Chaville

Chaville
The town hall of Chaville
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring départements
Coordinates: 48°48′31″N 2°11′19″E / 48.8086°N 2.1886°E / 48.8086; 2.1886Coordinates: 48°48′31″N 2°11′19″E / 48.8086°N 2.1886°E / 48.8086; 2.1886
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement	Boulogne-Billancourt
Canton	Chaville
Intercommunality	Grand Paris Seine Ouest
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Jacques Guillet
Area1	3.55 km2 (1.37 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	18,825
• Density	5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	92022 /92370
Elevation	63–173 m (207–568 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Chaville is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) from the center of Paris.

Chaville borders on the following communes:

Roughly 44% of the land is forest. It is situated between the forest of Meudon to the southeast and the forest of Les Fausses-Reposes to the northwest.

The town was founded in the 9th century. Its name evolved from Inchadivilla to the present Chaville.

Chaville is located on route D910 between Paris and Versailles. It is served by three railway stations and one bus line:

As of 2016^[update] there are five preschools (maternelles) with 730 students total: Les Iris, Les Jacinthes, Le Muguet, Les Myosotis, and Les Pâquerettes As of the same year there are three elementary schools with 1,000 students total: Anatole France, Paul Bert, and Fernand Buisson. There is one junior high school, Collège Jean Moulin de Chaville.

It is served by the public high school/sixth-form college Lycée Jean Pierre Vernant in Sèvres.