Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse explained

Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Rambouillet
Canton:	Maurepas
Insee:	78575
Postal Code:	78470
Mayor:	Dominique Bavoil^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Coordinates:	48.7064°N 2.0725°W
Elevation M:	76
Elevation Min M:	66
Elevation Max M:	169
Area Km2:	9.65

Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (in French pronounced as /sɛ̃ ʁemi lɛ ʃəvʁøz/, literally Saint-Rémy near Chevreuse) is a commune in the Yvelines department, in the Île-de-France region of north-central France.

Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse station is the southwestern endpoint of the RER B line from Paris.^[2]

Notable people

• Pierre de Coubertin (1863–1937), often considered by some the father of the modern Olympic Games.
• Eugène Imbert (1821–1898), 19th-century chansonnier, died here
• André Wogenscky (1916–2004), French Modernist architect, and member of the Académie des beaux-arts.
• Marta Pan (1923–2008), French abstract sculptor of Hungarian origin.

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. https://www.ratp.fr/plan-rer Plan RER