Bougival () is a suburban commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is located west from the centre of Paris, on the left bank of the River Seine, on the departmental border with Hauts-de-Seine.

As the site where many of the Impressionists (including Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Berthe Morisot and Auguste Renoir) painted country scenes along the Seine, the town today hosts a series of six historical placards, known as the "Impressionists Walk", at locations from which the noted painters depicted the scenes of Bougival.

Bougival is also noted as the site of the Machine de Marly, a sprawling, complicated

In Bougival, Georges Bizet composed the opera Carmen at his home on Rue Ivan Tourguenievf on the Seine,

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Transport

Bougival is served by Bougival station on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. This station is located at the border between the commune of Bougival and the commune of La Celle-Saint-Cloud, on the La Celle-Saint-Cloud side of the border.

Two multiple locks on the River Seine are located in Bougival.

Education

Schools in Bougival include:

Public preschools:

  • Ecole maternelle Monet
  • Ecole maternelle Peintre Gérôme

Public elementary schools:

  • Ecole élémentaire Claude Monet
  • Ecole élémentaire Auguste Renoir

There is a private school, Ecole privée Sainte-Thérèse/Collège privée Sainte Thérèse, that goes from preschool through junior high school level 3e.

Junior high schools:

  • Collège Jean Moulin – Croissy-sur-Seine
  • Collège Victor Hugo – La Celle-Saint-Cloud
  • Collège Pasteur – La Celle-Saint-Cloud
  • Collège Pierre et Marie Curie – Le Pecq

Senior high schools/sixth form colleges:

  • Lycée Corneille (La Celle Saint Cloud)

The Bibliothèque Emile Richebourg is the community's public library.

Notable residents

Rennequin Sualem, inventor of the Marly Machine, died in Bougival in 1708. Ivan Turgenev died in Bougival in 1883, as well as Georges Bizet in 1875. Pauline Viardot made Bougival her home. Gabrielle d'Estrées had a château there (destroyed in the 19th century).

The town has since been home to noted residents including Guillaume Depardieu, Jean-Louis Aubert, Michel Rocard, Laurent Garnier, Jean-Marie Hullot, Jean Michel Jarre, Benjamin Castaldi, Neymar, Charles-Louis Havas and Gilbert Montagné have been residents of Bougival.

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File:Bougival - écluses01.jpg|The locks of the River Seine at Bougival

Image:Alfred Sisley 018.jpg|The Seine at Bougival, painted by Alfred Sisley in 1876

File:Dance-At-Bougival.jpg|Dance at Bougival, painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1882–1883

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See also

  • Communes of the Yvelines department

References

  • 360 panoramas
  • esamisdebizet.com
  • Town website