Bougival

In the 19th century, Bougival emerged as a fashionable suburb of Paris. Pauline Viardot had a villa there, as did her paramour Ivan Turgenev, who died in the town in 1883. Bougival was also known as the "Cradle of Impressionism" during the Belle Époque. Painters Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Sisley among others painted the light, sky, and water of this area. Alexandre Dumas, fils set parts of his novel The Lady of the Camellias in Bougival. The Junior division of the British School of Paris (formerly the English School of Paris) was located in Bougival up until 2008. Prior to the English School, it was a Catholic all-girls school called Marymount in the 1960s. It was reported that the Germans occupied the estate during World War II, along with the nuns that lived there, due to the estate's vantage point of the Seine River. Rennequin Sualem ==Demographics==

Bougival is served by Bougival station on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. This station is located at the border between the commune of Bougival and the commune of La Celle-Saint-Cloud, on the La Celle-Saint-Cloud side of the border. Two multiple locks on the River Seine are located in Bougival. ==Education==

Schools in Bougival include: Public preschools: • Ecole maternelle Monet • Ecole maternelle Peintre Gérôme Public elementary schools: • Ecole élémentaire Claude Monet • Ecole élémentaire Auguste Renoir There is a private school, Ecole privée Sainte-Thérèse/Collège privée Sainte Thérèse, that goes from preschool through junior high school level 3e. Junior high schools: • Collège Jean Moulin – Croissy-sur-Seine • Collège Victor Hugo – La Celle-Saint-Cloud • Collège Pasteur – La Celle-Saint-Cloud • Collège Pierre et Marie Curie – Le Pecq Senior high schools/sixth form colleges: • Lycée Corneille (La Celle Saint Cloud) The Bibliothèque Emile Richebourg is the community's public library. ==Notable residents==

Rennequin Sualem, inventor of the Marly Machine, died in Bougival in 1708. Ivan Turgenev died in Bougival in 1883, as well as Georges Bizet in 1875. Pauline Viardot made Bougival her home. Gabrielle d'Estrées had a château there (destroyed in the 19th century). The town has since been home to noted residents including Guillaume Depardieu, Jean-Louis Aubert, Michel Rocard, Laurent Garnier, Jean-Marie Hullot, Jean Michel Jarre, Benjamin Castaldi, Neymar, Charles-Louis Havas and Gilbert Montagné have been residents of Bougival. File:Bougival - écluses01.jpg|The locks of the River Seine at Bougival Image:Alfred Sisley 018.jpg|The Seine at Bougival, painted by Alfred Sisley in 1876 File:Dance-At-Bougival.jpg|Dance at Bougival, painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1882–1883 ==See also==