Summary
Chelles (French pronunciation: [ʃɛl] ⓘ) is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region 18 km (11 mi) from the center of Paris.
Chelles | |
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 Île Refuge, in the Marne river in Chelles | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs | |
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| Coordinates: 48°53′00″N 2°36′00″E / 48.8833°N 2.6000°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Torcy |
| Canton | Chelles |
| Intercommunality | CA Paris - Vallée de la Marne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Brice Rabaste[1] |
| Area 1 | 16.3 km2 (6.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 54,309 |
| • Density | 3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77108 /77500 |
| Elevation | 36–106 m (118–348 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History edit
Paleolithic artifacts were discovered by chance at Chelles by the pioneering nineteenth-century anthropologist Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821–1898); he named the corresponding cultural stage of the Paleolithic after the commune: «Chellean» or «Chellian», nowadays known as «Oldowan».
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.
Geography edit
There are two main streets in Chelles, Avenue Foch and Avenue de la Résistance.
Demographics edit
The inhabitants are called Chellois.
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Transport edit
Chelles is served by Chelles–Gournay station on Paris RER line 
and on the Transilien Paris-Est suburban rail line 
.
Education edit
As of 2016[update] the commune has 13,000 students in 46 public and private schools.[5] The commune includes 19 public preschools and 16 public elementary schools.[6]
There are also:
- Four public junior high schools: Collège Beau soleil, Collège Corot, Collège de l'Europe, Collège Pierre Weczerka and Collège Simone Veil - Beau Soleil and de l'Europe have Enseignement Général Professionnel Adapté (S.E.G.P.A) programmes[7]
- Three public senior high schools/sixth-form colleges, Lycée Gaston Bachelard, Lycée Professionnel Louis Lumière, and Lycée Jehan de Chelles[8]
- One private school - Institution Gasnier Guy, with private preschool and elementary school (Gasnier Guy / Ste Bathilde), junior high school (Collège Gasnier Guy),[7] and senior high school (Lycée Gasnier Guy) divisions[8]
Chelles includes a library, Bibliothèque Olympe de Gouges, and a media centre, Médiathèque Jean-Pierre Vernant.[9]
Culture and recreation edit
The commune includes the Musée Alfred-Bonno.[10]
There is also a public swimming pool,[11] and a public skate park which opened in 1999.[12]
Chelles is twinned with the city of Lindau, Germany.
Gallery edit
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Parc Emile Fouchard -
Île Refuge, in the Marne river, is part of the Local Nature Reserve of the islands of Chelles
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Chelles-Gournay train station -
Where Roi Chilpéric was assassinated -
Georges Brassens Chelles Library -
Saint-André Church and Cemetery -
Curie nursery -
Avenue de la Résistance
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Chelles, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Éducation." Chelles. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ "Liste des écoles, inscriptions et fonctionnement de l’école." Chelles. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ a b "Collèges." Chelles. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ a b "Lycées." Chelles. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ "Médiathèque – Bibliothèque." Chelles. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ "Musée Alfred-Bonno Archived 2016-09-21 at the Wayback Machine." Chelles. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ "Piscine de Chelles Archived 2016-09-12 at the Wayback Machine." Chelles. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
- ^ "Skatepark Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine." Chelles. Retrieved on September 6, 2016.
External links edit
- Official website (in French)
- 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région) (in English)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)