Voisins-le-Bretonneux | |
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) The town hall in Voisins-le-Bretonneux | |
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) Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
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)  Voisins-le-Bretonneux Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs ) Voisins-le-Bretonneux Voisins-le-Bretonneux (Île-de-France (region)) | |
| Coordinates: 48°45′33″N 2°03′06″E / 48.7592°N 2.0517°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Yvelines |
| Arrondissement | Rambouillet |
| Canton | Maurepas |
| Intercommunality | Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Alexandra Rosetti |
| Area 1 | 2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2017)[1] | 11,088 |
| • Density | 4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 78688 /78960 |
| Elevation | 145–169 m (476–554 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Voisins-le-Bretonneux (French: [vwazɛ̃.lə.bʁətɔnø] ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris 24.1 km (15.0 mi) from the center in the new town of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Voisins-le-Bretonneux is twinned with the Scottish town of Irvine, the German town of Schenefeld and the Polish town of Łuków.
Transport
Voisins-le-Bretonneux has no Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail station. The closest station to Voisins-le-Bretonneux is Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines station on Paris RER line C, on the Transilien La Défense suburban rail line, and on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse suburban rail line. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Montigny-le-Bretonneux, 3.2 km (2.0 mi) from the town center of Voisins-le-Bretonneux.
Economy
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The commune has the head office of Europcar.[2]
In 2010, the median income per household was 60 262 € (=80,148.46 USD 2010), ranking Voisins-le-Bretonneux 37th among the 31,525 communes with more than 39 households in metropolitan France.[3]
Education
As of 2016 the municipality's preschools had 408 students, while the elementary schools had 766 students. The municipality puts these schools into six groups.[4]
- Groupe scolaire Les 40 Arpents
- Groupe scolaire La Grande Île
- Groupe scolaire Les Pépinières
- Groupe scolaire Le Bois de la Garenne
- Groupe scolaire Le Lac
- Groupe scolaire La Sente des Carrières
There is also a private primary school, Les Tilleuls.
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Legal information Archived 2015-06-23 at the Wayback Machine." Europcar. Retrieved on June 23, 2015. "and whose registered office is Bat OP, 2 rue René Caudron, 78960 Voisins-le-Bretonneux, France"
- ^ "Indicateurs de structure et de distribution des revenus en 2010 | Insee". www.insee.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-16.
- ^ "Groupes scolaires." Voisins-le-Bretonneux. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
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