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'Chelles' is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 18.5 km. (11.5 miles) from the center of Paris.
The commune of Chelles is part of the sector of Porte de Paris, one of the four sectors of the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée.

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History

Geography

Demographics

Transport

See also

External links

History

Paleolithic artefacts discovered by chance at Chelles gave the pioneering nineteenth-century anthropologist Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821-1898) ones of his names for the cultural stage now called Olduwan.
At the Merovingian villa of ''Calae'' the abbey of Notre-Dame-des-Chelles was founded by Balthild, a seventh-century queen of the Franks. It was largely demolished at the time of the French Revolution.

Geography

There are two main streets in Chelles, Foch Avenue and De la Resistance Avenue.

Demographics

The inhabitants are called ''Chellois''.
As of the estimation of 2004, there where 47,800 people residing in the town.

Transport

Chelles is served by Chelles – Gournay station on Paris RER line E and on the Transilien Paris – Est suburban rail line.

See also

★ Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department

External links

★ Official website

★ 1999 Land Use, from IAURIF (Institute for Urban Planning and Development of the Paris-Île-de-France région

★ French Ministry of Culture list for Chelles

★ Map of Chelles on Michelin