Chevreuse is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Yvelines

Yvelines

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 department in the Île-de-France

Île-de-France (région)

Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....

 region

Régions of France

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 in north-central France

France

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History

Chevreuse was founded in the 10th century, and celebrated its first millennium of existence in 1980. The evidence of such history can best be seen by the presence of a castle dating back to the same time (Château de la Madeleine).

Geography

Chevreuse is located south of Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, in the middle of a regional national park (Parc Naturel Régional de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse).

Transportation

Chevreuse is serviced by the Paris Metro system (RER B

RER B

The RER B is one of the five lines in the RER rapid transit system serving :Paris, France.The line runs from the northern termini Aéroport Charles de Gaulle and Mitry-Claye to the southern termini Robinson and Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse ....

 line) at the Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse

Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse

Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.It is the southernmost station and endpoint of the RER B line.-References:**...

 station in the neighboring commune by the same name.

See also

• Vallée de Chevreuse
  Vallée de Chevreuse
  Vallée de Chevreuse is the name given to the valley of the Yvette River, flowing though the Yvelines and Essonne departments....
  
  
• Duke of Chevreuse
  Duke of Chevreuse
  Duke of Chevreuse was a French title of nobility, elevated from the barony of Chevreuse in 1545. Originally created for Jean de Brosse, Duc d'Étampes, it was transferred in 1555 to Charles of Guise, the Cardinal of Lorraine, and became a possession of the House of Guise, becoming the title of the...
  
  
• Château de la Madeleine
  Château de la Madeleine
  The Château de la Madeleine is a castle located in the town of Chevreuse, in the French département of Yvelines . In good state of preservation, it was built on the top of a hill and dominates the town....
  
  
• Port-Royal
  Port-Royal
  Port-Royal-des-Champs was an abbey of Cistercian nuns in Magny-les-Hameaux, in the Vallée de Chevreuse southwest of Paris that launched a number of culturally important institutions.-History:...
  
  
• Communes of the Yvelines department

External links

• Further information on Chevreuse can be found at : www.chevreuse.fr
• Further details about the regional park can be found at : www.parc-naturel-chevreuse.fr