000 students total: Anatole France, Paul Bert, and Ferdinand Buisson.<ref>"Écoles élémentaires." Chaville. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.</ref> There is one junior high school, Collège Jean Moulin de Chaville.<ref>"Collège." Chaville. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.</ref>
It is served by the public high school/sixth-form college Lycée Jean Pierre Vernant in Sèvres.<ref>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) [...]</ref><ref>"Lycée." Chaville. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.</ref>
Twin townsEdit
- Template:Flagicon Alsfeld, Hesse, Germany
- Template:Flagicon Barnet, London, England, United Kingdom
- Template:Flagicon Settimo Torinese, Piedmont, Italy
- Template:Flagicon Thanh Hóa, Vietnam
- Template:Flagicon Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, United States
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Chaville website (in French)
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