Neauphle-le-Château

Neauphle-le-Château
Commune
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Neauphle-le-Château
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Neauphle-le-Château
Neauphle-le-Château is located in France
Neauphle-le-Château
Neauphle-le-Château
Neauphle-le-Château is located in Île-de-France (region)
Neauphle-le-Château
Neauphle-le-Château
Coordinates: 48°48′55″N 1°54′11″E / 48.8153°N 1.9031°E / 48.8153; 1.9031
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentYvelines
ArrondissementRambouillet
CantonAubergenville
IntercommunalityCC Cœur d'Yvelines
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Élisabeth Sandjivy (DVD)[1]
Area
1
2.15 km2 (0.83 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
3,250
 • Density1,510/km2 (3,920/sq mi)
DemonymNeauphléens
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
78442 /78640
Elevation92–172 m (302–564 ft)
(avg. 170 m or 560 ft)
Websitewww.neauphle-le-chateau.com
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 (French pronunciation: [nofl lə ʃɑto] ⓘ; lit. 'Neauphle-the-Castle') is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

History

Neauphle-le-Château gained international fame in 1978 when, on 8 October, 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 Shia 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 of Kahak south of the city of Qom was also renamed "Nufeloshato" in the memory of the French village.[citation needed] The property where he lived still stands at 67 Route de Chevreuse.

It was also the home of Deanna Durbin, a Hollywood actress, until her death on 17 April 2013. The writer Marguerite Duras lived here in a house which she described as the one in which she had lived the longest.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% 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]

Transportation

The center of the village is about 2.2 (1.3 mi) km away from the Villiers–Neauphle–Pontchartrain station, served by the Transilien Line N, which connects to Versailles and Paris (Gare Montparnasse).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ^ Majd, Hooman. The Ayatollah Begs to Differ. 2008. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-52334-9. 157.
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE.
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