Villeneuve-le-Roi
commune in Val-de-Marne, France
Villeneuve-le-Roi (French pronunciation: [vilnœv lə ʁwa] ) is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 13.7 km (8.5 mi) from the centre of Paris. The early 19th-century French orientalist Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1780–1831) was born in Villeneuve-le-Roi on the boat that arrived from Auxerre.
Orly Airport is partially located in the commune.
Population
Transport
Villeneuve-le-Roi is served by Villeneuve-le-Roi station on Paris RER line C.
Education
Communal schools include:
Preschools (écoles maternelles): Cites-Unies, Paul-Painlevé, Paul-Bert, Paul-Eluard, Pauline-Kergomard, and Annie-Fratellini
Elementary schools: Paul-Bert, Paul-Painlevé, Jules-Ferry, and Jean-Moulin
There are two junior high schools:
Collège Jean Macé Villeneuve Le Roi
Collège Jules Ferry
There is one senior high school: Lycée Georges Brassens.
The commune has a public library, Bibliothèque municipale Anatole-France.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Villeneuve-le-Roi” as commune in Val-de-Marne, France. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as commune in Val-de-Marne, France. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q669715. VIAF identifies the subject as 143058723. The Library of Congress control number is nr2001044938. Authority coordinates are 48.734, 2.411. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1780 and 1831.
Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Villeneuve-le-Roi”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Villeneuve-le-Roi primary sources, Villeneuve-le-Roi archive and Villeneuve-le-Roi research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Villeneuve-le-Roi”?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Villeneuve-le-Roi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.