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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 {{Yvelines-geo-stub