Voisins-le-Bretonneux

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Voisins-le-Bretonneux
Coat of arms of Voisins-le-Bretonneux
Voisins-le-Bretonneux (France)
Voisins-le-Bretonneux
region Île-de-France
Department Yvelines
Arrondissement Rambouillet
Canton Maurepas
Community association Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Coordinates 48 ° 46 ′  N , 2 ° 3 ′  E Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′  N , 2 ° 3 ′  E
height 145-169 m
surface 2.38 km 2
Residents 11,088 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 4,659 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 78960
INSEE code
Website http://www.voisins78.fr/

Voisins-le-Bretonneux town hall

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Voisins-le-Bretonneux is a French municipality with 11,088 inhabitants (at 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 .

geography

The municipality is located about 24 kilometers southwest of Paris and 10 kilometers southwest of Versailles .

The neighboring municipalities of Voisins-le-Bretonneux are Montigny-le-Bretonneux in the north and north-west, Guyancourt in the north-east and east and Magny-les-Hameaux in the south-east and south.

traffic

Voisins-le-Bretonneux is not connected to any of the local transport systems in the Paris area, neither to the Métro , nor to the Réseau Express Régional (RER), nor to the network of suburban trains . In a language game, the citizens of the city speak of a “désert ferroviaire” (railway desert) in view of the lack of “Desserte ferroviaire” (railway connection). The nearest train station is Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in the neighboring municipality of Montagny-le-Bretonneux , a good 3 kilometers from the center of Voisins-le-Bretonneux.

Attractions

Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité church
  • Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité church from the 16th century
  • 17th century castle

Community partnerships

  • Schenefeld , Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg
  • Łuków , Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
  • Irvine , Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Yvelines. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-070-1 , pp. 200-201.

Web links

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