Ville-d'Avray

French commune
nomcommune=Ville-d'Avray

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lat_long=coord|48|49|37|N|2|11|19|E
région=Île-de-France
département=Hauts-de-Seine
arrondissement=Boulogne-Billancourt
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intercomm= Communauté
d'agglomération
Arc de Seine
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km²= 3.67
sans=
11,200
11,415
date-sans=July 1, 2005 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census
dens=3,052 |date-dens=2005|

Ville-d'Avray is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.9 km. (7.4 miles) from the center of Paris. The commune is served by the Boulogne-Billancourt prefecture, of the Hauts-de-Seine department.

Transport

Ville-d'Avray is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Ville-d'Avray is Sèvres – Ville d'Avray station on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Sèvres, 0.8 km.(0.5 miles) from the town center of Ville-d'Avray.

Notable people

Landscape painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot maintained a residence in the village and used the area as a subject for several paintings including Ville d'Avray (painting) in 1867. Actress Isabelle Huppert spent her childhood in Ville-d'Avray. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001376/bio Isabelle Huppert - Biography ] ] French author Boris Vian was born in the town in 1920.

ee also

* Sundays and Cybele

References

External links

* [http://www.mairie-villedavray.fr/ Ville-d'Avray town council website] (in French)
* [http://www.villedavray.info/ Villedavray.info] (in French, English and German)