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La Celle-Saint-Cloud is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. It is located . (9.7 miles) from the center of Paris
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In many countries, Kilometre Zero or similar terms in other languages, is a particular location , from which distances are traditionally measured....
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elle-Saint-Cloud is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line: La Celle-Saint-Cloud and Bougival.


Famous Persons
La Celle-Saint-Cloud is the birthplace of the noted Franco-British author Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc

Joseph Hilaire Pierre Ren? Belloc was a France-born writer and historian who became a naturalised United Kingdom subject in 1902. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century....
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La Celle-Saint-Cloud is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
. It is located . (9.7 miles) from the center of Paris
Kilometre Zero

In many countries, Kilometre Zero or similar terms in other languages, is a particular location , from which distances are traditionally measured....
.

Transport

La Celle-Saint-Cloud is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line: La Celle-Saint-Cloud and Bougival.

Monuments

  • Château de la Celle
    Château de la Celle

    The ch?teau de La Celle, also named ch?teau de La Celle Saint-Cloud or the petit ch?teau, is located in the Communes of France of La Celle-Saint-Cloud, in the French Departments of France of Yvelines , south-west suburbs of Paris, six kilometers north of Versailles....
    , now property of the French minister for foreign affairs.
  • former château de Beauregard
    Château de Beauregard, La Celle-Saint-Cloud

    Ch?teau de Beauregard is a former house in La Celle-Saint-Cloud south-west suburbs of Paris, five kilometers north of Versailles.The name of the domain seems to have its roots in the Middle-Age....
  • Pavillon du Butard
    Pavillon du Butard

    The Pavilion du Butard is a hunting lodge in the For?t de Fausses-Reposes in the territory of La Celle-Saint-Cloud in Yvelines, France. Part of the gardens of Versailles, it was designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel for Louis XV and built between 1750 and 1754....


Famous Persons


La Celle-Saint-Cloud is the birthplace of the noted Franco-British author Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc

Joseph Hilaire Pierre Ren? Belloc was a France-born writer and historian who became a naturalised United Kingdom subject in 1902. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century....
. It was also the home of English actress Harriet Howard
Harriet Howard

Harriet Howard, born Elizabeth Ann Haryett was a mistress and financial backer of Napoleon III of France....
 following her affair with Napoleon III of France
Napoleon III of France

Napol?on III, also known as Louis-Napol?on Bonaparte was the first President of the French Republic and the only emperor of the Second French Empire....
. She owned the château de Beauregard
Château de Beauregard, La Celle-Saint-Cloud

Ch?teau de Beauregard is a former house in La Celle-Saint-Cloud south-west suburbs of Paris, five kilometers north of Versailles.The name of the domain seems to have its roots in the Middle-Age....
. The castle was after owned by Maurice de Hirsch
Maurice de Hirsch

Maurice de Hirsch, or Baron Moritz von Hirsch auf Gereuth, , Germany - Jewish businessman and philanthropist who lived in France, in England and in the Austrian-Hungarian Empire,...
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World-renowned English painter Betty Burk resides in La Celle-Saint-Cloud in the home she and her husband designed and built in the 1970s.

Lucien-Rene Duchesne
Lucien-Rene Duchesne

Lucien-Rene Duchesne , was mayor of la Celle-Saint-Cloud from 1959 to 1981....
 (1908 - 1984), mayor of la Celle-Saint-Cloud from 1959 to 1981.

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