Coordinates: 48°52′00″N 2°08′00″E / 48.866667°N 2.133333°E
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Commune of Bougival |
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 12th-century Notre-Dame Church |
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| Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Yvelines |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
| Intercommunality | Coteaux de Seine |
| Mayor | Aline Pascal (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 23–166 m (75–540 ft) |
| Land area1 | 2.76 km2 (1.07 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 8,532 (2006) |
| - Density | 3,091 /km2 (8,010 /sq mi) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Bougival is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris 15.3 km (9.5 mi). (9.5 miles) from the center.
The Machine de Marly was located in Bougival.
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People
In the 19th century, Bougival emerged as a fashionable suburb of Paris. Pauline Viardot had a villa there, as did her paramour Ivan Turgenev, who died in the town in 1883. Bougival was also known as the "Cradle of Impressionism" during the Belle Époque. Painters Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Sisley among others painted the light, sky, and water of this area.
The Junior division of the British School of Paris (formerly the English School of Paris) is located in Bougival. Prior to the English School, it was a Catholic all-girls school called Marymount in the 1960's. It was reported that the Germans occupied the estate during World War II, along with the nuns that lived there, due to the estate's vantage point of the Seine River.
Transport
Bougival is served by Bougival station on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. This station is located at the border between the commune of Bougival and the commune of La Celle-Saint-Cloud, on the La Celle-Saint-Cloud side of the border.
Celebrities
The town is home to a number of French celebrities; Frank Alamo, Guillaume Depardieu, Jean-Louis Aubert, Michel Rocard, Flavie Flament, Laurent Garnier, Benjamin Castaldi and Gilbert Montagné are residents of Bougival. Ronaldinho left in 2003. Georges Bizet died in Bougival in 1875.
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References
External links
- 360 panoramas (French)
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