Chelles, Seine-et-Marne
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Commune of Chelles |
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| Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Torcy |
| Canton | Chelles |
| Intercommunality | Marne et Chantereine |
| Mayor | Jean-Paul Planchou (2008-2014) |
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| Elevation | 36 m–106 m |
| Land area¹ | 15.90 km² |
| Population² (Jan. 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
48,100 45,399 |
| - Density | 3,025/km² (2005) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 77108/ 77500 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Chelles is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 18.5 km. (11.5 miles) from the center of Paris.
The commune of Chelles is part of the Porte de Paris sector, one of the four sectors in the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée.
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[edit] History
Paleolithic artefacts discovered by chance at Chelles gave the pioneering nineteenth-century anthropologist Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821-1898) ones of his names for the cultural stage now called Olduwan. At the Merovingian villa of Calae the abbey of Notre-Dame-des-Chelles was founded by Balthild, a seventh-century queen of the Franks. It was largely demolished at the time of the French Revolution.
[edit] Geography
There are two main streets in Chelles, Foch Avenue and De la Resistance Avenue.
[edit] Demographics
The inhabitants are called Chellois.
As of the estimation of 2004, there where 47,800 people residing in the town.
[edit] Transport
Chelles is served by Chelles – Gournay station on Paris RER line 
and on the Transilien Paris – Est suburban rail line.
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[edit] External links
- Official website (French)
- 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région (English)
- French Ministry of Culture list for Chelles (French)
- Map of Chelles on Michelin (English)
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