La Celle-Saint-Cloud
La Celle-Saint-Cloud is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is a western outer suburb of Paris, from its centre, on the departmental border with Hauts-de-Seine.
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.Attractions
- The Château de la Celle, now property of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs
- The Château de Beauregard
- The Pavillon du Butard
Education
Public preschool and elementary schools in the commune:- Groupe scolaire Jules Ferry
- Groupe scolaire Henri Dunant
- Groupe Scolaire Louis Pasteur
- Groupe Scolaire Morel de Vindé
- Groupe Scolaire Pierre et Marie Curie
- Collège Victor Hugo
- Collège Louis Pasteur
- Lycée Pierre Corneille
- Lycée Professionnel Lucien-René Duchesne
- Lycée Professionnel Jean-Baptiste Colbert
- École privée Sainte-Marie
Notable people
- La Celle-Saint-Cloud is the birthplace of the noted Franco-British author Hilaire Belloc.
- It was the home of English actress Harriet Howard following her affair with Napoleon III. She owned the château de Beauregard, which was later owned by Maurice de Hirsch.
- Lucien-Rene Duchesne, mayor of La Celle-Saint-Cloud from 1959 to 1981.
- French actress and model Ludivine Sagnier is also a native of La Celle-Saint-Cloud.
- Since September 2014, politician Marine Le Pen has resided in the town.
- Henri Vetch was born in this town.