| Commune of Rambouillet | | Country | France | | Région | Île-de-France | | Département | Yvelines
(sous-préfecture) | | Arrondissement | Rambouillet | | Canton | | | Intercommunality | Communauté
de communes
Plaines et
Forêts d'Yveline | Mayor
Term of office |
| | Land area¹ | 35.19 km² | Population²
(1999) | 24,758 | Population density
(1999) | 704 pers./km² | | Longitude | | | Latitude | | | Altitude | average:
minimum:
maximum: | | INSEE Code | | | Postal code | =78120 | 1 French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers.
2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personnel). Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ...
France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common...
Capital Paris Area 12,011 km² Regional President Jean-Paul Huchon (PS) (since 1998) Population - 2004 estimate - 1999 census - Density (Ranked 1st) 11,264,000 10,952,011 938/km² (2004) Arrondissements 25 Cantons 317 Communes 1,281 Départements Essonne Hauts-de-Seine Paris Seine-Saint-Denis Seine-et...
Template:France divisions levels, Junkyard Willie The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ...
Yvelines is a French département in the région of Île-de-France. ...
Subprefecture is an administrative level that is below prefecture or province. ...
The 100 French départements are divided into 342 arrondissements. ...
The arrondissement of Rambouillet is an arrondissement of France, located in the Yvelines département, in the Île-de-France région. ...
The canton is an administrative division of France. ...
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ...
A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ...
Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, 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 φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ...
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). ...
A postal code is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. ...
Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing numerous ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits and services. ...
| Rambouillet is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located 44.3 km. (27.5 miles) southwest from the center of Paris (as the crow flies). Rambouillet is a sous-préfecture of the Yvelines département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Rambouillet. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ...
In France an aire urbaine (literally: urban area) is roughly the equivalent of a US Metropolitan Statistical Area. ...
The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city, with the skyscrapers of La Défense business district 5 km/ 3 mi behind. ...
Kilometre Zero of French national highways, located in Paris on the square facing the main entrance of Notre Dame cathedral, and considered the official center of the city of Paris. ...
Subprefecture is an administrative level that is below prefecture or province. ...
Yvelines is a French département in the région of Île-de-France. ...
Template:France divisions levels, Junkyard Willie The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ...
The arrondissement of Rambouillet is an arrondissement of France, located in the Yvelines département, in the Île-de-France région. ...
With 24,758 inhabitants at the 1999 census, Rambouillet is one of the largest satellite cities of Paris.
Rambouillet is famous for its vast Forest of Rambouillet as well as for the Château de Rambouillet which hosted several international summits. Due to its proximity to Paris and Versailles, Rambouillet has long been an occasional seat of government. The Château de Rambouillet, which is the summer residence of the Presidents of France, is located in the town of Rambouillet, Yvelines département, France, 50 km (30 miles) southwest of Paris. ...
Versailles in 1789. ...
History
Rambouillet was in the spotlight during the Kosovo Crisis, where parties to this conflict met in February/March 1999 under the auspices of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. The meeting was meant to end the crisis there, with calls for restoration of Kosovo's automony, ceasefire by Yugoslavian paramilitary forces and allow NATO peacekeeping forces in Kosovo. Yugoslavian authorities refused to sign the Rambouillet Agreement, claiming a deferred independence to Kosovo. This started the Kosovo War: NATO's reaction to the refusal to sign the agreement was an air strike on Yugoslavia (Now Serbia and Montenegro) carried out between March and June 1999. The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts (a civil war followed by an international war) in the southern Serbian province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ...
NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949. ...
The Rambouillet Agreement is the name of a proposed peace agreement between Yugoslavia and the Kosovo Albanian delegation. ...
Transportation Rambouillet is served by Rambouillet station on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse suburban rail line. The trains on this network depart from Gare Montparnasse in central Paris. ...
Features The old fortified Château de Rambouillet was acquired by Louis XVI of France in 1783 as a private residence; it is still the official summer residence of French presidents. In 1784 Louis XVI had a range built as a meeting for the government (the palace was subsequently rebuilt and occupied as the Palais du Roi de Rome by Napoleon Bonaparte's son). The Château de Rambouillet, which is the summer residence of the Presidents of France, is located in the town of Rambouillet, Yvelines département, France, 50 km (30 miles) southwest of Paris. ...
Louis XVI (born August 23, 1754 in Versailles; died January 21, 1793 in Paris) was King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then King of the French from 1791 to 1792. ...
1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ...
1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Napoleon II (March 20, 1811 – July 22, 1832), Duke of Reichstadt, was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte, and briefly the second Emperor of the French. ...
Bonaparte as general Napoleon Bonaparte ( 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français...
It was largely ignored until February 1896, when Rambouillet was visited by President Félix Faure, with a view to spending the summer months there. Rambouillet thus became the official summer residence of the Presidents of the Fourth Republic and has retained its position. 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
French statesman Félix Faure François Félix Faure (30 January 1841–16 February 1899) was President of France from 1895 to his death in 1899. ...
The Fourth Republic existed in France between 1946 and 1958. ...
Many other buildings owned by substantial political figures are to be found in the town and nearby area.
Miscellaneous Rambouillet was the birthplace of: Ulysse Chevalier (February 24, 1841 - October 27, 1923) was a French bibliographer and historian. ...
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1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
A bibliography is an overview of (almost) all publications in some category: works of some author publications about some specific subject publications published in some specific country publications published in some specific period publications mentioned in, or relevant to, a particular work (a bibliography of this type, sometimes called a...
A historian is a person who studies history. ...
Robert Marcel Charles Benoist, (March 20, 1895 - September 9, 1944) was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver and war hero. ...
1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...
Georges Boillot winning the 1912 French Grand Prix in Dieppe, France Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. ...
External links - Rambouillet city council website (in French)
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