Chaville (French pronunciation: [ʃavil] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department and Île-de-France region of north-central France. It lies some 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the centre of Paris in the south-western suburbs of the French capital.

Chaville is bordered by the following communes (clockwise from the north):

• Sèvres
• Meudon
• Vélizy-Villacoublay
• Viroflay
• Ville-d'Avray.

Roughly 44% of the territory of the commune, situated between the forest of Meudon to the south-east and the forest of Fausses-Reposes to the north-west, is wooded.

Chaville was founded in the 9th century by Inchadus, Bishop of Paris. The earliest recorded form of the name is Inchadi villa.

Chaville is located on route D910 between Paris and Versailles. It is served by three railway stations and one bus line:

• Gare de Chaville-Rive-Droite, on the Transilien suburban rail line from Paris-Saint-Lazare to Versailles-Rive-Droite
• Gare de Chaville-Rive-Gauche, on the Transilien suburban rail line from Paris-Montparnasse to Rambouillet
• Chaville-Vélizy station on Paris RER line C
• RATP Bus line 171 [fr]

As of 2016 there are five preschools (maternelles) with 730 students total: Les Iris, Les Jacinthes, Le Muguet, Les Myosotis, and Les Pâquerettes^[5] As of the same year there are three elementary schools with 1,000 students total: Anatole France, Paul Bert, and Ferdinand Buisson.^[6] There is one junior high school, Collège Jean Moulin de Chaville.^[7]

It is served by the public high school/sixth-form college Lycée Jean Pierre Vernant in Sèvres.^[8][9]

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• Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department

• Chaville website (in French)