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Chelles.
Coordinates: 48°52′46″N 2°35′23″E / 48.87944°N 2.58972°E / 48.87944; 2.58972
Chelles is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the [[Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region 18.5 km (11.5 mi). (11.5 miles) from the center of Paris.
The commune of Chelles is part of the Porte de Paris sector, one of the four sectors in the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée.
[edit] History
Paleolithic artefacts were discovered by chance at Chelles by the pioneering nineteenth-century anthropologist Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet (1821-1898); he named the corresponding cultural stage of the Paleolithic after the commune: «Chellean», nowadays known as «Oldowan».
At the Merovingian villa of Calae the abbey of Notre-Dame-des-Chelles was founded by Balthild, a seventh-century queen of the Franks. It was largely demolished at the time of the French Revolution.
[edit] Geography
There are two main streets in Chelles, Avenue Foch and Avenue de la Résistance.
[edit] Demographics
The inhabitants are called Chellois.
[edit] Transport
Chelles is served by Chelles – Gournay station on Paris RER line 
and on the Transilien Paris – Est suburban rail line.
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