Choisel
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Rambouillet | |
| Canton | Maurepas | |
| Community association | Haute Vallée de Chevreuse | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 41 ′ N , 2 ° 1 ′ E | |
| height | 89-178 m | |
| surface | 8.73 km 2 | |
| Residents | 556 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 64 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 78460 | |
| INSEE code | 78162 | |
| Website | http://www.choisel.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Choisel |
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Choisel is a French municipality with 556 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Rambouillet and the canton of Maurepas (until 2015: canton of Chevreuse ). The inhabitants are called Choiséliens .
geography
The municipality is part of the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park . Choisel is located about 30 kilometers southwest of Paris and is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Dampierre-en-Yvelines in the north and north-west, Saint-Forget in the north, Chevreuse in the north-east, Boullay-les-Troux in the east, Pecqueuse in the south and south-east, Bullion in the South, Cernay-la-Ville to the west and southwest, and Senlisse to the west.
The former route nationale 306 (today's D906) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 393 | 391 | 461 | 462 | 551 | 538 | 518 | 538 |
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Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Choisel
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church from the 13th century
- Breteuil Castle, built in the 16th century, restored in the 19th and 20th centuries. Century, monument historique since 1973
- Garden of the Princes ( Jardin des Princes ) in Breteuil Castle
- Wash house from the 18th century
Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
Breteuil Castle
Personalities
- Michel Tournier (1924-2016), writer
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 175-178.
