Chevreuse

Chevreuse
Chevreuse
Commune
	Château de la Madeleine
	Coat of arms
	Location of Chevreuse
	Chevreuse Chevreuse
	Coordinates: 48°42′30″N 2°02′21″E / 48.7083°N 2.0392°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Rambouillet
Canton	Maurepas
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Anne Hery-Le Pallec
Area 1	13.42 km2 (5.18 sq mi)
Population (2021)	5,536
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	78160 /78460
Elevation	72–174 m (236–571 ft) ; (avg. 85 m or 279 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chevreuse (French pronunciation: [ʃəvʁøz] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the French department of Yvelines, administrative region of Île-de-France, north-central France.

Geography[edit]

Chevreuse is located south of Paris, in the middle of a regional natural park, Parc naturel régional de la haute vallée de Chevreuse. The river Yvette flows through the area, forming the fertile Vallée de Chevreuse.

History[edit]

Chevreuse was founded in the 10th century, and celebrated its first millennium of existence in 1980.^{[citation needed]} Its castle, the Château de la Madeleine, dates back to the 11th century.^[3]

The writer Patrice Pluyette, winner of the 2008 Prix Amerigo Vespucci, was born in Chevreuse in 1977.

Population[edit]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,409	—
1975	4,186	+2.98%
1982	4,811	+2.01%
1990	5,027	+0.55%
1999	5,364	+0.72%
2007	5,686	+0.73%
2012	5,789	+0.36%
2017	5,678	−0.39%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Transportation[edit]

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, 2 km to the east. The nearest Transilien station is Trappes, 8 km to the north.