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Rueil-Malmaison
France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and comprises various overseas islands and territories which are located in other regions. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. At 674,843 square kilometers, France is the world's 40th-largest country after Myanmar. France is a member of The European Union and Paris is the capital of this nation. The sole official language of France is French. Since prehistoric times, France has been a crossroads of trade, migrations, and invasions.
Rueil-Malmaison is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located at about 12.6 kilometers far away from the center of Paris. The land area of the city is 14.7 square kilometer. The population of the city as of July 1, 2004 was 76,500 and according to the March 8, 1999 census, it was 73,469. The density of population of the city in 2004 was 5,204 per square kilometer.
Rueil-Malmaison was originally called simply Rueil. In medieval times the name Rueil was spelled Roialum, Riogilum, Rotoialum, Ruolium, or Ruellium. In 1928, the name of the commune officially became Rueil-Malmaison in reference to its most famous tourist attraction, the Chateau de Malmaison, home of Napoleon's first wife Josephine de Beauharnais. The name Malmaison comes from Medieval Latin mala mansio, meaning ill-fated domain, estate of ill luck.
In the early middle ages, Malmaison was the site of a royal residence which was destroyed by the Vikings in 846, hence the name. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Rueil was located on the front line. At the end of the 19th century famous painters like Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edouard Manet and Claude Monet came to paint the Seine which crosses the city. Rueil-Malmaison is served by Rueil-Malmaison station on Paris rail line A.
Rueil-Malmaison is a city known for its historic myths and traditions, scenic beauty, cooperative people and luxurious hotels and cottages. Rueil-Malmaison is one of the favorite holiday destinations for most of the vacation lovers.
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