Magny-les-Hameaux () is a
commune
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in the
Yvelines
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in the
Île-de-France
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region
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in north-central
France
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Population
Education
There are four preschools: Ecole Francis Jammes, Ecole André Gide, Ecole Petit Prince, and Ecole Jean Baptiste Corot. There are five elementary schools: Ecole Rosa Bonheur, Ecole Albert Samain, Ecole Saint Exupéry, Ecole
André Gide
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, and Ecole
Louise Weiss
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* Louise (given name)
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* "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005
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* "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013
* "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929
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. The school assignments for preschool and elementary are determined by one's residence.
There is one junior high school in the commune, Collège
Albert Einstein
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.
Lycée de Villaroy
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, a senior high school/sixth form college, is in nearby
Guyancourt
Guyancourt () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
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Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (, ''UVSQ'') is a French public university created in 1991, located in the department of Yvelines and, since 2002, in Hauts-de-Seine. It is a constituent university of the federal Paris-Saclay Un ...
provides tertiary educational services.
L'enseignement universitaire
" Magny-les-Hameaux. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
See also
*Communes of the Yvelines department
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* Port-Royal-des-Champs
Port-Royal-des-Champs was an abbey of Cistercian nuns in Magny-les-Hameaux, in the Vallée de Chevreuse southwest of Paris that launched a number of culturally important institutions.
History
The abbey was established in 1204, but became fa ...
References
External links
Home page
Communes of Yvelines
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
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