Galluis () is a
commune in the
Yvelines 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, ...
in the
ÃŽle-de-France region in north-central
France.
History
The site has been inhabited since the Gallo-Roman epoch.
In 1883, the commune of
La Queue-les-Yvelines
La Queue-les-Yvelines (official spelling) (written as ''La Queue-lez-Yvelines'' by municipality) () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the ÃŽle-de-France region in north-central France.
People
*Louise de Maisonblanche, Baroness of La Qu ...
was detached from Galluis with the dismemberment of the former commune of Galluis-la-Queue.
Notable residents
Antoine-Germain Labarraque (1777 – 1850) was a French chemist and pharmacist, notable for formulating and finding important uses for "Eau de Labarraque" or "Labarraque's solution", a solution of
sodium hypochlorite widely used as a disinfectant and deodoriser. He died in Gallius on 9 December 1850.
See also
*
Communes of the Yvelines department
References
Communes of Yvelines
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