Plaisir, Yvelines

Plaisir

The church and shops in Plaisir

Coat of arms

Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs

Coordinates:

Country

France

Region

Île-de-France

Department

Yvelines

Arrondissement

Versailles

Canton

Plaisir

Government

• Mayor (2012–)

Joséphine Kollmannsberger

Area¹

18.68 km² (7.21 sq mi)

Population (2006)²

31,952

• Density

1,700/km² (4,400/sq mi)

INSEE/Postal code

78490 / 78370

Elevation

92–173 m (302–568 ft)
(avg. 111 m or 364 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Plaisir is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, 29.5 km (18.3 mi) from the center of Paris.

It borders among others on Élancourt (south), Trappes (southeast) and Les-Clayes-sous-Bois (east).

Inhabitants are called Plaisirois.

It has a major shopping mall.

Twin towns

It is twinned with Lowestoft, England and Bad Aussee, [[Austria

Categories

Coordinates not on Wikidata

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Plaisir, Yvelines