Chelles, Seine-et-Marne
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 Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs |
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| Coordinates: 48°53′00″N 2°36′00″E / 48.8833°N 2.6000°ECoordinates: 48°53′00″N 2°36′00″E / 48.8833°N 2.6000°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Seine-et-Marne |
| Arrondissement | Torcy |
| Canton | Chelles |
| Intercommunality | CA Paris - Vallée de la Marne |
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| • Mayor (2014-) | Brice Rabaste |
| Area1 | 16.3 km2 (6.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2007)2 | 51,035 |
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 77108 /77500 |
| Elevation | 36–106 m (118–348 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Chelles is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region 18 km (11 mi) from the center of Paris.
Paleolithic artifacts were discovered by chance at Chelles by the pioneering nineteenth-century anthropologist Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821–1898); he named the corresponding cultural stage of the Paleolithic after the commune: «Chellean» or «Chellian», nowadays known as «Oldowan».
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.
There are two main streets in Chelles, Avenue Foch and Avenue de la Résistance.
The inhabitants are called Chellois.
Chelles is served by Chelles – Gournay station on Paris RER line 
and on the Transilien Paris – Est suburban rail line 
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