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Neauphle-le-Château
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Neauphle-le-ChâteauLocation within Île-de-France region
Neauphle-le-ChâteauAdministration Country France Region Île-de-France Department Yvelines Arrondissement Rambouillet Canton Montfort-l'Amaury Intercommunality Cœur d'Yvelines Mayor Bernard Joppin
(2001–2008)Statistics Elevation 92–172 m (302–564 ft)
(avg. 170 m/560 ft)Land area1 2.15 km2 (0.83 sq mi) Population2 3,001 (2006) - Density 1,396 /km2 (3,620 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 78442/ 78640 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°48′55″N 1°54′11″E / 48.8152777778°N 1.90305555556°E
Neauphle-le-Château is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
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History
Ayatollah Khomeini at Neauphle-le-Chateau
Neauphle-le-Château would gain international notoriety in 1978 when, on October 8th, Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini rented and moved into a local chateau following his exile by the regime of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi in the midst of the Iranian Revolution, and after being deported from Iraq where he was taking refuge amongst the Shi'a community. The Ayatollah would continue to reside there until the following year, when he returned to Iran following the collapse of the Shah's regime, and later became Iran's Supreme Leader. Due to the Ayatollah's time residing in Neauphle-le-Château, a street in Tehran on which the French Embassy in Iran is located is named after the village.[1] The property where he resided, at the corner of the Chevreuse Road and Jardins Path has long been fenced off and locked and the former dwelling is now destroyed.
See also
References
- ^ Majd, Hooman. The Ayatollah Begs to Differ. 2008. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-52334-9. 157.
External links
- Neauphle-le-Château city council website (in French)
Categories:- Communes of Yvelines
- Buildings and structures of the Iranian Revolution
- Yvelines geography stubs
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