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Le Vésinet is a commune in the Yvelines department, located within the arrondissement of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the Île-de-France region of France. Established on May 31, 1875, it replaced the former communes of Chatou, Croissy-sur-Seine, and Le Pecq. The town serves as the capital of the canton of Le Vésinet and is associated with the canton of Chatou. It shares borders with Chatou, Croissy-sur-Seine, Montesson, and Le Pecq.
The commune has an area of 5 square kilometers and an elevation of 41 meters. Its population is recorded as 16,643, comprising 7,601 males and 8,288 females, while another source lists the population as 16,740. Le Vésinet is twinned with Worcester, Oakwood, Outremont, and Unterhaching. The local postal code is 78110, and the area operates on the Europe/Paris timezone.
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- Locality
- Le Vésinet
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 16,740
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Department
- Yvelines
- Arrondissement
- Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- Canton
- Chatou
- Intercommunality
- CA Saint Germain Boucles Seine
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Bruno Coradetti
- Area
- 5.0 km (1.9 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 15,554
- Density
- 3,100/km (8,100/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 78650 /78110
- Elevation
- 26–47 m (85–154 ft)
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Encyclopedic overview
Le Vésinet ( French: [l(ə) vezinɛ] ) is a suburban commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is a part of the affluent outer suburbs of western Paris, 16.4 km (10.2 mi) from the centre of Paris.
Le Vésinet is one of the wealthiest suburbs of Paris, known for its wooded avenues, mansions and lakes. It contains many public gardens designed by French landscape gardener Paul de Lavenne, comte de Choulot.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Le Vésinet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.