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
The ÃŽle-de-France (; ; ) is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. Centered on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the cou ...
region
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in north-central
France
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. Chatou is a part of the affluent suburbs of western
Paris
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and is on the northwest side of the
Seine
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On May 31, 1875, part of the territory of Chatou was detached and merged with a part of the territory of
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 ...
and a part of the territory of
Croissy-sur-Seine
Croissy-sur-Seine (, literally ''Croissy on Seine'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the ÃŽle-de-France Regions of France, region in north-central France. It is a suburban town on the western o ...
. It boasts many bourgeois mansions of every kind of architecture and owned by private individuals.
Chatou is the host of the
Maison Fournaise
The Maison Fournaise (; "House of Fournaise") is a restaurant and museum located on the ÃŽle des Impressionnistes, a long island in Seine river in Chatou, west of Paris.
History
In 1857, Alphonse Fournaise bought land in Chatou to open a boat r ...
, a meeting place for
Impressionist
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by visible brush strokes, open Composition (visual arts), composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...
painters in the past. It was a place where
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; ; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French people, French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionism, Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially femininity, fe ...
the Phillips Collection
The Phillips Collection is an art museum founded by Duncan Phillips and Marjorie Acker Phillips in 1921 as the Phillips Memorial Gallery located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Phillips was the grandson of James H. Laughli ...
in Washington, D.C.
On August 25, 1944, in Chatou, the
nazis
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shot 27 people, civilians and members of the
French Resistance
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. This event is today known as the "Massacre des 27 Martyrs".
Chatou is also the host of the MACS MTO.
The community has eight public preschools, five public elementary schools, and two public junior high schools. Schools include:Établissements publics / Carte scolaire ." Chatou. Retrieved on September 2, 2016.
Elementary:
* Les Champs-Moutons
*
Jules Ferry
Jules François Camille Ferry (; 5 April 183217 March 1893) was a French statesman and republican philosopher. He was one of the leaders of the Opportunist Republicans, Moderate Republicans and served as Prime Minister of France from 1880 to 18 ...
*
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician.
His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...
* Jean Rostand
* Val Fleuri
Junior high schools:
* Collège Paul Bert
* Collège
Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; ; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French people, French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionism, Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially femininity, fe ...
École Perceval
Perceval School () is a private school in Chatou, Yvelines, France
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, a public senior high school/sixth form college; as well as Institut du Bon Sauveur, a private school with levels preschool through senior high/sixth form, are in nearby
Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; ; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French people, French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionism, Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially femininity, fe ...
ÃŽle des Impressionnistes
The ÃŽle des Impressionnistes (), or ÃŽle de Chatou, is an island in the Seine located to the west of ÃŽle-de-France, between the communes of Chatou in Yvelines, on the right bank (to which it is administratively attached), and Rueil-Malmaison in ...
Notable people
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Virginie Augustin
Virginie Augustin (11 March 1973, Chatou) is a French comics book artist. She has also worked on animated features with Walt Disney Animation Studios and France 3.
Biography
After studying at Gobelins, Augustin worked with Walt Disney Animation ...
(born 1973), comic book artist
See also
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Communes of the Yvelines department
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes o ...