Île de la Jatte

About

The Île de la Jatte (French pronunciation: [il də la ʒat]) or Île de la Grande Jatte ([- ɡʁɑ̃d ʒat]) is an island in the river Seine, located in the department of Hauts-de-Seine, and shared between the two communes of Neuilly-sur-Seine and Levallois. It is situated at the very gates of Paris, being 7 km distant (in a straight line) from the towers of Notre Dame and 3 km from the Place de l'Étoile. The island, which has about 4,000 inhabitants, is nearly 2 km long and almost 200 m wide at its widest point. Its name translates as "Island of the Bowl" or "Island of the Big Bowl".

It is best known as the setting for Georges Seurat's pointillist oil painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884–1886), itself the inspiration for the musical Sunday in the Park with George (1984).