Welcome to l’ “Etang-la-ville.com” (”Town by the Pond”). Welcome to our town! We hope you enjoy your virtual visit of the ever beautiful Parisian village of l’Etang-la-ville.

l’Etang-la-Ville is a small village of only 4,500 inhabitants, situated in the most priviledged suburbs of Paris, right next to Paris, on the West side, an area once chosen by King Louis XIV to build his palace in Versailles, which was then the capital of France, and another castle in Marly-le-Roi, next to l’Etang-la-ville, as a place of retreat.

France is divided into a number of regions. Each region contains a certain number of departments. A bit like states and counties in the United States. l’Etang-la-ville is in the region of Ile-de-France, like Paris, Saint Germain en Laye, Versailles, Rambouillet, Boulogne, Vincennes, and the dozens of other historical cities which makes Ile-de-France the richest region of France, both historically and culturally. l’Etang-la-ville is in the department of Les Yvelynes. It is litterally next to Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Versailles, which have some of the best schools in France, like the internationally renowned Lycee International de Saint-Germain-en-Laye ( International school of Saint-Germain-en-Laye ) and many more in Paris like the Lycee Louis Le Grand, Henri IV, but also some of the best post-secondary educational institutions in the world, such as Ecole Centrale, Ecole d’Ingenieur Polytechnique Saint-Cyr, la Sorbonne university, Les Beaux-Arts, and many more in and around Paris.

Yet, the air is so pure and the atmosphere so peaceful in l’Etang-la-ville, that you would never think you were this close to civilization, or actually at the heart of it. Somehow, l’Etang-la-Ville has managed to remain the same quiet and beautiful village that inspired almost every impressionist and post-impressionist artists in the late 1890’s, like Vuillard and Bonnard, who chose l’Etang-la-Ville as their home, and even made l’Etang la Ville the home of the post-impressionist art movement known as Les Nabis. At the turn of the 20th century, Art Nouveau replaced impressionism and post impressionism. It was the first art movement to incorporate architecture. l’Etang-la-Ville still hosts a few Art Nouveau houses, rare gems which have survived the 20th century!

Throughout history, from kings to painters, l’Etang-la-Ville has provided two things: Calm and breathtaking landscapes.next to Paris Some needed these two things to rest, others needed them to work. In both cases, they also needed to live for business. Sounds familiar? The world may change, but not our needs