Voisins-le-Bretonneux
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| region | Île-de-France | |
| Department | Yvelines | |
| Arrondissement | Rambouillet | |
| Canton | Maurepas | |
| Community association | Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | |
| 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 | 78688 | |
| 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 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.
