Coignières () is a

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in the

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.department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

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Geography

Coignières is situated southwest of

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. Its neighbours include

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to the north, Mesnil-Saint-Denis and

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to the east, Essarts-le-Roi to the south and

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to the west. The village is roughly 170 m above sea level, fairly flat except to the west where there is a valley with the Mauldre river which runs from the area called ''la Maison Blanche'' to the north. Coignières is connected by

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(RN10), which traverses the commune from the northeast to the southwest, and given the amount of traffic it effectively divides the commune in two. Coignières train station is located on the

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train line and runs parallel to the RN10. The commune is quite well developed with new housing and commercial zones near

and beyond the

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines () is a new town and an agglomeration community in the French department of Yvelines. It is one of the original five villes nouvelles (new towns) of Paris and was named after the Saint Quentin Pond, which was chosen to ...

region. There is also a large industrial zone (le Marais) between the RN10 and the railway line. Part of the commune to the west is still a partly wooded rural area (Bois des Hautes Bruyères). Finally, the GR 11 footpath also cuts across the commune from east to west.

Education

There are two preschools and elementary schools, École Gabriel Bouvet and École

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, as well as one junior high school, Collège d'Enseignement Secondaire « La Mare aux Saules ».Établissements scolaires
" Coignières. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.

References

External links

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