Choisy-le-Roi
Choisy- le- Roi is a commune with 41 355 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Val -de- Marne in the Paris area.
Neighboring communities of Choisy -le- Roi are: Alfortville in the northeast, Créteil in the east, Valenton and Villeneuve -Saint -Georges in the southeast, Orly in the south west, Thiais in the west and Vitry -sur- Seine, in the north-west.
Choisy- le- Roi has a joint railway station SNCF and RER line C.
Attractions
- Pont de Choisy- le- Roi, road bridge built in 1962 by Jean Muller
- Castle Choisy
Personalities
- Pierre -Joseph Bernard ( 1708/10-1775 ), poet, playwright and librettist, † in Choisy -le- Roi
- Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836), composer, died in Choisy -le- Roi
- Alexis de Garaudé (1821-1854), composer, born in Choisy -le- Roi
- Pierre Mille (1864-1941), writer and journalist, born in Choisy- le- Roi
- Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), sculptor, was born in Choisy -le- Roi
- Suzanne Chaisemartin (* 1921), organist, born in Choisy- le- Roi
- Roger Vandooren (1923-1998), football player and coach, born in Choisy- le- Roi
- Gérard Quintyn (* 1947), track cyclist and cycling coach, born in Choisy- le- Roi
- Mehdi El Glaoui (* 1956), actor and filmmaker, born in Choisy- le- Roi
- Tonino Benacquista (* 1961), writer, born in Choisy- le- Roi
- Olivier Kapo ( b. 1980 ), football player, grew up in Choisy- le- Roi
- Hugo Valente (* 1992), race car driver, born in Choisy- le- Roi
Twin Cities
Choisy- le- Roi is twinned with
- Hennig village in Brandenburg ( Germany ) (since 1968)
- Lugo in the Emilia- Romagna ( Italy ) (since 1968)
- Dong- Da ( municipality of Hanoi ) in Vietnam ( since 1973)
- Târnova in Romania ( since 1998)