Villette Explained

Villette or Villettes may refer to:

People

• Arthur Villettes, (fl. 1746–1765), British diplomat
• Francois Villette (1621-1698), engineer, optician and fireworks expert at the court of Louis XIV of France
• Pierre Villette (1926–1998), French composer
• Rétaux de Villette (1759–1797), French forger

Places

France

• Ernemont-la-Villette, in the Seine-Maritime département
• La Villette, Calvados
• Muille-Villette, in the Somme département
• Les Villettes, in the Haute-Loire département
• Villette-d'Anthon, in the Isère département
• Villette-de-Vienne, in the Isère département
• Villette-lès-Arbois, in the Jura département
• Villette-lès-Dole, in the Jura département
• Villette, Meurthe-et-Moselle
• Villette-sur-Ain, in the Ain département
• Villette-sur-Aube, in the Aube département
• Villettes, in the Eure département
• Villette, Yvelines

Paris

• Barrière de la Villette, on the Place de Stalingrad
• Bassin de la Villette, the largest artificial lake in Paris
• Château Villette, a manor
• La Villette, Seine, a French commune annexed by Paris in 1860
• Parc de la Villette, a.k.a. La Villette, an area in Paris, known for the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie science museum
  • Grande halle de la Villette, a cultural center within the Parc de la Villette
• Porte de la Villette (Paris Métro)

Other

• Villette (Charleroi Metro), Belgium
• Villette, Piedmont, in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy
• Villette, Vaud, a commune in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

Other uses

• La Villette Charleroi, a Belgian table tennis club
• Villette (novel), by Charlotte Brontë, published in 1853