Chapet

Chapet (French pronunciation: [ʃapɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France, about 16 km east of Mantes-la-Jolie. It is on the Normandy motorway (A13).

Chapet
Commune
Town hall
Location of Chapet
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Coordinates: 48°58′02″N 1°56′04″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Mantes-la-Jolie
Canton	Les Mureaux
Intercommunality	CU Grand Paris Seine et Oise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Benoît de Laurens[1]
Area 1	5.10 km2 (1.97 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,337
• Density	260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	78140 /78130
Elevation	29–121 m (95–397 ft) (avg. 59 m or 194 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The commune's neighbours are Verneuil-sur-Seine to the northeast, to the east is Vernouillet, with Morainvilliers to the southeast, Ecquevilly to the southwest, and to the northwest is Les Mureaux.

It is a largely rural and agricultural community; the land is divided mainly between arable crops (cereals, oilseed rape) with some woods and forest.

The parish church of Saint-Denis dates from the 12th century. The bell-tower was added in 1859.

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department