Voisins-le-Bretonneux
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Commune of Voisins-le-Bretonneux | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Yvelines |
Arrondissement | Rambouillet |
Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Quentin- en-Yvelines |
Statistics | |
Land area¹ | 2.38 km² |
Population² (Oct. 2003 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
12,480 12,153 |
- Density (2003) | 5,244/km² |
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Voisins-le-Bretonneux is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 24.1 km. (15 miles) from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, created in the 1960s.
[edit] Transport
Voisins-le-Bretonneux is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. 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 miles) from the town center of Voisins-le-Bretonneux. It is also twinned with the Scottish town Irvine.