French commune
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in the
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,
region
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Versailles
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to the west.
The village is roughly 170 m above sea level, fairly flat except to the west where there is a valley with the
Mauldre
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river which runs from the area called ''la Maison Blanche'' to the north.
Coignières is connected by
route nationale 10
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(RN10), which traverses the commune from the northeast to the southwest, and given the amount of traffic it effectively divides the commune in two. Coignières train station is located on the
Paris
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– Chartres train line and runs parallel to the RN10.
The commune is quite well developed with new housing and commercial zones near
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines () is a new town and an agglomeration community in the French department of Yvelines. It is one of the original five villes nouvelles (new towns) of Paris and was named after the Saint Quentin Pond, which was chosen to ...
region. There is also a large industrial zone (le Marais) between the RN10 and the railway line.
Part of the commune to the west is still a partly wooded rural area (Bois des Hautes Bruyères).
Finally, the GR 11 footpath also cuts across the commune from east to west.
Education
There are two preschools and elementary schools, École Gabriel Bouvet and École
, as well as one junior high school, Collège d'Enseignement Secondaire « La Mare aux Saules ».Établissements scolaires " Coignières. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
See also
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Communes of the Yvelines department
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