Le Chesnay () is a former commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt.Arrêté préfectoral 29 November 2018 It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris.
History
On 1 July 1815, Napoleon's Grande Armée fought its last battle in Rocquencourt and Le Chesnay. After the defeat of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, Grouchy's army withdrew to Paris via Namur and Dinant, reaching Paris on 29 June, a few days before the Prussians, who camped at Versailles.
While negotiating the final armistice, Exelmans was ordered to attack the Prussians at Versailles on 1 July 1815. Under attack the Prussians retreated from Versailles and headed east, but were blocked by the French at Vélizy. They failed to re-enter Versailles and headed for Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Their first squadron came under fire at the entrance of Rocquencourt and attempted to escape through the fields. They were forced into a small, narrow street in Le Chesnay and killed or captured. However, the main body of the Prussian army succeeded in reaching Saint-Germain. (From Presentation of Rocquencourt)
The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1980.
Transport Le Chesnay is not served by any station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Le Chesnay is Versailles – Rive Droite station on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. This station is located in the neighboring city of Versailles, from the town center of Le Chesnay.
Notable residents Nicolas Anelka (born 1979), footballer Dora Bianka (c. 1895–1979) Polish-born painter Laura Georges (born 1984), footballer Nicolas Godin (born 1969), member of music group Air Tristan Gommendy (born 1979), racing driver Thomas Lombard (born 1975), rugby union player Sébastien Rouault (born 1986), swimmer Kevin Staut (born 1980), equestrian Victor Wembanyama (born 2004), basketball player Simone Zanoni (born 1976), Italian chef
Hospital André Mignot Hospital
Education Public preschools:"Les écoles publiques primaires." Le Chesnay. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. Maryse Bastié Hélène Boucher Jean-Louis Forain Jean de La Fontaine Mozart Charles Perrault
Public elementary schools: Guynemer Langevin Le Nôtre Molière
Public secondary schools:"L'enseignement secondaire public." Le Chesnay. Retrieved on September 3, 2016. Collège Charles Péguy – Junior high school Lycée Jean Moulin – Senior high school/sixth form college The commune is also served by senior high schools/sixth form colleges in Versailles: , Lycée Hoche, Lycée Marie-Curie, Lycée Jules-Ferry, and Lycée Jacques-Prévert.
There is one private school, Blanche de Castille, with a preschool and elementary school campus, and a junior high school and senior high school campus."Les écoles de l'enseignement privé." Le Chesnay. Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
Universities: Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
There is also a municipal library, la Bibliothèque du Chesnay.Home. Bibliothèque du Chesnay (Le Chesnay Library). Retrieved on September 3, 2016.
See also Communes of the Yvelines department
References
External links
Official website (in French)