Galluis

Commune in Île-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Annie Gonthier^[1]Area4.52 km² (1.75 sq mi)Population1,263 • Density280/km² (720/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation85–183 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.

Galluis (French pronunciation: [ɡalɥi]) 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) was 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

References