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Villiers-le-Bâcle (French pronunciation: [vilje lə bakl] (listen)) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Villiers-le-Bâcle
Commune
The town hall in Villiers-le-Bâcle
Location of Villiers-le-Bâcle
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Coordinates: 48°43′32″N 2°07′32″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Palaiseau
Canton	Gif-sur-Yvette
Intercommunality	CA Paris-Saclay
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guillaume Valois[1]
Area 1	6.03 km2 (2.33 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	1,212
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	91679 /91190
Elevation	80–161 m (262–528 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Inhabitants of Villiers-le-Bâcle are known as Villebaclais.

The painter Tsugouharu Foujita is buried in the commune's cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Essonne department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Villiers-le-Bâcle.

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Essonne Association (in French)

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