La Verrière

For other uses of "Laverrière", see Laverrière (disambiguation).

La Verrière (French pronunciation: [la vɛʁjɛʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.

La Verrière
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of La Verrière
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Coordinates: 48°45′33″N 1°57′47″E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Rambouillet
Canton	Trappes
Intercommunality	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicolas Dainville[1]
Area 1	1.77 km2 (0.68 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	6,142
• Density	3,500/km2 (9,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	78644 /78320
Elevation	166–175 m (545–574 ft) (avg. 169 m or 554 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,868	—
1975	6,219	+11.69%
1982	6,674	+1.01%
1990	6,187	−0.94%
1999	6,053	−0.24%
2007	6,125	+0.15%
2012	5,962	−0.54%
2017	6,715	+2.41%
Source: INSEE[3]

Transport

La Verrière station is served by Transilien trains to Paris and Rambouillet.

Education

Preschools and elementary schools in La Verrière:^[4][5]

• École du Parc
• École régionale
• École du Bois de l’Étang

Preschools:^[4]

• École des Noës

Collège intercommunal Philippe de Champaigne in Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis serves the junior high school students of La Verrière.^[6]

Area senior high schools/sixth form colleges are located in other communes:^[6]

• Lycée Dumont d’Urville Elancourt-Maurepas, Maurepas
• Lycée des Sept-Mares, Maurepas
• Lycée de la Plaine de Neauphle, Trappes
• Lycée d’Enseignement Professionnel Industriel Louis Blériot, Trappes

Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University provides tertiary educational services.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department