Plaisir, Yvelines
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Commune of Plaisir |
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| Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Yvelines |
| Arrondissement | Versailles |
| Canton | Plaisir (chief town) |
| Intercommunality | none as of 2005 |
| Mayor | Joël Regnault (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 92 m–173 m (avg. 111 m) |
| Land area¹ | 18.68 km² |
| Population² (Jan. 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
32,000 31,045 |
| - Density | 1,713/km² (2005) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 78490/ 78370 |
| 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. | |
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Plaisir is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 29.5 km. (18.3 miles) from the center of Paris.
It borders among others on Élancourt (south), Trappes (southeast) and Les-Clayes-sous-Bois (east).
Inhabitants are called Plaisirois.
It has a major shopping mall. It is twinned with the East Anglian town of Lowestoft.
[edit] Transport
Plaisir is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse suburban rail line: Plaisir – Les Clayes and Plaisir – Grignon
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