Coignières
Coignières | |
|---|---|
Location of  | |
| Country | France |
| Arrondissement | Rambouillet |
| Canton | Maurepas |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 78168 / |
Coignières is a village and commune in the Yvelines département of northern France.
Geography
Coignières is situated 18 km southwest of Versailles. Its neighbours include Maurepas to the north, Mesnil-Saint-Denis and Lévis-Saint-Nom to the east, Essarts-le-Roi to the south and Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré to the west.
The village is roughly 170 m above sea level, fairly flat except to the west where there is a valley with the Mauldre river which runs from the area called la Maison Blanche to the north.
Coignières is connected by the RN10 route nationale 10 which traverses the commune from the northeast to the southwest, and given the amount of traffic it effectly divides the commune in two. Coignières train station is located on the Paris-Chartres train line and runs parallel to the RN10.
The commune is quite well developed with new housing and commercial zones near Maurepas and beyond the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines region. There is also a large industrial zone (le Marais) between the RN10 and the railway line.
Part of the commune to the west is still a partly wooded rural area (Bois des Hautes Bruyères).
Finally, the GR 11 footpath also cuts across the commune from east to west.
Coignières is not currently twinned with any other village. The newly re-elected mayor (Henri Pailleux, re-elected the 16th March, 2008) and his town council are currently looking for a similar sized village in southern England which may be interested in establishing a town twinning relationship with a view to student exchanges etc.
See also
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