Chevreuse
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Rambouillet | |
| Canton | Maurepas | |
| Community association | Haute Vallée de Chevreuse | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 42 ' N , 2 ° 2' E | |
| height | 72-174 m | |
| surface | 13.42 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,678 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 423 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 78460 | |
| INSEE code | 78160 | |
| Website | www.chevreuse.fr | |
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Chevreuse is a French municipality with 5678 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Yvelines department in the region Ile-de-France ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Rambouillet and the canton of Maurepas . It is located on the border with the Essonne department 18 kilometers northeast of Rambouillet and 31 kilometers southwest of Paris, on the banks of the Yvette River . The Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park belongs to the municipality ( Parc naturel régional de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse in French ).
Neighboring municipalities are Milon-la-Chapelle in the north-east, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse in the east, Boullay-les-Troux in the south-east, Choisel in the south-west, Saint-Forget in the west and Saint-Lambert in the north-west.
history
Chevreuse is first mentioned as "Cavrosa" in a papal document from 980. In the 11th century, Guy de Chevreuse began building the La Madeleine castle, which still dominates the town today . The donjon , which was still surrounded by a wooden palisade , undoubtedly dates from this period . Walls were not built until the 12th century.
King Francis I raised Chevreuse to the duchy, which he was able to give to his mistress Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly after he had married her to Jean IV. De Brosse . In 1551, Choiseul and Dampierre were sold to François de Lorraine, duc de Guise , making the latter the residence of the Dukes of Chevreuse .
In 1693 King Louis XIV bought the duchy with the aim of enlarging the park of the Palace of Versailles , but then abandoned the plan and ceded the area to the monastery of Saint-Cyr , which Chevreuse owned until the revolution found.
Population development
- 1962: 2,744
- 1968: 3,409
- 1975: 4.186
- 1982: 4,811
- 1990: 5.027
- 1999: 5,364
- 2006: 5,693
- 2011: 5,808
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Chevreuse
- Saint-Saturnin Priory (10th century)
- La Madeleine Castle (11th century)
- Saint-Martin church (12th century)
Personalities
- Jean Racine (1639–1699), author, lived at the castle in 1661
- Max Ophüls (1902–1957), film, theater and radio play director, lived there with his wife for a while after 1949
- Fabre d'Églantine (1750–1794), poet, actor, dramaturge and revolutionary
Town twinning
- Giaveno , Italy
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 169-174.
