Chaville () is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department and Île-de-France region of north-central France. It lies some from the centre of Paris in the south-western suburbs of the French capital.

Geography

Chaville is bordered by the following communes (clockwise from the north):

• Sèvres

• Meudon

• Vélizy-Villacoublay

• Viroflay

• Ville-d'Avray.

Roughly 44% of the territory of the commune, situated between the forest of Meudon to the south-east and the forest of Fausses-Reposes to the north-west, is wooded.

History

Chaville was founded in the 9th century by Inchadus, Bishop of Paris. The earliest recorded form of the name is Inchadi villa.

Population

Transport

Chaville is located on route D910 between Paris and Versailles. It is served by three railway stations and one bus line:

• Chaville Rive Droite station, on the Transilien suburban rail line from Paris-Saint-Lazare to Versailles Rive Droite

• Chaville Rive Gauche station, on the Transilien suburban rail line from Paris-Montparnasse to Rambouillet

• Chaville–Vélizy station on Paris RER line C

Education

there are five preschools (maternelles) with 730 students total: Les Iris, Les Jacinthes, Le Muguet, Les Myosotis, and Les Pâquerettes As of the same year there are three elementary schools with 1,000 students total: Anatole France, Paul Bert, and Ferdinand Buisson. There is one junior high school, Collège Jean Moulin de Chaville.

There is a private elementary school through high school, Institut Saint-Thomas de Villeneuve, in Chaville.

It is served by the public high school/sixth-form college Lycée Jean Pierre Vernant in Sèvres.

Twin towns

• Alsfeld, Hesse, Germany

• Barnet, London, England, United Kingdom

• Settimo Torinese, Piedmont, Italy

• Thanh Hóa, Vietnam

• Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, United States

See also

• Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department

References

External links

• Chaville website (in French)