Chevreuse

Chevreuse
Commune
Château de la Madeleine
Coat of arms
Location of Chevreuse
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Coordinates: 48°42′30″N 2°02′21″E / 48.7083°N 2.0392°E / 48.7083; 2.0392
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Rambouillet
Canton	Maurepas
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Anne Hery-Le Pallec[1]
Area 1	13.42 km2 (5.18 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,536
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	78160 /78460
Elevation	72–174 m (236–571 ft) (avg. 85 m or 279 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chevreuse (French pronunciation: [ʃəvʁøz] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the French department of Yvelines, administrative region of Île-de-France, north-central France.

Chevreuse is located south of Paris, in the middle of a regional natural park, Parc naturel régional de la haute vallée de Chevreuse. The river Yvette flows through the area, forming the fertile Vallée de Chevreuse.

Chevreuse was founded in the 10th century, and celebrated its first millennium of existence in 1980.^{[citation needed]} Its castle, the Château de la Madeleine, dates back to the 11th century.^[3]

The writer Patrice Pluyette, winner of the 2008 Prix Amerigo Vespucci, was born in Chevreuse in 1977.

Chevreuse is serviced by the Paris Metro system (RER B line) at the Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse station in the neighboring commune by the same name, 2 km to the east. The nearest Transilien station is Trappes, 8 km to the north.

• Duke of Chevreuse
• Port-Royal-des-Champs
• Communes of the Yvelines department
• Jean Racine

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• Parc Naturel Chevreuse

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