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| Coordinates:48°52′00″N2°08′00″E / 48.8667°N 2.1333°E /48.8667; 2.1333 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Yvelines |
| Arrondissement | Versailles |
| Canton | Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt |
| Intercommunality | CA Versailles Grand Parc |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Luc Wattelle[1] |
Area 1 | 2.76 km2 (1.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 9,083 |
| • Density | 3,300/km2 (8,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 78092 /78380 |
| Elevation | 23–166 m (75–545 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bougival (French pronunciation:[buʒival]ⓘ) is a suburbancommune in theYvelinesdepartment in theÎle-de-Franceregion in NorthernFrance. It is located 15.3 km (9.5 mi) west from thecentre ofParis, on the left bank of theRiver Seine, on the departmental border withHauts-de-Seine. In 2019, Bougival had a population of 8,790.
As the site where many of theImpressionists (includingClaude Monet,Alfred Sisley,Berthe Morisot andAuguste Renoir) painted country scenes along the Seine, the town today hosts a series of six historical placards, known as the "Impressionists Walk", at locations from which the noted painters depicted the scenes of Bougival.[3]
Bougival is also noted as the site of theMachine de Marly, a sprawling, complicated[4] hydraulic pumping device that began supplying the massive quantity of water required by the fountains atPalace of Versailles in the late 17th century. Considered one of the foremost engineering accomplishments of its era, the cacophonous, breakdown-prone[4] apparatus comprised fourteen waterwheels (approximately 38 feet in diameter) driven by the current of the Seine — in turn powering more than 250 pumps, delivering water up a 500-foot vertical rise through a series of pumping stations, holding tanks, reservoirs, pipes and mechanical linkages. In use until 1817, the machine was subsequently updated, replaced with another pumping building in 1858 and finally replaced by an electrical generator in 1963. The building itself remained until 1968. Remnants are visible today at the riverbank.[4]
In Bougival,Georges Bizet composed the operaCarmen at his home on Rue Ivan Tourguenievf on the Seine,[3] close to where Russian novelist and playwrightIvan Turgenev had adacha built, named Les Frênes (current-day Villa Viardot). A local monument commemorates theMontgolfier brothers, pioneers of flight;[3] the commune hosts the annualFestival of Bougival et des Coteaux de Seine.
In the 19th century, Bougival emerged as a fashionable suburb of Paris.Pauline Viardot had a villa there, as did her paramourIvan Turgenev, who died in the town in 1883. Bougival was also known as the "Cradle ofImpressionism" during theBelle Époque. PaintersMonet,Pierre-Auguste Renoir, andSisley among others painted the light, sky, and water of this area.Alexandre Dumas, fils set parts of hisnovelThe Lady of the Camellias in Bougival.
The Junior division of theBritish School of Paris (formerly the English School of Paris) was located in Bougival up until 2008. Prior to the English School, it was a Catholic all-girls school called Marymount in the 1960s. It was reported that the Germans occupied the estate during World War II, along with the nuns that lived there, due to the estate's vantage point of the Seine River.Rennequin Sualem
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 8,444 | — |
| 1975 | 8,599 | +0.26% |
| 1982 | 8,473 | −0.21% |
| 1990 | 8,552 | +0.12% |
| 1999 | 8,432 | −0.16% |
| 2007 | 8,416 | −0.02% |
| 2012 | 8,498 | +0.19% |
| 2017 | 8,699 | +0.47% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
Bougival is served by Bougival station on theTransilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. This station is located at the border between the commune of Bougival and the commune ofLa Celle-Saint-Cloud, on the La Celle-Saint-Cloud side of the border.
Two multiple locks on the River Seine are located in Bougival.
Schools in Bougival include:[6]
Public preschools:
Public elementary schools:
There is a private school, Ecole privée Sainte-Thérèse/Collège privée Sainte Thérèse, that goes from preschool through junior high school level 3e.[6]
Nearby public secondary schools:[7]
Junior high schools:
Senior high schools/sixth form colleges:
The Bibliothèque Emile Richebourg is the community's public library.[8]
Rennequin Sualem, inventor of the Marly Machine, died in Bougival in 1708.Ivan Turgenev died in Bougival in 1883, as well asGeorges Bizet in 1875.Pauline Viardot made Bougival her home.Gabrielle d'Estrées had a château there (destroyed in the 19th century).
The town has since been home to noted residents includingGuillaume Depardieu,Jean-Louis Aubert,Michel Rocard,Laurent Garnier,Jean-Marie Hullot,Jean Michel Jarre,Benjamin Castaldi,Neymar,Charles-Louis Havas andGilbert Montagné have been residents of Bougival.
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