Chelles, Seine-et-Marne
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Île Refuge, in the Marne river in Chelles | |
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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 (2022)[2] | 54,372 |
| • 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. | |
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.
History
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.
The Hôtel de Ville was acquired by the commune in 1937.[3]
Geography
There are two main streets in Chelles, Avenue Foch and Avenue de la Résistance.
Demographics
The inhabitants are called Chellois.
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Transport
Chelles is served by Chelles–Gournay station on Paris RER line and on the Transilien Paris-Est suburban rail line .
Education
As of 2016 the commune has 13,000 students in 46 public and private schools.[6] The commune includes 19 public preschools and 16 public elementary schools.[7]
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[8]
- Three public senior high schools/sixth-form colleges, Lycée Gaston Bachelard, Lycée Professionnel Louis Lumière, and Lycée Jehan de Chelles[9]
- One private school - Institution Gasnier Guy, with private preschool and elementary school (Gasnier Guy / Ste Bathilde), junior high school (Collège Gasnier Guy),[8] and senior high school (Lycée Gasnier Guy) divisions[9]
Chelles includes a library, Bibliothèque Olympe de Gouges, and a media centre, Médiathèque Jean-Pierre Vernant.[10]
Culture and recreation
The commune includes the Musée Alfred-Bonno.[11]
There is also a public swimming pool,[12] and a public skate park which opened in 1999.[13]
Chelles is twinned with the city of Lindau, Germany.
Gallery
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Parc Emile Fouchard
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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
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Where Roi Chilpéric was assassinated
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Georges Brassens Chelles Library
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Saint-André Church and Cemetery
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Curie nursery
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Avenue de la Résistance
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ "La mairie en images". Patrimoine et Archives de Chelles. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ^ 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
- 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)