Plaisir, Yvelines

Plaisir
The church and shops in Plaisir
Coat of arms
Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
Coordinates: 48°49′06″N 1°56′50″E / 48.8183°N 1.9472°ECoordinates: 48°49′06″N 1°56′50″E / 48.8183°N 1.9472°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Versailles
Canton	Plaisir
Government
• Mayor (2012–)	Joséphine Kollmannsberger
Area^1	18.68 km^2 (7.21 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	31,952
• Density	1,700/km^2 (4,400/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	78490 / 78370
Elevation	92–173 m (302–568 ft) (avg. 111 m or 364 ft)
^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.

Plaisir is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, 29.5 km (18.3 mi) from the center of Paris.

It borders among others on Élancourt (south), Trappes (southeast) and Les-Clayes-sous-Bois (east).

Inhabitants are called Plaisirois.

It has a major shopping mall.

Twin towns

It is twinned with Lowestoft, England and Bad Aussee, Austria.

Transport

Plaisir is served by two stations on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse suburban rail line: Plaisir – Les Clayes and Plaisir – Grignon

Education

The commune has 17 preschools with 1,560 students and 13 elementary schools with 2,273 students, with a total of 3,843 students.^[1]

Secondary schools in Plaisir:^[1]

• Collège Guillaume-Apollinaire
• Collège Blaise-Pascal et SEGPA
• Lycée Jean Vilar

Secondary schools in nearby municipalities:^[1]

• Collège La-Fosse-aux-Dames (Les Clayes-sous-Bois)
• Collège La-Clef-de-Saint-Pierre (Elancourt)

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department

References

• INSEE

1. "Etablissements." Plaisir. Retrieved on September 2, 2016.

External links

• Plaisir city council website