Galluis

Galluis
Town hall
Coat of arms
Galluis
Location within Île-de-France region Galluis
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Rambouillet
Canton	Montfort-l'Amaury
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Annie Gonthier
Area1	4.52 km2 (1.75 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	1,138
• Density	250/km2 (650/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	78262 / 78490
Elevation	85–183 m (279–600 ft) (avg. 122 m or 400 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Galluis is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

History

The site has been inhabited since the Gallo-Roman epoch.

In 1883, the commune of La Queue-les-Yvelines was detached from Galluis with the dismemberment of the former commune of Galluis-la-Queue.

Notable residents

Antoine-Germain Labarraque (1777 – 1850) wads a French chemist and pharmacist, notable for formulating and finding important uses for "Eau de Labarraque" or "Labarraque's solution", a solution of sodium hypochlorite widely used as a disinfectant and deodoriser. He died in Gallius on 9 December 1850.

See also

• Communes of the Yvelines department

Saint-Martin

References

• INSEE