Choisy-le-Roi () is a

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in the

Val-de-Marne Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southeast of the City of Paris. In 2019, Val-de-Marne had a p ...

department, in the southeastern suburbs of

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Île-de-France The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France. Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the ''Région parisienne'' (; en, Pa ...

Geography

Choisy-le-Roi is located southeast from the center of Paris, on both banks of the river Seine. The neighbouring communes are, from the north and clockwise:

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, Valenton,

Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Villeneuve-Saint-Georges () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. People from Villeneuve-Saint-Georges are called ''Villeneuvois'' in French. History Prehistory and Antiquity Vil ...

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and Thiais.

Climate

Choisy-le-Roi has a oceanic climate (

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Choisy-le-Roi is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Choisy-le-Roi was on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on 1 January 1997.

Population

Transport

Choisy-le-Roi is served by Choisy-le-Roi station on Paris

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. It is also served by Créteil-Pompadour station on Paris RER line D.

Education

Public schools include: * Preschools (''maternelles''): Marcel Cachin, Danièle Casanova,

Eugénie Cotton Eugénie Cotton (13 October 1881 – 16 June 1967) was a French scientist, socialist, women's rights advocate and was active in the resistance. She was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize in 1951, Knight of the Legion of Honor, and the Gold medal from ...

, du Centre – Auguste Blanqui, du Parc – Armand Noblet,

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...

Paul Langevin Paul Langevin (; ; 23 January 1872 – 19 December 1946) was a French physicist who developed Langevin dynamics and the Langevin equation. He was one of the founders of the ''Comité de vigilance des intellectuels antifascistes'', an an ...

, Henri Wallon * Elementary schools:

Marcel Cachin Marcel Cachin (20 September 1869 – 12 February 1958) was a French Communist politician and editor of the daily newspaper ''L'Humanite''. In 1891, Cachin joined Jules Guesde's French Workers' Party (POF). In 1905, he joined the new French ...

, Jean Macé, du Centre – Auguste Blanqui, du Parc- Armand Noblet,

, Joliot Curie,

, Nelson Mandela * Junior high schools (''collèges''): Émile Zola, Jules Vallès, Henri Matisse, College Paul Klee. *Senior high schools: Lycée Professionnel Jean Macé Choisy-le-Roi, Lycée des métiers Jacques Brel There is a private school serving elementary to senior high school, groupe scolaire Saint André Choisy-le-Roi.

Personalities

Louise Bourgeois Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (; 25 December 191131 May 2010) was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker. She explored a varie ...

, artist * Philippe Di Folco, writer * Yves Pires, artist * Zainoul Bah, basketball player * Davy Dona, karateka * Jeremy Nzeulie, basketball player * Madimoussa Traore, footballer * Suzanne Chaisemartin (1921–2017) organist was born in Choisy-le-Roy *

Hugo Valente Hugo Valente (born 17 June 1992) is a French former auto racing driver. He raced in the World Touring Car Championship for SUNRED Engineering, Campos Racing and the Lada factory team having made his debut in the series at the 2012 FIA WTCC Race ...

, racing driver

International relations

Choisy-le-Roi is twinned with: * Đống Đa (Hanoi), Vietnam *

Hennigsdorf Hennigsdorf () is a town in the district of Oberhavel, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated north-west of Berlin, just across the city border, which is formed mainly by the Havel river. History The municipality shared its borders with the form ...

, Germany * Lugo, Italy * Târnova, Romania

References

External links

City Council of Choisy-le-Roi website

City Council of Choisy-le-Roi website
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