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Commune of Plaisir |
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| Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
| Coordinates | 48°49′06″N 1°56′50″E / 48.81833°N 1.94722°E |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Yvelines |
| Arrondissement | Versailles |
| Canton | Plaisir |
| Mayor | Joël Regnault (2001–2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 92–173 m (300–570 ft) (avg. 111 m/360 ft) |
| Land area1 | 18.68 km2 (7.21 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 31,952 (2006) |
| - Density | 1,710 /km2 (4,400 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 78490/ 78370 |
| 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. | |
Plaisir is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris 29.5 km (18.3 mi). (18.3 miles) from the center.
It borders among others on Élancourt (south), Trappes (southeast) and Les-Clayes-sous-Bois (east).
Inhabitants are called Plaisirois.
It has a major shopping mall.
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Twin towns
It is twinned with the East Anglian town of Lowestoft, England.
Transport
Plaisir is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse suburban rail line: Plaisir – Les Clayes and Plaisir – Grignon
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