Viroflay

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Viroflay

Total population

16,960

Air quality index

32Good

Elevation92 m

Land area3.49 km²

WeatherAvg high 61°F

Coordinates48.80°, 2.17°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Viroflay is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris 14.1 km (8.8 mi) from the center and 3 km (1.9 mi) from the Palace of Versailles.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Gaston Moch

French Esperantist and artillery officer (1859–1935)

Colette Deréal

French singer (1927-1988)

S

Sylvain Monsoreau

French football player

Charles Colinet

engineer, promoter of trails in the forest of Fontainebleau and continuator of the work of Claude François Denecourt (1839-1905)

François André Michaux

French botanist (1770-1855)

Jean Saint-Fort Paillard

French military officer and equestrian

F

Frédéric Gros

French philosopher

Georges Lemaire

French sculptor (1853–1914)

Henry de La Falaise

American film director (1898-1972)

Hugues Royer

French journalist (1965–2017)

P

Paul-Marie Leroy

French engineer

É

Éric Mura

French footballer

É

Élie Ehua

French footballer

W

Warren Coopman

Canadian baseball player (1992-)

A

Armand Laroche

French painter (1826–1903)

I

Irène Pereira

French sociologist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Île-de-France

• Versailles
  2.1 mi away · pop. 83,587
• Jouy-en-Josas
  2.4 mi away · pop. 7,928
• Vaucresson
  2.8 mi away · pop. 8,566
• Les Loges-en-Josas
  2.9 mi away · pop. 1,646
• Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt
  3.1 mi away · pop. 31,057
• Bièvres
  3.7 mi away · pop. 4,748
• Igny
  4.6 mi away · pop. 10,213
• Bougival
  4.7 mi away · pop. 9,031
• Vauhallan
  4.7 mi away · pop. 2,066
• Bailly
  5 mi away · pop. 3,650
• Châtillon
  5.3 mi away · pop. 36,777
• Villiers-le-Bâcle
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,097

Browse all places in Île-de-France →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Brown-lipped Snail

Cepaea nemoralis

Seen 2026-06-17

mock strawberry

Potentilla indica

Seen 2026-06-17

common selfheal

Prunella vulgaris

Seen 2026-06-17

Garden soldier fly

Exaireta spinigera

Seen 2026-06-17

Broad-winged Thistle

Carduus acanthoides

Seen 2026-06-17

Common Lambsquarters

Chenopodium album

Seen 2026-06-17

white clover

Trifolium repens

Seen 2026-06-17

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-06-17

Flax-leaved Horseweed

Erigeron bonariensis

Seen 2026-06-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers