Chevilly-Larue
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Commune of Chevilly-Larue | |
Location | |
Paris and inner ring départements | |
Coordinates | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Région | Île-de-France |
Département | Val-de-Marne |
Arrondissement | L'Haÿ-les-Roses |
Intercommunality | none as of 2005 |
Statistics | |
Land area¹ | 4.22 km² |
Population² (1999 census) |
18,149 |
- Density (1999) | 4,301/km² |
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
Chevilly-Larue is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.3 km. (5.8 miles) from the center of Paris.
[edit] Name
Chevilly-Larue was originally called simply Chevilly. The name Chevilly was recorded for the first time in 829 (in a donation by Eucade, bishop of Paris) as Civiliacum, probably meaning "estate of Civilis", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
On September 5, 1921 the name of the commune officially became Chevilly-Larue in order to distinguish it from the homonymous commune of Chevilly in the Loiret département. Larue was a hamlet located within the commune. Founded at the end of the Hundred Years' War along the small road from L'Haÿ-les-Roses to Fresnes, it was originally called La Ruelle (meaning "the lane", the "alleyway"), later corrupted into La Rue and eventually Larue.
[edit] Geography
Neighboring communes: L'Haÿ-les-Roses, Fresnes, Rungis, Thiais and Vitry-sur-Seine.
[edit] Transport
Chevilly-Larue is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Chevilly-Larue is Villejuif – Louis Aragon station on Paris Metro line 7. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Villejuif, 2.3 km.(1.4 miles) from the town center of Chevilly-Larue.