Chaville

Chaville (French pronunciation: [ʃavil] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department and Île-de-France region of north-central France. It lies some 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the centre of Paris in the south-western suburbs of the French capital.

Chaville
Commune
The town hall of Chaville
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
Location of Chaville
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Coordinates: 48°48′31″N 2°11′19″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement	Boulogne-Billancourt
Canton	Meudon
Intercommunality	Grand Paris; EPT Grand Paris Seine Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Jacques Guillet[1]
Area 1	3.55 km2 (1.37 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	20,198
• Density	5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	92022 /92370
Elevation	63–173 m (207–568 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Chaville is bordered by the following communes (clockwise from the north):

• Sèvres
• Meudon
• Vélizy-Villacoublay
• Viroflay
• Ville-d'Avray.

Roughly 44% of the territory of the commune, situated between the forest of Meudon to the south-east and the forest of Fausses-Reposes to the north-west, is wooded.

History

Chaville was founded in the 9th century by Inchadus, Bishop of Paris. The earliest recorded form of the name is Inchadi villa.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 537 —     1800 537 +0.00% 1806 650 +3.23% 1821 794 +1.34% 1831 1,385 +5.72% 1836 1,526 +1.96% 1841 1,562 +0.47% 1846 1,770 +2.53% 1851 1,806 +0.40% 1856 1,822 +0.18% 1861 2,330 +5.04% 1866 2,543 +1.76% 1872 2,310 −1.59% 1876 2,361 +0.55% 1881 2,564 +1.66% 1886 2,924 +2.66% 1891 2,842 −0.57% 1896 3,028 +1.28%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,633 +3.71% 1906 3,758 +0.68% 1911 4,321 +2.83% 1921 6,465 +4.11% 1926 8,727 +6.18% 1931 10,948 +4.64% 1936 12,474 +2.64% 1946 13,226 +0.59% 1954 14,508 +1.16% 1962 16,787 +1.84% 1968 17,476 +0.67% 1975 19,086 +1.27% 1982 17,914 −0.90% 1990 17,784 −0.09% 1999 17,966 +0.11% 2007 18,576 +0.42% 2012 19,343 +0.81% 2017 20,520 +1.19%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Transport

Chaville is located on route D910 between Paris and Versailles. It is served by three railway stations and one bus line:

• Gare de Chaville-Rive-Droite, on the Transilien suburban rail line from Paris-Saint-Lazare to Versailles-Rive-Droite
• Gare de Chaville-Rive-Gauche, on the Transilien suburban rail line from Paris-Montparnasse to Rambouillet
• Chaville-Vélizy station on Paris RER line C
• RATP Bus line 171 [fr]

Education

As of 2016^[update] there are five preschools (maternelles) with 730 students total: Les Iris, Les Jacinthes, Le Muguet, Les Myosotis, and Les Pâquerettes^[5] As of the same year there are three elementary schools with 1,000 students total: Anatole France, Paul Bert, and Ferdinand Buisson.^[6] There is one junior high school, Collège Jean Moulin de Chaville.^[7]

It is served by the public high school/sixth-form college Lycée Jean Pierre Vernant in Sèvres.^[8][9]

Twin towns

• Alsfeld, Hesse, Germany
• Barnet, London, England, United Kingdom
• Settimo Torinese, Piedmont, Italy
• Thanh Hóa, Vietnam
• Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, United States

See also

• Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department