Chevreuse

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Chevreuse

|commune status = Commune

|image = Château de la Madeleine vu depuis Chevreuse.jpg

|caption = Château de la Madeleine

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Chevreuse (Yvelines).svg

|arrondissement = Rambouillet

|canton = Maurepas

|INSEE = 78160

|postal code = 78460

|mayor = Anne Hery-Le Pallec{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=4 May 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2021–2026

|intercommunality =

|coordinates = {{coord|48.7083|2.0392|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 85

|elevation min m = 72

|elevation max m = 174

|area km2 = 13.42

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Chevreuse ({{IPA|fr|ʃəvʁøz|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Jules78120-Chevreuse.wav}}) is a commune in the French department of Yvelines, administrative region of Île-de-France, north-central France.

Geography

File:Yvette a Chevreuse P1060242.JPG at Chevreuse]]

Chevreuse is located south of Paris, in the middle of a regional natural park, Parc naturel régional de la haute vallée de Chevreuse. The river Yvette flows through the area, forming the fertile Vallée de Chevreuse.

History

Chevreuse was founded in the 10th century, and celebrated its first millennium of existence in 1980.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} Its castle, the Château de la Madeleine, dates back to the 11th century.{{Base Mérimée|IA00027568|Château fort Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Chevreuse ou de la Madeleine}}

The writer Patrice Pluyette, winner of the 2008 Prix Amerigo Vespucci, was born in Chevreuse in 1977.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-78160#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |3409

|1975 |4186

|1982 |4811

|1990 |5027

|1999 |5364

|2007 |5686

|2012 |5789

|2017 |5678

}}

Transportation

Chevreuse is serviced by the Paris suburban rail (RER B line) at the Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse station in the neighboring commune by the same name, 2 km to the east. The nearest Transilien station is Trappes, 8 km to the north.

References

External links

[http://www.chevreuse.fr Official website]
[http://www.parc-naturel-chevreuse.fr Parc Naturel Chevreuse]

Category:Communes of Yvelines