Voisins-le-Bretonneux
Voisins-le-Bretonneux | |
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The town hall in Voisins-le-Bretonneux | |
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Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
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Voisins-le-Bretonneux Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
Coordinates: 48°45′33″N 2°03′06″E / 48.7592°N 2.0517°ECoordinates: 48°45′33″N 2°03′06″E / 48.7592°N 2.0517°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Yvelines |
Arrondissement | Rambouillet |
Canton | Maurepas |
Intercommunality | Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Alexandra Rosetti[1] |
Area 1 | 2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[2] | 10,921 |
• Density | 4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 78688 /78960 |
Elevation | 145–169 m (476–554 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Voisins-le-Bretonneux (French: [vwazɛ̃.lə.bʁətɔnø] (listen)) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris 24.1 km (15.0 mi) from the centre in the new town of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Transport[]
Voisins-le-Bretonneux has no Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail station. The closest station to Voisins-le-Bretonneux is Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines station on Paris RER line C, on the Transilien La Défense suburban rail line, and on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse suburban rail line. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Montigny-le-Bretonneux, 3.2 km (2.0 mi) from the town centre of Voisins-le-Bretonneux.
Economy[]
The commune has the head office of Europcar.[3]
In 2010, the median income per household was 60 262 € (=80,148.46 USD 2010), ranking Voisins-le-Bretonneux 37th among the 31,525 communes with more than 39 households in metropolitan France.[4]
Education[]
As of 2016 the municipality's preschools had 408 students, while the elementary schools had 766 students. The municipality puts these schools into six groups.[5]
- Groupe scolaire Les 40 Arpents
- Groupe scolaire La Grande Île
- Groupe scolaire Les Pépinières
- Groupe scolaire Le Bois de la Garenne
- Groupe scolaire Le Lac
- Groupe scolaire La Sente des Carrières
There is also a private primary school, Les Tilleuls.
Twin towns – sister cities[]
Voisins-le-Bretonneux is twinned with:[6]
- Irvine, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Łuków, Poland
- Schenefeld, Germany
See also[]
- Communes of the Yvelines department
References[]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Legal information Archived 2015-06-23 at the Wayback Machine." Europcar. Retrieved on June 23, 2015. "and whose registered office is Bat OP, 2 rue René Caudron, 78960 Voisins-le-Bretonneux, France"
- ^ "Indicateurs de structure et de distribution des revenus en 2010 | Insee". www.insee.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ^ "Groupes scolaires." Voisins-le-Bretonneux. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Jumelage". voisins78.fr (in French). Voisins-le-Bretonneux. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Voisins-le-Bretonneux. |
- Official website
- Official website (in French)
- Communes of Yvelines
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
- Yvelines geography stubs