Villeneuve-le-Roi
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Villeneuve-le-Roi is a commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the southern suburbs of Paris
Paris
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, France
France
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. It is located 13.7 km (8.5 mi) from the center of Paris
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Paris-Orly Airport is partially located in the commune.

Twin towns

Villeneuve-le-Roi is twinned with the town of Stourport-on-Severn
Stourport-on-Severn
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, Worcestershire
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, England
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Vratsa
Vratsa
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, Bulgaria
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Transport

Villeneuve-le-Roi is served by Villeneuve-le-Roi station on Paris RER line C
RER C
The RER C is one of the five lines in the RER rapid transit system serving :Paris, France. It is operated by SNCF.The line runs from the northwestern terminuses Pontoise , Versailles – Rive Gauche and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to the southeastern terminuses Massy-Palaiseau , Dourdan-la-Forêt , ...

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