Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Versailles | |
| Canton | Le Chesnay | |
| Community association | Versailles Grand Parc | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 50 ′ N , 2 ° 8 ′ E | |
| height | 113-179 m | |
| surface | 7.02 km 2 | |
| Residents | 31,164 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 4,439 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 78150 | |
| INSEE code | 78158 | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt (in Le Chesnay) |
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Le Chesnay Rocquencourt is a French municipality with 31,164 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Yvelines in the region Ile-de-France and belongs to Arrondissement Versailles and Canton Le Chesnay .
It was created as Commune nouvelle on January 1, 2019 through the merger of the previous municipalities of Le Chesnay and Rocquencourt on the basis of a decree of November 29, 2018. The administrative headquarters are in Le Chesnay.
structure
| District | former INSEE code |
Area (km²) | Population (2017) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Chesnay (administrative headquarters) | 78158 | 4.24 | 27,690 |
| Rocquencourt | 78524 | 2.78 | 3,474 |
geography
Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt is located about 50 kilometers west-northwest of Paris and is surrounded by the neighboring communities Louveciennes in the north and northwest, La Celle-Saint-Cloud in the north, Vaucresson in the east and northeast, Versailles in the south and Bailly in the west.
The national route 184 runs through the municipality and the A13 car route along the northern edge of the municipality.
history
In 1815 there was a battle between Prussian hussars and French dragoons at Rocquencourt. The French troops prevailed. At Rocquencourt there is a memorial to this war event. In the municipality (in the district of Rocquencourt) there was once the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe .
Attractions
Le Chesnay
- Church of St. Anthony , built in 1910
- Saint-Germain church from 1805
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Résurrection church, built in 1970
- Mormon Temple Paris
- Le Grand Chesnay castle with park
Rocquencourt
- Rocquencourt Castle
- Clock tower
- Chèvreloup arboretum
Saint Germain Church
Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue church
Notre-Dame-de-la-Résurrection church
Le Grand Chesnay Castle
Rocquencourt clock tower
Chèvreloup arboretum
Personalities
- Auguste Bravais (1811-1863), physicist
- Charles Valérand Ragon de Bange (1833–1914), colonel in the artillery and creator of the French gun system at the beginning of the 20th century
- Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu (1949-2010), actor and voice actor
- Pierre-Max Dubois (1930–1995), composer
- Nicolas Anelka (* 1979), football player
- Tristan Gommendy (* 1980), racing driver
- Kevin Staut (* 1980), show jumper
- Laura Georges (* 1984), soccer player
- Thomas Baroukh (* 1987), lightweight rower
- Youssouf Sabaly (* 1993), football player
- Benoît Kounkoud (* 1997), handball player
Partner communities
Le Chesnay maintains a town partnership with the Hessian district town of Heppenheim (Bergstrasse) . Rocquencourt has had a partnership with Schönaich in Germany since 2000 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016