Chelles, Seine-et-Marne
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Chelles | |
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Île Refuge, in the Marne river in Chelles | |
Coat of arms | |
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
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Chelles Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
Coordinates: 48°53′00″N 2°36′00″E / 48.8833°N 2.6000°ECoordinates: 48°53′00″N 2°36′00″E / 48.8833°N 2.6000°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Seine-et-Marne |
Arrondissement | Torcy |
Canton | Chelles |
Intercommunality | CA Paris - Vallée de la Marne |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Brice Rabaste |
Area 1 | 16.3 km2 (6.3 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 55,148 |
• Density | 3,400/km2 (8,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 77108 /77500 |
Elevation | 36–106 m (118–348 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Chelles (French pronunciation: [ʃɛl] (listen)) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region 18 km (11 mi) from the center of Paris.
History[]
Paleolithic artifacts were discovered by chance at Chelles by the pioneering nineteenth-century anthropologist Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821–1898); he named the corresponding cultural stage of the Paleolithic after the commune: «Chellean» or «Chellian», nowadays known as «Oldowan».
At the Merovingian villa of Calae the abbey of Notre-Dame-des-Chelles was founded by Balthild, a seventh-century queen of the Franks. It was largely demolished at the time of the French Revolution.
Geography[]
There are two main streets in Chelles, Avenue Foch and Avenue de la Résistance.
Demographics[]
The inhabitants are called Chellois.
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Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3] |
Transport[]
Chelles is served by Chelles – Gournay station on Paris RER line and on the Transilien Paris – Est suburban rail line .
Education[]
As of 2016 the commune has 13,000 students in 46 public and private schools.[4] The commune includes 19 public preschools and 16 public elementary schools.[5]
There are also:
- Four public junior high schools: Collège Beau soleil, Collège Corot, Collège de l’Europe, and Collège Weczerka - Beau Soleil and de l'Europe have Enseignement Général Professionnel Adapté (S.E.G.P.A) programmes[6]
- Three public senior high schools/sixth-form colleges, , , and [7]
- One private school - , with private preschool and elementary school (Gasnier Guy / Ste Bathilde), junior high school (Collège Gasnier Guy),[6] and senior high school (Lycée Gasnier Guy) divisions[7]
Chelles includes a library, Bibliothèque Olympe de Gouges, and a media centre, Médiathèque Jean-Pierre Vernant.[8]
Culture and recreation[]
The commune includes the Musée Alfred-Bonno.[9]
There is also a public swimming pool,[10] and a public skate park which opened in 1999.[11]
Chelles is town twinned with the city of Lindau (Germany)
Gallery[]
Parc Emile Fouchard
Île Refuge, in the Marne river, is part of the Local Nature Reserve of the islands of Chelles
Chelles-Gournay train station
Where Roi Chilpéric was assassinated
Georges Brassens Chelles Library
Saint-André Church and Cemetery
Curie nursery
Avenue de la Résistance
See also[]
- Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department
References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Chelles, EHESS. (in French)
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Éducation." Chelles. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ "Liste des écoles, inscriptions et fonctionnement de l’école." Chelles. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Collèges." Chelles. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Lycées." Chelles. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ "Médiathèque – Bibliothèque." Chelles. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ "Musée Alfred-Bonno." Chelles. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ "Piscine de Chelles." Chelles. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ "Skatepark." Chelles. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chelles, Seine-et-Marne. |
- Official website (in French)
- 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Communes of Seine-et-Marne