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Communauté D'agglomération Versailles Grand Parc
The Communauté d'agglomération Versailles Grand Parc is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Versailles. It is located in the Yvelines and Essonne departments, in the Île-de-France region, northern France. It was created in November 2002.CA Versailles Grand Parc (CAVGP) (N° SIREN : 247800584) BANATIC. Accessed 7 April 2022. Its area is 123.6 km2. Its population was 267,033 in 2018, of which 85,205 in Versailles proper.Comparateur de territoire INSEE, accessed 7 April 2022.
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ÃŽle-de-France
, timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 = +01:00 , timezone1_DST = CEST , utc_offset1_DST = +02:00 , blank_name_sec1 = Gross regional product , blank_info_sec1 = Ranked 1st , blank1_name_sec1 = –Total , blank1_info_sec1 = €742 billion (2019) , blank2_name_sec1 = –Per capita , blank2_info_sec1 = €59,400 (2018) , blank_name_sec2 = NUTS Region , blank_info_sec2 = FR1 , website = , iso_code = FR-IDF , footnotes = The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France. Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the ''Région parisienne'' (; en, Paris Region). Île-de-France is densely populated and retains a prime economic position on the national stage: though it covers only , abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Châteaufort, Yvelines
Châteaufort () is a commune in the Yvelines department in Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located south of Versailles, and southwest of Paris. Châteaufort inhabitants are named ''Castelfortain''. The commune is named after the existence of three fortified castles during the Middle Ages; indeed, ''château fort'' means "fortified castle" in French. On August 19, 1913, ahead of the Châteaufort aerodrome, the French aviator Adolphe Pégoud became the first man to jump from a plane using a parachute. The jump was made from a Blériot plane 200 m above the ground. In the 20th century, Farman Aviation Works was headquartered in Châteaufort. See also *Communes of the Yvelines department An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agglomeration Communities In France
An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urbaine but more integrated than a communauté de communes. Agglomeration communities consist of a commune of at least 15,000 inhabitants (or a prefecture with less than 15,000 inhabitants) and its independent suburbs. As of March 2020, there are 222 agglomeration communities in France (207 in metropolitan France and 15 in the overseas departments).BANATIC France, Liste des groupements. Accessed 2020-03-19. The population (as of 2017) of the agglomeration communities ranges from 355,650 inhabitants ( [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viroflay
Viroflay () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris from the center and from the Palace of Versailles. The town motto is ''Lux mea lex'' which is Latin for "Light is my law". History Population Gastronomy The "Viroflay Omelette" is an omelette stuffed with spinach, ham and gruyère cheese. The "Monstruous" is a variety of spinach, specific to Viroflay where it used to be cultivated. Transport Viroflay is served by Viroflay-Rive-Gauche station, which is an interchange station on Paris RER line C and on the Transilien Paris-Montparnasse suburban rail line. It is also served by Viroflay-Rive-Droite station on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line and by Chaville–Vélizy station on Paris RER line C. See also * Communes of the Yvelines department An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vélizy-Villacoublay
Vélizy-Villacoublay () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris from the center and east of Versailles. Its inhabitants are called Véliziens. Geography Established on the Parisian plateau, the town of Vélizy-Villacoublay borders Meudon in the north-east, Clamart in the east, Bièvres in the south-east, Viroflay in the north-west, and Chaville in the north. Vélizy-Villacoublay is a very urbanized town bordering the Meudon forest, which spans over of communal land. There are six districts: Mozart, le Clos, le Mail, Louvois, la Pointe Ouest et Vélizy-le-Bas (with l'Ursine and le Bocage). History The word "Vélizy" comes from the Latin word villa. "Villacoublay" is formed from the same word, combined with the Gallo-Roman patronym "Escoblenus". Originally called simply Vélizy, the name of the commune became officially Vélizy-Villacoublay in 1938. The territory was formed fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toussus-le-Noble
Toussus-le-Noble () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. History In 1969, the communes of Châteaufort and Toussus-le-Noble were separated from the Essonne department and added to Yvelines. See also *Communes of the Yvelines department *Toussus-le-Noble Airport Toussus-le-Noble Airport is a regional airport in France . It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled. French governmental aircraft are hangared and maintained at the airport. It is one of the most active airfield ... References Communes of Yvelines {{Yvelines-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Cyr-l'École
Saint-Cyr-l'École () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. It used to host the training school for officers of the French army, the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM), which was relocated to Coëtquidan in 1945. The old buildings of the ESM are now used by the lycée militaire de Saint-Cyr (military high school of Saint-Cyr). Inhabitants are called ''Saint-Cyriens'' (uppercase, with students or graduates from the school called ''saint-cyriens'' with lowercase). Geography Saint-Cyr lies in the ''arrondissement'' of Versailles, west of the Park of Versailles. It is named after St. Cyricus. Saint-Cyr-l'École is served by Saint-Cyr station, which is an interchange station on Paris RER line C, on the Transilien Line U suburban rail line, and on the Transilien Line N suburban rail line. Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole airfield is long established and lies on the edge of the commune. It is used by light aircraft flown by priva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rennemoulin
Rennemoulin () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the ÃŽle-de-France in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yvelines department An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ... References Communes of Yvelines {{Yvelines-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noisy-le-Roi
Noisy-le-Roi () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the ÃŽle-de-France region in north-central France. Population Twin towns * Albion, Michigan, USA * Godella, Spain, since August 2006 See also *Communes of the Yvelines department An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ... References Communes of Yvelines Yvelines communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Yvelines-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Loges-en-Josas
Les Loges-en-Josas () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the ÃŽle-de-France region in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yvelines department An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ... References Communes of Yvelines {{Yvelines-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jouy-en-Josas
Jouy-en-Josas () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris. Jouy-en-Josas is home to the main campus of HEC School of Management. Geography Jouy-en-Josas is four kilometres to the south-east of Versailles, and 19r km to the south-west of Paris, in the middle of the valley of the Bièvre river. A town with nearly eight thousand inhabitants, half of Jouy-en-Josas is covered by forest. The communes that surround Jouy-en-Josas are Vélizy-Villacoublay, to the north-east, Bièvres to the east, Saclay to the south, Toussus-le-Noble to the extreme south-west, Les Loges-en-Josas to the west, Buc to the north-west and Versailles to the north-north-west. History ''Jouy'' is a direct translation of Latin '' gaudium'', both meaning "joy". Josas was the ancient name of an archdiaconate of the archbishop of Paris. Although many discoveries in var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fontenay-le-Fleury
Fontenay-le-Fleury () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the ÃŽle-de-France in north-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Yvelines department An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ... References Communes of Yvelines {{Yvelines-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
