Yvelines
Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the ÃŽle-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.department in the
ÃŽle-de-France
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region
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in north-central
France
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. It is located west of
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the ÃŽle-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. ...
and about west of
Paris
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.
Its inhabitants are called ''Camboriciens''. "Chambourcy", formerly "Champ Bourcy", is derived from the Latin expression "campus bruacii", field of brushlands.
The current mayor, and mayor since 1995 is Pierre Morange. He has also been a member of the
French National Assembly
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Poissy
Poissy () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the ÃŽle-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Inhabitan ...
to the north, Saint-Germain-en-Laye to the northeast, Fourqueux to the east, Aigremont to the west, and Feucherolles and
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
History
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche was built around 4 core hamlets near the Forest of M ...
to the south. Its northern half is highly urbanised, whereas the southern half is very wooded (the forest of Marly) and includes a golf course.
The commune of Chambourcy is served by the
route nationale
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sous
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route (route de quarante sous), which crosses it to the west. It is also served by the autoroutes A13 to the southwest and A14 to the north, though the nearest access to either is the Orgeval junction about away.
A small 9 km stream, the Buzot, runs through the commune towards the east (mostly in underground channels), crossing the commune of Saint-Germain-en-Laye before discharging in the river
Seine
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at
Le Pecq
Le Pecq () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the ÃŽle-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris.
Geography
The commune of Le Pecq is located in a loop of the Se ...
.
Transport
Buses:
There is a Gare Routiere(Long Haul bus Staition)
Line R4 serves the city center of
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the ÃŽle-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. ...
Station
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The town's church, dedicated to Saint Clothilde (wife of
Clovis I
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, king of the
Franks
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, whom she convinced to convert to Christianity), was built in the 12th century, in the Romanesque style, though it has frequently been rebuilt. It contains relics of its name saint. In the 13th century an
abbey
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was built near the commune, at Joyenval, and its ruins on the golf course were listed as historic monuments in 1989.
In 1789 the " desert of Retz" was built on the site of the abandoned and ruined village of Saint-Jacques-de-Retz to the north of Chambourcy, on the fringes of the forest of Marly. It was a Romantic
garden
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made up of a number of
follies
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, including a ruined column, a
pyramid
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pavilion
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. It was declared a historic monument in 1941.
Number 64 of the Grande Rue, called the Roseraie, was also built in Chambourcy in the 18th century.
Fauvism
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) later installed his workshop there. The house was rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries, and listed as a historic monument in 1986.
A 19th-century chateau, not far from the village in the direction of Aigremont, is now a retirement home.
In 1934 the ALB dairy was founded in Chambourcy. In 1948 it launched the "petit Chambourcy", a petit-suisse.
Arboriculture
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.
* Golf course
Chambourcy gave its name to a group of dairy products, one of the most important in the French and European markets until taken over by the
Saxony-Anhalt
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and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...
).
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Lutterworth
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Leicestershire
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naval
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helicopter
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s).
See also
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Communes of the Yvelines department
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Administrative-territorial entities
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