Neauphle-le-Château
Neauphle-le-Château (French pronunciation: [nofl lə ʃɑto] ⓘ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Neauphle-le-Château | |
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Town hall | |
| Coordinates: 48°48′55″N 1°54′11″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Yvelines |
| Arrondissement | Rambouillet |
| Canton | Aubergenville |
| Intercommunality | Cœur d'Yvelines |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Elisabeth Sandjivy[1] |
| Area 1 | 2.15 km2 (0.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 3,340 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 78442 /78640 |
| Elevation | 92–172 m (302–564 ft) (avg. 170 m or 560 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Neauphle-le-Château gained international fame in 1978 when, on October 8, Iranian Islamic leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini rented and moved into a house there following his exile by the regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the midst of the Iranian Revolution, and after being deported from Iraq where he was taking refuge amongst the Shi'a community. The Ayatollah continued to reside there until the following year when he returned to Iran following the collapse of the Shah's regime and later became Iran's Supreme Leader. Due to the Ayatollah's time residing in Neauphle-le-Château, the street in Tehran on which the French Embassy in Iran is located and was previously known as Faranseh (France) street, is now renamed after the village.[3] The small town/big village of Kahak south of the city of Qom was also renamed "Nufeloshato" in the memory of the French village. The property where he lived, at the corner of the Chevreuse Road and Jardins Path has long been fenced off and locked and the former dwelling is now destroyed.
It was also the home of Deanna Durbin, a Hollywood actress, until her death on April 17, 2013.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,558 | — |
| 1975 | 1,952 | +3.27% |
| 1982 | 2,151 | +1.40% |
| 1990 | 2,499 | +1.89% |
| 1999 | 2,771 | +1.15% |
| 2007 | 2,973 | +0.88% |
| 2012 | 3,044 | +0.47% |
| 2017 | 3,373 | +2.07% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
The center of the village is about 2.2km away from the Villiers–Neauphle–Pontchartrain station, served by the Transilien Line N, which connects to Versailles and Paris (Gare Montparnasse).
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- Majd, Hooman. The Ayatollah Begs to Differ. 2008. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-52334-9. 157.
Media related to Neauphle-le-Château at Wikimedia Commons- Neauphle-le-Château city council website (in French)
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