Chaville

Chaville (Template:IPA) 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.

Geography

Chaville is bordered by the following communes (clockwise from the north):

• Sèvres
• Meudon
• Vélizy-Villacoublay
• Viroflay
• Ville-d'Avray.

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:

• Chaville Rive Droite station, on the Transilien suburban rail line from Paris-Saint-Lazare to Versailles Rive Droite
• Chaville Rive Gauche station, on the Transilien suburban rail line from Paris-Montparnasse to Rambouillet
• Chaville–Vélizy station on Paris RER line C
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Education

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 towns

• 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 also

• Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department

External links

• Chaville website (in French)

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