Chatou

Chatou
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Location within Île-de-France region  Chatou
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Canton	Chatou
Intercommunality	Boucle de la Seine
Mayor	Ghislain Fournier (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	22–58 m (72–190 ft)
Land area1	5.08 km2 (1.96 sq mi)
Population2	29,962  (2006)
- Density	5,898 /km2 (15,280 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	78146/ 78400
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 48°53′46″N 2°09′06″E / 48.8961°N 2.1517°E / 48.8961; 2.1517

Chatou is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris 14.4 km (8.9 mi) from the center. Chatou is part of the well-off suburbs of western Paris located along the River Seine.

History

On 31 May 1875, part of the territory of Chatou was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Le Pecq and a part of the territory of Croissy-sur-Seine to create the commune of Le Vésinet. It boasts many bourgeois mansions of every kind of architecture and owned by private individuals.

It is also the host of the Maison Fournaise, a meeting point for Impressionist painters in the past. It was a place where Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted numerous pieces (portraits of the Fournaise family, surrounding landscapes etc.), most notably the Déjeuner des canotiers in 1881. The painting is today part of the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C.

Transport

Chatou is served by Chatou – Croissy station on Paris RER line A.

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official website (in French)