Chaville (French pronunciation: [ʃavil] (listen)) 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.
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![]() The town hall of Chaville | |
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![]() Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs | |
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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[1] |
Area 1 | 3.55 km2 (1.37 sq mi) |
Population | 20,771 |
• Density | 5,900/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 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.
Chaville was founded in the 9th century by Inchadus, Bishop of Paris. The earliest recorded form of the name is Inchadi villa.
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4] |
Chaville is located on route D910 between Paris and Versailles. It is served by three railway stations and one bus line:
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]
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