Chevilly-Larue

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Commune of Chevilly-Larue
Location
Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates	48°46′18″N, 2°21′25″E
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	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 mi² 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 Métro 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.