Voisins-le-Bretonneux
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Commune of Voisins-le-Bretonneux |
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| Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Yvelines |
| Arrondissement | Rambouillet |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Quentin- en-Yvelines |
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| Land area¹ | 2.38 km² |
| Population² (Oct. 2003 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
12,480 12,153 |
| - Density | 5,244/km² (2003) |
| 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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Voisins-le-Bretonneux is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 24.1 km. (15 miles) from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, created in the 1960s.
Voisins-le-Bretonneux is twinned with the Scottish town of Irvine.
[edit] Transport
Voisins-le-Bretonneux is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Voisins-le-Bretonneux is Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines station on Paris RER line C, on the Transilien La Défense suburban rail line, and on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse suburban rail line. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Montigny-le-Bretonneux, 3.2 km.(2 miles) from the town center of Voisins-le-Bretonneux.
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