- Le Vésinet
French commune
nomcommune=Le Vésinet
on the horizon.
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mapcaption=Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
région=Île-de-France
département=Yvelines
arrondissement= Saint-Germain-en-Laye
canton=Le Vésinet
insee=78650
cp=78110
maire= Robert Varèse
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté
de communes
de la Boucle de la Seine
longitude=2° 07′ 59″ E
latitude=48° 53′ 41″ N
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alt mini= 26 m
alt maxi= 47 m
km²= 5.0
sans=15,921
date-sans=1999 census
dens= 3,184
date-dens=1999Le Vésinet is a commune in the western suburbs of
Paris ,France . It is located 16.4 km (10.2 miles) from the center of Paris.Le Vésinet is one of the wealthiest suburbs of Paris, known for its wooded avenues, mansions and lakes. It contains many English-style gardens designed by French landscape gardener Paul de Lavenne
Comte Choulot .History
The commune of Le Vésinet was created on
May 31 ,1875 by detaching a part of the territory ofChatou and merging it with a part of the territory ofCroissy-sur-Seine and a part of the territory ofLe Pecq .Transport
Le Vésinet is served by two stations on Paris RER line A: Le Vésinet – Centre and Le Vésinet – Le Pecq.
ister cities
Le Vésinet is twinned as a sister city with the following:
*flagicon|United States Oakwood,Ohio
*flagicon|CanadaOutremont, Quebec
*flagicon|Germany Unterhaching,Germany
*flagicon|United Kingdom Worcester,England
*flagicon|Australia Hunters Hill,Australia (pact of friendship) [ [http://www.levesinet.fr/index.php?section=page&ref=194 Ville du Vésinet ] ]
*flagicon|SpainVillanueva de la Canada ,Spain Heritage
Le Vésinet was the first "ville-parc" to be built in FranceFact|date=November 2007. It has many green places, lakes and lavish mansions.
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