Le Chesnay | |
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Part of Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt | |
Coordinates: 48°49′16″N 2°07′52″E / 48.8211°N 2.1311°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Yvelines |
Arrondissement | Versailles |
Canton | Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt |
Commune | Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt |
Area 1 | 4.24 km2 (1.64 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[1] | 27,620 |
• Density | 6,500/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 78150 |
Elevation | 113–175 m (371–574 ft) (avg. 145 m or 476 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Le Chesnay (French pronunciation: [lə ʃɛnɛ] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt.[2] It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, 16.7 km (10.4 mi) from the center of Paris.