Chevreuse () is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the

French department In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-s ...

Yvelines Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.administrative region Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

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, north-central France.

Geography

Chevreuse is located south of

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, in the middle of a

regional natural park A regional nature park or regional natural park (french: parc naturel régional or PNR) is a public establishment in France between local authorities and the French national government covering an inhabited rural area of outstanding beauty in ord ...

, Parc naturel régional de la haute vallée de Chevreuse. The river

Yvette Yvette is female given name, the French feminine form of Yves, which means yew or archer in some cases. Name days *Czech Republic: ''7 June'' *Hungary: ''13 January'', ''6 May'' and ''29 June'' *Poland: ''13 January'' *Slovakia: ''27 May'' ...

flows through the area, forming the fertile

Vallée de Chevreuse Vallée de Chevreuse (Chevreuse Valley) is the valley of the Yvette River in the Yvelines and Essonne departments. It encompasses the communes around Chevreuse ( Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Choisel, Dampierre, etc.) within the Parc naturel r ...

History

Chevreuse was founded in the 10th century, and celebrated its first millennium of existence in 1980. Its castle, the

Château de la Madeleine The Château de la Madeleine is a castle located in the town of Chevreuse, in the French ''département'' of Yvelines ( Île de France). In a good state of preservation, it was built on the top of a hill and dominates the town. The name comes fr ...

, dates back to the 11th century. The writer

Patrice Pluyette Patrice Pluyette (born 5 September 1977 in Chevreuse) is a French writer. Biography After studying modern letters at the Sorbonne and a master's degree on Eugène Ionesco (''Le Merveilleux dans l’œuvre théâtrale de Ionesco''), Pluyette in ...

, winner of the 2008 Prix Amerigo Vespucci, was born in Chevreuse in 1977.

Population

Transportation

Chevreuse is serviced by the Paris Metro system (

RER B RER B is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its Île-de-France suburbs. The RER B line crosses the region from no ...

line) at the

Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse station Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse is a railway station in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Paris, Île-de-France, France. The station The station opened on 26 August 1867 and is on the Ligne de Sceaux The Ligne de Sceaux (Sceaux Line) was a railway line i ...

in the neighboring commune by the same name, 2 km to the east. The nearest

Transilien Transilien () is the brand name given to the commuter rail network serving Île-de-France, the region surrounding and including the city of Paris. The network consists of eight lines: Transilien Line H, H, Transilien Line J, J, Transilien Line ...

station is

Trappes Trappes () is a commune in the Yvelines department, region of Île-de-France, north-central France. It is a banlieue located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris, in the new town of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Transport T ...

, 8 km to the north.

References

External links

Official websiteParc Naturel Chevreuse
Communes of Yvelines {{Yvelines-geo-stub