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La Roche-Guyon La Roche-Guyon () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the . The commune grew around the Château de La Roche-Guyon, upon which historically it depended for its existence. The comm ...

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, and open daily without charge. The arboretum was created in 1990 by the ONF. It symbolizes the geography of

, and contains 1821 trees reflecting the region's municipalities. Each of region's

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s is represented by a mass of trees:

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Essonne Essonne () is a department of France in the southern Île-de-France region. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659 across 194 communes.Hauts-de-Seine;

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References

Arboretum de La Roche-Guyon

Vadelis entry (French)

Giverny News, "L'arboretum de la Roche-Guyon", January 8, 2007 (French)

Wikimapia entry
* Jean-Paul Labourdette, Camille Defretiere, Dominique Auzias, and Pauline Rossignol, ''Île-de-France'', Petit Futé, 2008, page 541. . * French Wikipedia entry :fr:Arboretum de La Roche-Guyon Roche-Guyon, Arboretum de La Roche-Guyon, Arboretum de La {{France-garden-stub