Chevreuse

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Commune of Chevreuse
Location
Longitude 02°02'21" E
Latitude 48°42'30" N
Administration
Country France
Region Île-de-France
Department Yvelines
Arrondissement Rambouillet
Canton Chevreuse (chief town)
Intercommunality SIVOM de la région de Chevreuse
Mayor Claude Genot
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 72 m–174 m
(avg. 85 m)
Land area¹ 13.42 km²
Population²
(1999)
5,364
 - Density (1999) 399.7/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 78160/ 78460
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).
France

Chevreuse is a commune of the Yvelines département, in France.

[edit] Transportation

Chevreuse is serviced by the Paris Metro system (RER B line) at the Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse station in the neighboring commune by the same name.

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