Montchauvet, Yvelines

Montchauvet
Town hall
Montchauvet
Location within Île-de-France region  Montchauvet
Administration
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Mantes-la-Jolie
Canton	Houdan
Intercommunality	Pays houdanais
Mayor	Jean-Jacques Le Quéré (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	62–131 m (203–430 ft) (avg. 81 m/266 ft)
Land area1	7.98 km2 (3.08 sq mi)
Population2	292  (2006)
- Density	37 /km2 (96 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	78417/ 78790
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 48°53′32″N 1°37′50″E / 48.8922222222°N 1.63055555556°E / 48.8922222222; 1.63055555556

Montchauvet is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

A British bomber was shot down in the area of Montchauvet on June 8th, 1944. The six men of his crew rest in the local graveyard.

Military gravestones of the crew of the British bomber

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department

References

• INSEE