Bougival
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Versailles | |
| Canton | Le Chesnay | |
| Community association | Versailles Grand Parc | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 52 ' N , 2 ° 8' E | |
| height | 23-166 m | |
| surface | 2.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,699 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 3,152 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 78380 | |
| INSEE code | 78092 | |
Bougival is a French municipality with 8699 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France .
It is located in the canton of La Celle-Saint-Cloud and belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Germain-en-Laye . The municipality is located about 15 kilometers west of Paris city center on the Seine . The Route nationale 13 and the Route départementale 312 run through the village.
Bougival station is served by Transilien priority trains on the Paris St. Lazare - Bécon-les-Bruyères - Saint-Cloud - Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche line.
The composer Georges Bizet died in Bougival in 1875 , the Russian writer Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev in 1883 and the singer Mistinguett in 1956 . The Belgian painter Pierre Alechinsky has lived and worked in the city since 1963. The electronic musician Jean-Michel Jarre has been living in the municipality on an island on the Seine for several years .
Bank of the Seine
Parish Church of Notre-Dame
Bougival Town Hall
G. Bizet's house
Architectural monuments
See: List of Monuments historiques in Bougival
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 133-141.
