Neauphle-le-Château

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Coordinates: 48°48′55″N 1°54′11″E / 48.8152777778, 1.90305555556

Commune of Neauphle-le-Château Town hall
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Rambouillet
Canton	Montfort-l'Amaury
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Cœur d'Yvelines
Mayor	Bernard Joppin (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	92 m–172 m (avg. 170 m)
Land area¹	2.15 km²
Population² (1999)	2,771
- Density	1,289/km² (199)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	78442/ 78640
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.

Neauphle-le-Château is a commune of the Yvelines département, in France. Population (1999): 2,771.

[edit] History

October 8, 1978: expelled from Iraq, Ayatollah Khomeini continued his exile and found a roof in Neauphle-le-Château, from where he returned to his native Iran on February 1, 1979. Thus, Teheran now has a Neauphle-le-Château street where the embassy of France is located. The property where he resided, at the corner of the Chevreuse Road and Jardins Path has long been fenced off and locked and the former dwelling is now destroyed.

[edit] External links

• Neauphle-le-Château city council website (in French)