Vélizy-Villacoublay

Velizy -Villacoublay is a French municipality with 20,711 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the southwest of Paris in the Yvelines department. It is 13.9 kilometers from Paris city center. Find there are mainly large companies such as Dassault Systemes, Alcatel- Lucent, Blizzard, Microsoft, Thales. In the center, the shopping center is Velizy 2

Name

Originally, the name only from Velizy, in 1938 the city was officially named but Velizy -Villacoublay.

Traffic

There are bus connections to the Pont de Sèvres with connection to line 9 of the Paris Métro and to Versailles. It is also possible to travel by bus to Chaville and enter there at the station Chaville - Velizy in the RER C, which goes to the center of Paris and Orly Airport. It is planned the construction of a tram, the intended opening date is 2009. To the south of the town is the military airfield Villacoublay.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Aline Ubiergo Riera ( b. 1972 ), French football national team

Others

Twin town in Germany is Dietzenbach.

Hall of Velizy- Villacoublay

Church in Velizy- Villacoublay

Arrondissement Arrondissement of Versailles Cantons of France Postal codes in France France Dassault Systèmes Alcatel-Lucent Blizzard Entertainment Versailles (city)
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