Le Vésinet

French commune
nomcommune=Le Vésinet
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mapcaption=Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
région=Île-de-France
département=Yvelines
arrondissement= Saint-Germain-en-Laye
canton=Le Vésinet
insee=78650
cp=78110
maire= Robert Varèse
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté
de communes
de la Boucle de la Seine
longitude=2° 07′ 59″ E
latitude=48° 53′ 41″ N
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alt mini= 26 m
alt maxi= 47 m
km²= 5.0
sans=15,921
date-sans=1999 census
dens= 3,184
date-dens=1999

Le Vésinet is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 16.4 km (10.2 miles) from the center of Paris.

Le Vésinet is one of the wealthiest suburbs of Paris, known for its wooded avenues, mansions and lakes. It contains many English-style gardens designed by French landscape gardener Paul de Lavenne Comte Choulot.

History

The commune of Le Vésinet was created on May 31, 1875 by detaching a part of the territory of Chatou and merging it with a part of the territory of Croissy-sur-Seine and a part of the territory of Le Pecq.

Transport

Le Vésinet is served by two stations on Paris RER line A: Le Vésinet – Centre and Le Vésinet – Le Pecq.

ister cities

Le Vésinet is twinned as a sister city with the following:
*flagicon|United States Oakwood, Ohio
*flagicon|Canada Outremont, Quebec
*flagicon|Germany Unterhaching, Germany
*flagicon|United Kingdom Worcester, England
*flagicon|Australia Hunters Hill, Australia (pact of friendship) [ [http://www.levesinet.fr/index.php?section=page&ref=194 Ville du Vésinet ] ]
*flagicon|Spain Villanueva de la Canada, Spain

Heritage

Le Vésinet was the first "ville-parc" to be built in FranceFact|date=November 2007. It has many green places, lakes and lavish mansions.

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