Country France Department Yvelines Population (2012) 1,138 Area 4.52 km² Arrondissement Rambouillet | Region Île-de-France Canton Montfort-l'Amaury Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Friday 2:13 AM | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind S at 2 km/h, 90% Humidity | ||
Galluis is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
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Map of 78490 Galluis, France
History
The site has been inhabited since the Gallo-Roman epoch.
In 1883, the commune of La Queue-les-Yvelines was detached from Galluis with the dismemberment of the former commune of Galluis-la-Queue.
Notable residents
Antoine-Germain Labarraque (1777 – 1850) was a French chemist and pharmacist, notable for formulating and finding important uses for "Eau de Labarraque" or "Labarraque's solution", a solution of sodium hypochlorite widely used as a disinfectant and deodoriser. He died in Gallius on 9 December 1850.
References
Galluis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA