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Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (, ) is a commune in the
Yvelines Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the ÃŽle-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.department, in the
ÃŽle-de-France The ÃŽle-de-France (; ; ) is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. Centered on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the cou ...
region of north-central
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
.
Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse station Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse station is a railway station in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, a southern suburb of Paris. The station The station opened on 26 August 1867 and is on the Ligne de Sceaux The Ligne de Sceaux (, ''Sceaux Line)'' was a ...
is the southwestern endpoint of the
RER B RER B is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its Île-de-France suburbs. The RER B line crosses the region from no ...
line from Paris.Plan RER
RATP


Population


Notable people

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Pierre de Coubertin Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (; born Pierre de Frédy; 1 January 1863 – 2 September 1937), also known as Pierre de Coubertin and Baron de Coubertin, was a French educator and historian, co-founder of the International Olympic ...
(1863–1937), cofounder of the
International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; , CIO) is the international, non-governmental, sports governing body of the modern Olympic Games. Founded in 1894 by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas, it is based i ...
, considered the father of the modern
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...
. * Eugène Imbert (1821–1898), 19th-century chansonnier, died here *
Andr̩ Wogenscky Andr̩ Wogenscky (3 June 1916 Р5 August 2004) was a French Modern architecture, Modernist architect and member of the Acad̩mie des Beaux-Arts. He was the designer of the Holiday Inn Beirut, which was damaged during the Lebanese Civil Wa ...
(1916–2004), French Modernist architect, and member of the Académie des beaux-arts. * Marta Pan (1923–2008), French abstract sculptor of Hungarian origin.


See also

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Communes of the Yvelines department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes o ...


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* Communes of Yvelines {{Yvelines-geo-stub