Porchefontaine is a neighborhood in the south-east of
Versailles
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, in
Yvelines
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Government and military
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of
France
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.
It was a working class residential area. Since the 1970s, the working class has been replaced by
white-collar worker
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s.
It features a tiny downtown, two schools, a sports complex, and a green space that is surrounded by the Versailles, Satory, and Meudon woods.
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Versailles