The
Île de la Grande Jatte is an island in the River Seine
, situated at
the very gates of Paris
, in the
communes of Neuilly-sur-Seine and Levallois, Hauts-de-Seine.
It is
7 km distant (in a straight line) from the towers of Notre
Dame
and 3 km from the Etoile
. It has about 4,000 inhabitants and is
nearly 2 km long and nearly 200 m wide at its widest point. It
is best known as the setting for
Seurat's
painting
A Sunday
Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.