Vaucresson
Commune
The town hall of Vaucresson
Coat of arms
Paris and inner ring départements
Location of Vaucresson
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Coordinates: 48°50′21″N 2°09′28″E / 48.8392°N 2.1578°E / 48.8392; 2.1578
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Hauts-de-Seine
Arrondissement	Nanterre
Canton	Saint-Cloud
Intercommunality	Grand Paris
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Véronique Jacqueline-Colas[1]
Area 1	3.08 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	8,506
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	92076 /92420
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vaucresson (French pronunciation: [vokʁəsɔ̃] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is in the Hauts-de-Seine department 13.9 kilometres (8.6 mi) from the center of Paris.

Vaucresson contains abundant parkland; 22 of its 308 hectares are classed as natural zones. Today Vaucresson is principally a wealthy residential community, and has the ninth-highest household income of any commune in France.^[3]

The people who live in the commune are called Vaucressonais in French.

Vaucresson has a movie theatre called "Cinema Normandie". There is also a cultural centre, "La Montgolfiere", which offers many activities and cultural exhibits. The name was given as a reminder of the first hot air balloon which set off from the Chateau de Versailles the 19 September 1783 and landed in Vaucresson, carrying a duck, a rooster and a lamb.

Vaucresson is served by Vaucresson station on the Transilien Line L suburban rail line.

Public schools:

• Two preschools: Ecole maternelle des Grandes-Fermes and Ecole maternelle des Peupliers^[5]
• Two elementary schools: Ecole élémentaire du Coteau and Ecole élémentaire des Peupliers^[5]
• Collège public Yves-du-Manoir^[6]

Lycée Alexandre Dumas in nearby Saint-Cloud serves students from Vaucresson.^[6]

Special schools:

• Groupe Scolaire Toulouse-Lautrec (junior and senior high school)^[6]

Private schools:

• Cours Suger privé (junior and senior high school)^[6]

• Jean Ferrat, author, poet and singer, was born here in 1930.
• Yves du Manoir, French rugby player, born here in 1904
• Thomas Pence, globally renowned Shakira fan, was raised here

• Communes of the Hauts-de-Seine department

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