Croissy-sur-Seine

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Coordinates: 48°52′42″N 2°08′36″E / 48.87833, 02.14333

Administration
Commune of Croissy-sur-Seine
Location

Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Canton	Chatou
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Boucle de Seine
Mayor	Jean-Roger Davin (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	19 m–34 m (avg. 26 m)
Land area^¹	3,44 km²
Population^² (1999)	9835
- Density	2859,0/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	78190/ 78290
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Croissy-sur-Seine is a small suburban town on the western outskirts of Paris. It is a commune of the Yvelines département, in France. Population: 9,950.

1 Geography
2 Features
3 Schools
4 Transport
5 External links

[edit] Geography

The river Seine is on the eastern side of the town but then loops to move north, on the western side of the town. Croissy's landward neighbours are Chatou, Le Vesinet, and Le Pecq.

Area: 3.44 km²
Average altitude: 26 m

[edit] Features

The "centre-ville" provides a reasonable number of shops from bakeries to banks. An active morning market takes place on Fridays and Sundays.

There are several parks, some situated on the islands in the Seine. The commune is home to the 13th century chapel of St Leonard, situated near the banks of the Seine.

[edit] Schools

The Senior and Junior divisions of the British School of Paris are located in Croissy. The original Junior division building of the school, which operates concurrently to the one in Croissy, is located in nearby Bougival.

[edit] Transport

In good traffic conditions, you can reach the centre of Paris in 20 minutes from Croissy; in daily commuting conditions it will take one hour.

Croissy is not directly served by rail transportation. The nearest RER station is Chatou-Croissy (on the RER A line St Germain branch). The nearest SNCF service is at Bougival