Le Vésinet
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| Commune of Le Vésinet | |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Île-de-France |
| Département | Yvelines |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Boucle de la Seine |
| Statistics | |
| Land area¹ | 5.0 km² |
| Population² (1999 census) |
15,921 |
| - Density (1999) | 3,184/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Postal code | 78110 |
| 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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Le Vésinet is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 16.4 km (10.2 miles) from the center of Paris.
Le Vésinet is one of the wealthiest suburbs of Paris, known for its wooded avenues and bourgeois mansions built around boating lakes and English-style gardens.
[edit] History
The commune of Le Vésinet was created on May 31, 1875 by detaching a part of the territory of Chatou and merging it with a part of the territory of Croissy-sur-Seine and a part of the territory of Le Pecq.
[edit] Transport
Le Vésinet is served by two stations on Paris RER line A: Le Vésinet – Centre and Le Vésinet – Le Pecq.
[edit] Sister cities
Le Vésinet is twinned as a sister city with the following:
Oakwood, Ohio
Outremont, Quebec
Unterhaching, Germany
Worcester, England
Hunter's Hill, Australia (pact of friendhood) (source: [1])
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