Chaville
Chaville is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department and Île-de-France region of north-central France. It lies some 12 km from the centre of Paris in the south-western suburbs of the French capital.
Chaville

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Chaville is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department and Île-de-France region of north-central France. It lies some 12 km from the centre of Paris in the south-western suburbs of the French capital.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Chaville • Commune Status — Commune • Arrondissement — Boulogne-Billancourt • Canton — Meudon • Intercommunality — Grand Paris; EPT Grand Paris Seine Ouest • Insee — 92022 • Postal Code — 92370 • Mayor — Thierry Besançon • Term — 2026–32 • Elevation Min M — 63 • Elevation Max M — 173 • Area Km2 — 3.55
Geography
Geography
Chaville is bordered by the following communes (clockwise from the north): • Sèvres • Meudon • Vélizy-Villacoublay • Viroflay • Ville-d'Avray. Roughly 44% of the territory of the commune, situated between the forest of Meudon to the south-east and the forest of Fausses-Reposes to the north-west, is wooded.
History
History
Chaville was founded in the 9th century by Inchadus, Bishop of Paris. The earliest recorded form of the name is Inchadi villa.
Transport
Transport
Chaville is located on route D910 between Paris and Versailles. It is served by three railway stations and one bus line: • Chaville Rive Droite station, on the Transilien suburban rail line from Paris-Saint-Lazare to Versailles Rive Droite • Chaville Rive Gauche station, on the Transilien suburban rail line from Paris-Montparnasse to Rambouillet • Chaville–Vélizy station on Paris RER line C *
Education
Education
As of 2016 there are five preschools (maternelles) with 730 students total: Les Iris, Les Jacinthes, Le Muguet, Les Myosotis, and Les Pâquerettes As of the same year there are three elementary schools with 1,000 students total: Anatole France, Paul Bert, and Ferdinand Buisson. There is one junior high school, Collège Jean Moulin de Chaville. There is a private elementary school through high school, Institut Saint-Thomas de Villeneuve, in Chaville. It is served by the public high school/sixth-form college Lycée Jean Pierre Vernant in Sèvres.
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- 1.Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 5 May 2026.
- 2.Cassini-Ehess 9035 Chaville
- 3.Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- 4."Écoles maternelles." Chaville. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
- 5."Écoles élémentaires." Chaville. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
- 6."Collège." Chaville. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
- 7.Institut Saint-Thomas de Villeneuve. Home.
- 8.Jouy-en-Josas. Après le CM2.
- 9.Home page. Lycée Jean Pierre Vernant. Retrieved on September 7, 2016. [...]qui relèvent de la zone de desserte du lycée ( communes de Sèvres, Ville d’Avray, Chaville, Saint -Cloud) [...]
- 10."Lycée." Chaville. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
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