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.
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]
Public preschool and elementary schools in the commune:[5]
Junior high schools:[6]
Senior high schools:[7]
Private primary schools:[5]
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]