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La Celle Saint Cloud

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Yvelines

Intercommunality
  
Coteaux de Seine

Area
  
5.82 km²

Local time
  
Friday 1:54 AM

Region
  
Île-de-France

Canton
  
La Celle-Saint-Cloud

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
20,999 (2007)

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Germain-en-Laye

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Weather
  
8°C, Wind NW at 2 km/h, 91% Humidity

La Celle-Saint-Cloud is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris 15.6 km (9.7 mi) from the center.

Contents

Map of 78170 La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France

Transport

La Celle-Saint-Cloud is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line: La Celle-Saint-Cloud and Bougival.

Monuments

  • Château de la Celle, now property of the French minister for foreign affairs.
  • former château de Beauregard
  • Pavillon du Butard
  • Education

    Public preschool and elementary schools in the commune:

  • Groupe scolaire Jules Ferry
  • Groupe scolaire Henri Dunant
  • Groupe Scolaire Louis Pasteur
  • Groupe Scolaire Morel de Vindé
  • Groupe Scolaire Pierre et Marie Curie
  • Junior high schools:

  • Collège Victor Hugo
  • Collège Louis Pasteur
  • Senior high schools:

  • Lycée Pierre Corneille
  • Lycée Professionnel Lucien-René Duchesne
  • Lycée Professionnel Jean-Baptiste Colbert
  • Private primary schools:

  • Ecole privée Sainte-Marie
  • People

    La Celle-Saint-Cloud is the birthplace of the noted Franco-British author Hilaire Belloc. It was also the home of English actress Harriet Howard following her affair with Napoleon III of France. She owned the château de Beauregard. The castle was after owned by Maurice de Hirsch.

    Lucien-Rene Duchesne (1908–1984), mayor of la Celle-Saint-Cloud from 1959 to 1981.

    French actress and model Ludivine Sagnier (of Mesrine: Part 2's fame) is also a native of La Celle-Saint-Cloud.

    Since September 2014, Marine Le Pen currently resides in the town

    References

    La Celle-Saint-Cloud Wikipedia