Commune of Louveciennes First snow in Louveciennes by Alfred Sisley, 1870
Location
Longitude	02° 05' East
Latitude	48° 52' North
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Canton	Marly-le-Roi
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Coteaux de Seine
Mayor	André Vanhollebeke (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	80? m–180? m (avg. 140 m)
Land area¹	5.37 km²
Population² (1999)	7,217
- Density (1999)	1,344/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	78350/ 78430
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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Louveciennes is a village and commune in the Yvelines département, in France, in the western suburbs of Paris, between Versailles and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and adjacent to Marly-le-Roi. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 590 pixelsFull resolution (2536 × 1869 pixel, file size: 439 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Louveciennes ... Image:Alfred Sisley-Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne. ... Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ (lambda),[1][2] describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi, , gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Capital Paris Land area¹ 12,011 km² Regional President Jean-Paul Huchon (PS) (since 1998) Population  - Jan. ... Departments (French: départements) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... Yvelines is a French département in the région of ÃŽle-de-France. ... The 100 French départements are divided into 342 arrondissements. ... The arrondissement of Saint-Germain-en-Laye is an arrondissement of France, located in the Yvelines département, of the ÃŽle-de-France région. ... The cantons of France are administrative divisions subdividing arrondissements and départements. ... The commune is an administrative division of France. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... INSEE is the French abbreviation for the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques). ... Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits. ... This page lists English translations of several Latin phrases and abbreviations, such as and . ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... Yvelines is a French département in the région of ÃŽle-de-France. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Versailles (pronounced in French), formerly de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center. ... Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. ... Marly-le-Roi is a commune of the Yvelines département, in France. ...

Sights

Le château de Voisins

Le château du Pont

• Many castles from the 17th and 18th century (Chateau des Voisins, Chateau de Madame Du Barry, Chateau du Pont, Chateau du Parc, Chateau des Sources).

• The Château de Louveciennes, built in 1700 by Louis XIV and given to Madame du Barry by Louis XV.
• The Aqueduct of the Machine de Marly

Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2576 × 1932 pixel, file size: 926 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Louveciennes Metadata This file contains additional... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2576 × 1932 pixel, file size: 926 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Louveciennes Metadata This file contains additional... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2576 × 1932 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2576 × 1932 pixel, file size: 1. ... Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune, Fête donnée à Louveciennes le 2 septembre 1771. ... Louis XIV King of France and Navarre By Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701) Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638–September 1, 1715) reigned as King of France and King of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death. ... Jeanne Becu, Comtesse Du Barry [1] [2] (Marie-Jeanne, Comtesse Du Barry) (August 19, 1743 - December 8, 1793) was a French courtesan who became the mistress of Louis XV of France. ... Louis XV (February 15, 1710 – May 10, 1774), called the Well-Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1715 to 1774. ... The Château de Marly was located in what has become Marly-le-Roi, the commune that existed at the edge of the royal park. ...

Culture

L'Aqueduc à Marly by Alfred Sisley, 1874

Entrée du village de Voisins^[1] by Camille Pissarro, 1872

Louveciennes was frequented by impressionist painters in the 19th century; according to the official site, there are over 120 paintings by Renoir, Pissarro, Sisley, and Monet depicting Louveciennes. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 544 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1740 pixel, file size: 365 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Louveciennes ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 544 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1740 pixel, file size: 365 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Louveciennes ... Image:Alfred Sisley-Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne. ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 713 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2024 × 1702 pixel, file size: 428 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Louveciennes ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 713 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2024 × 1702 pixel, file size: 428 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Louveciennes ... The garden of Pontoise, painted 1875. ... Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Impressionism was a 19th century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists, who began exhibiting their art publicly in the 1860s. ... Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841–December 3, 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. ... The garden of Pontoise, painted 1875. ... Image:Alfred Sisley-Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne. ... Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926)[1] was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movements philosophy of expressing ones perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein...

Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, the most famous female painter of the 18th century, died in Louveciennes March 30, 1842. Self Portrait in a Straw Hat, 1782 Elisabeth-Louise Vigee-LeBrun (April 16, 1755 - March 30, 1842) was a French painter, the most famous woman painter of the 18th century. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (90th in leap years). ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Louis, 7th duc de Broglie, physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, died in Louveciennes March 19, 1987. Louis de Broglie Louis-Victor-Pierre-Raymond, 7th duc de Broglie, generally known as Louis de Broglie (August 15, 1892–March 19, 1987), was a French physicist and Nobel Prize laureate. ... ... The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: ) are awards in Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physiology or Medicine and Economics. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

Coat of arms of Louveciennes

Until 1964, Louveciennes belonged to the former Seine-et-Oise département. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Seine-et-Oise was a département of France encompassing the western, northern, and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris. ...

NATO had barracks for SHAPE here from 1959-1967, and the American School of Paris was located nearby from 1959 to 1967. NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on April 4, 1949. ... Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) is the central command of NATO military forces. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...

Economy

After SHAPE left France, the French government allocated the property to CII, which soon thereafter became part of CII Honeywell Bull. Groupe Bull still has offices in Louveciennes. Groupe Bull (also known as Bull Computer or, informally, as Bull) is a French computer company based in Paris. ... Groupe Bull (also known as Bull Computer or, informally, as Bull) is a French computer company based in Paris. ...

Twin towns

Louveciennes is twinned with: For the 1997 film, see Twin Town Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...

• Radlett, United Kingdom, 20 km north of London - since 1983
• Meersburg, Germany, at the shores of lake constance - since 1991
• Vama, Romania, 450 km north of Bucarest - since 2000

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External links

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Louveciennes

• Louveciennes official website (in French)
• American School alumni view of Louveciennes
• Church Saint Martin et Saint Blaise de Louveciennes
• Committee for partnership between Louveciennes and their twin towns (in French)
• Louveciennes 360 panoramas (French)