Ville-d'Avray | |
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 Ville-d'Avray Town Hall | |
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 Location (in red) within Parisinner suburbs | |
 Location of Ville-d'Avray | |
  Ville-d'Avray  Ville-d'Avray | |
| Coordinates:48°49′34″N2°11′36″E / 48.8261°N 2.1933°E /48.8261; 2.1933 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-Billancourt |
| Canton | Saint-Cloud |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Aline de Marcillac[1] |
Area 1 | 3.67 km2 (1.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 11,089 |
| • Density | 3,020/km2 (7,830/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Dagovéraniens |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 92077 /92410 |
| Elevation | 86–178 m (282–584 ft) |
| Website | www |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Ville-d'Avray (French pronunciation:[vildavʁɛ]ⓘ;lit. 'City of Avray') is acommune in the western suburbs ofParis, France. It is located 11.9 km (7.4 mi) from thecentre of Paris. The commune is part of thearrondissement of Boulogne-Billancourt in theHauts-de-Seinedepartment, on the departmental border withYvelines atVersailles.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 10,365 | — |
| 1975 | 11,698 | +1.74% |
| 1982 | 11,625 | −0.09% |
| 1990 | 11,616 | −0.01% |
| 1999 | 11,415 | −0.19% |
| 2009 | 10,717 | −0.63% |
| 2014 | 11,419 | +1.28% |
| 2020 | 10,883 | −0.80% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Ville-d'Avray contains a suburban rail line station called Sèvres – Ville d'Avray station on theTransilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. This station is an 800-meter walk from the residential area of Ville-d'Avray.
Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788–1827), the civil engineer and physicist whose research in optics led to the almost unanimous acceptance of the wave theory of light, died in Ville-d'Avray at the age of 39.
Jean Rostand was a French experimental biologist and philosopher who lived in Ville-d'Avray. He became famous for his work as a science writer, as well as a philosopher and an activist. His scientific work covered a variety of biological fields such as amphibian embryology, parthenogenesis and teratogeny, while his literary output extended into popular science, history of science and philosophy. His work in the area of cryogenics gave the idea of cryonics toRobert Ettinger.[4]
The famous beauty and Scottish courtesanGrace Elliott died in Ville-d'Avray in May 1823.[citation needed] Landscape painterJean-Baptiste-Camille Corot maintained a residence in the village and used the area as a subject for several paintings includingVille-d'Avray in 1867.[citation needed] ActressIsabelle Huppert spent her childhood in Ville-d'Avray.[5] French author and musicianBoris Vian was born in the town in 1920.[citation needed] Literary historian and critic, essayist, novelist and poet, member of theAcadémie Française and the Académie de Saintonge,Pierre-Henri Simon lived in Ville d'Avray and is buried there.[citation needed]
Famous 19th century courtesanValtesse de La Bigne had a second home here which was next door to the home of famous French politicianLéon Gambetta.
The village is the location of a former technical school focused on the aerospace sector, though now associated with the University of Paris. To celebrate their ongoing commitment toaeronautical engineering, a scale model of aDassault Mirage 2000 fighter jet is set out in the courtyard.[6] Discovery of the model by users ofGoogle Earth in the mid-2000s caused a minor stir on the Internet, and the "jet in a residential parking lot" is consistently featured on lists of satellite imagery curiosities.[7]
Primary schools in the commune:[8]
Collège La Fontaine du Roy is within the commune.[9]
It is served by the public high schoolLycée Jean Pierre Vernant inSèvres.[10]
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