Plaisir () is a commune located in the heart of 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, ...

in the

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in north-central

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. It is located in the western suburbs of

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, from the center of Paris. It borders among others on

Élancourt Élancourt () is a commune in the Yvelines department, and the Île-de-France region, north central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, 30.6 km (19.0 mi) from the center of Paris, in the " new town" of Saint-Quentin- ...

(south), Trappes (southeast) and

Les Clayes-sous-Bois Les Clayes-sous-Bois () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris from the center. The Clayes-sous-Bois inhabitants are called "Clétiens" (possibly ...

(east). Plaisir has managed to preserve its twelfth century church. Its varied territory is characterised by large agricultural plains, many green spaces and a forest area that together occupy half of its surface. Plaisir is the twelfth commune of the

in terms of population, with nearly 31,000 inhabitants. It is a member of the ''

communauté d'agglomération 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 urb ...

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 ...

. Between 1968 and 1990, Plaisir has seen explosive growth in its population, but since then, the town's policy has been to contain growth and aim for stabilisation, in order to main the local quality of living as well as the natural spaces (forests and agricultural lands). It has a major shopping mall that is still expanding. This commercial activity has been a boon for local tax revenues, but also led to congestion of its roads. Aside from this commercial activity, Plaisir is also home to a number of other activities, for instance it is home to the Zodiaxc corporation and hosts the Lenôtre culinary school which attracts students from across the globe.

Population

The inhabitants are called ''Plaisirois''.

Transport

Plaisir is served by two stations on the

Transilien Paris-Montparnasse Transilien Line N is a railway line of the Paris Transilien Commuter rail, suburban rail network operated by the SNCF. The trains on this line travel between Gare Montparnasse in Paris and the west of Île-de-France region, with termini in Ram ...

suburban rail line: Plaisir – Les Clayes and Plaisir – Grignon

Education

The commune has 17 preschools with 1,560 students and 13 elementary schools with 2,273 students, with a total of 3,843 students.Etablissements
" Plaisir. Retrieved on September 2, 2016. Secondary schools in Plaisir: *Collège Guillaume-Apollinaire *Collège Blaise-Pascal et SEGPA * Lycée Jean Vilar Secondary schools in nearby municipalities: * Collège La-Fosse-aux-Dames (

) * Collège La-Clef-de-Saint-Pierre ( Elancourt)

Twin towns

Plaisir is twinned with

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and

Bad Aussee Bad Aussee (Central Bavarian: ''Bod Ossee'') is a town in the Austrian state of Styria, located at the confluence of the three sources of the Traun River in the Ausseerland region. Bad Aussee serves as the economic and cultural center of the Styri ...

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References

External links

Plaisir city council website
Communes of Yvelines {{Yvelines-geo-stub