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Commune of Chatou |
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| Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
| Coordinates | 48°53′29″N 2°09′28″E / 48.89139°N 2.15778°E |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Yvelines |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
| Canton | Chatou |
| Intercommunality | Boucle de la Seine |
| Mayor | Ghislain Fournier (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 22–58 m (72–190 ft) |
| Land area1 | 5.08 km2 (1.96 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 29,962 (2006) |
| - Density | 5,898 /km2 (15,280 /sq mi) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 78146/ 78400 |
| 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. | |
Chatou 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 14.4 km (8.9 mi). (8.9 miles) from the center.
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History
On 31 May 1875, part of the territory of Chatou was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Le Pecq and a part of the territory of Croissy-sur-Seine to create the commune of Le Vésinet. It boasts many bourgeois mansions of every kind of architecture and owned by private individuals.
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It is also the host of the Maison Fournaise, a meeting point for Impressionist painters in the past. It was a place where Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted numerous pieces (portraits of the Fournaise family, surrounding landscapes etc), most notably the Déjeuner des canotiers in 1881. The painting is today part of the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C.
Transport
Chatou is served by Chatou – Croissy station on Paris RER line A.
See also
References
External links
- Official website (in French)
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