La Celle-Saint-Cloud Explained

La Celle-Saint-Cloud
Commune Status:Commune
Map Size:270px
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr La Celle-Saint-Cloud (Yvelines).svg
Adjustable Map:La-Celle-Saint-Cloud_map.png
Map Caption:Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Arrondissement:Versailles
Canton:Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt
Insee:78126
Postal Code:78170
Mayor:Olivier Delaporte[1]
Party:DVC
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Versailles Grand Parc
Coordinates:48.8411°N 2.1344°W
Area Km2:5.82

La Celle-Saint-Cloud (in French pronounced as /la sɛl sɛ̃ klu/) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France.[2] It is a western outer suburb of Paris, 15.6km (09.7miles) from its centre, on the departmental border with Hauts-de-Seine. In 2021, it had a population of 20,476.

Transport

La Celle-Saint-Cloud is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line: La Celle-Saint-Cloud and Bougival.[3]

Main sights

Education

Public preschool and elementary schools in the commune:[5]

Junior high schools:[6]

Senior high schools:[7]

Private primary schools:[5]

Notable people

La Celle-Saint-Cloud is the birthplace of the noted Franco-British author Hilaire Belloc.[8] It was also the home of English actress Harriet Howard following her affair with Napoleon III. She owned the château de Beauregard, which was later owned by Maurice de Hirsch.[9]

Lucien-Rene Duchesne (1908–1984), mayor of La Celle-Saint-Cloud from 1959 to 1981.

French actress and model Ludivine Sagnier (of Mesrine: Part 2 fame) is also a native of La Celle-Saint-Cloud.[10]

Since September 2014, politician Marine Le Pen has resided in the town.[11]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023. fr.
  2. Web site: Commune de La Celle-Saint-Cloud (78126). INSEE.
  3. https://www.transilien.com/en/page-lignes/ligne-l Line L
  4. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g1932625-Activities-La_Celle_Saint_Cloud_Yvelines_Ile_de_France.html Things to Do in La-Celle-Saint-Cloud
  5. "Maternelles et élémentaires ." La Celle-Saint-Cloud. Retrieved on September 2, 2016.
  6. "Collèges ." La Celle-Saint-Cloud. Retrieved on September 2, 2016.
  7. "Lycées ." La Celle-Saint-Cloud. Retrieved on September 2, 2016.
  8. Web site: Hilaire Belloc | British author | Britannica.
  9. Web site: Harriet Howard: Mistress to Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III). 11 January 2021.
  10. Web site: Ludivine Sagnier. IMDb.
  11. Web site: Marine Le Pen achète à Millas : "Cela relève de ma vie privée" : Millas . November 17, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151117020349/http://millas.blogs.lindependant.com/archive/2010/09/13/marine-le-pen-achete-a-millas-cela-releve-de-ma-vie-privee.html . 17 November 2015 . dead.