Roughly 44% of the territory of the commune, situated between the forest of Meudon to the south-east and the forest of Fausses-Reposes to the north-west, is wooded.
History
Chaville was founded in the 9th century by Inchadus, Bishop of Paris. The earliest recorded form of the name is Inchadi villa.
Population
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1793
537
—
1800
537
+0.00%
1806
650
+3.23%
1821
794
+1.34%
1831
1,385
+5.72%
1836
1,526
+1.96%
1841
1,562
+0.47%
1846
1,770
+2.53%
1851
1,806
+0.40%
1856
1,822
+0.18%
1861
2,330
+5.04%
1866
2,543
+1.76%
1872
2,310
−1.59%
1876
2,361
+0.55%
1881
2,564
+1.66%
1886
2,924
+2.66%
1891
2,842
−0.57%
1896
3,028
+1.28%
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1901
3,633
+3.71%
1906
3,758
+0.68%
1911
4,321
+2.83%
1921
6,465
+4.11%
1926
8,727
+6.18%
1931
10,948
+4.64%
1936
12,474
+2.64%
1946
13,226
+0.59%
1954
14,508
+1.16%
1962
16,787
+1.84%
1968
17,476
+0.67%
1975
19,086
+1.27%
1982
17,914
−0.90%
1990
17,784
−0.09%
1999
17,966
+0.11%
2007
18,576
+0.42%
2012
19,343
+0.81%
2017
20,520
+1.19%
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As of 2016[update] there are five preschools (maternelles) with 730 students total: Les Iris, Les Jacinthes, Le Muguet, Les Myosotis, and Les Pâquerettes[5] As of the same year there are three elementary schools with 1,000 students total: Anatole France, Paul Bert, and Ferdinand Buisson.[6] There is one junior high school, Collège Jean Moulin de Chaville.[7]
^"Collège." Chaville. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.
^Home page. Lycée Jean Pierre Vernant. Retrieved on September 7, 2016. [...]qui relèvent de la zone de desserte du lycée ( communes de Sèvres, Ville d’Avray, Chaville, Saint -Cloud) [...]
^"Lycée." Chaville. Retrieved on September 7, 2016.