La Rochette is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It a small, particularly affluent community bordering the Seine river to the east and the historical Fontainebleau forest to the south which houses the world-renowned Chateau de Fontainebleau.
Population: 3,067
Latitude: 48° 30' 31.75" N
Longitude: 2° 39' 48.85" E
Île-de-France (French pronunciation: [ildəfʁɑ̃s]) (literally "Island of France"; see the Etymology section), also known as the région parisienne, "Paris Region". is one of the twenty-seven regions of France, and includes the city of Paris. It covers…
INSEAD is a graduate business school with campuses in Europe (Fontainebleau, France), Asia (Singapore), and the Middle East (Abu Dhabi).
The École polytechnique (commonly known as Polytechnique or by the nickname " X ") is a French public institution of higher education and research, located in Palaiseau near Paris.
Autodrome de Montlhéry (established 4 October 1924) is a motor racing circuit, officially called L’autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry, located south-west of the small town of Montlhéry about thirty kilometres south of Paris.
The Palace of Fontainebleau (/fɒntɪnˌbloʊ/; French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛnblo]) or Château de Fontainebleau is located 55 kilometers southeast of the centre of Paris, and is one of the largest French royal châteaux. The medieval castle and later châ…
The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is a baroque French château located in Maincy, near Melun, 55 km southeast of Paris in the Seine-et-Marne département of France.
Air France Flight 007, a charter flight carrying the elite of Atlanta, Georgia's arts community, crashed on June 3, 1962 while attempting to depart Paris's Orly Airport. The 707 carried 122 passengers and 10 crew and only two survived. The crash was…
University of Paris-Sud (University of Paris XI) is a French university distributed among several campuses in the southern suburb of Paris (including Orsay, Cachan, Châtenay-Malabry, Sceaux and Kremlin-Bicêtre campuses). The main campus is located i…
Évry (French pronunciation: [e.vʁi]) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France, prefecture of the department of Essonne.
The Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS; in English: Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies) is a French institute supporting advanced research in mathematics and theoretical physics. It is located in Bures-sur-Yvette just south of Pari…
SOLEIL ("Sun" in French) is a synchrotron facility near Paris, France.
The Moon's surface is covered in many interesting features. Among these are several large valleys that have been given names.
École supérieure d'électricité, commonly known as Supélec, is a French graduate school of engineering awarding the equivalent of a master's degree and Ph.D opportunities. It is one of the most prestigious and selective Grandes Ecoles in France, and …
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery, is part of the Cimetière de Liers (there is another cemetery of the same name nearby) and is a Russian Orthodox cemetery, in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois.
The forest of Fontainebleau (French: Forêt de Fontainebleau, or Forêt de Bière, meaning "forest of heather") is a mixed deciduous forest lying sixty kilometres southeast of Paris, France. It is located primarily in the arrondissement of Fontaineblea…
Fleury-Mérogis Prison (Maison d'arrêt de Fleury-Mérogis) is a prison in France, located in the town of Fleury-Mérogis, in the southern suburbs of Paris. With 3,800 prisoners, it is the largest prison in Europe.
Yvette is female given name, the French feminine form of Yves, which means yew or archer in some cases.
Brie is a historic region of northern France notable in modern times for Brie cheese.