Hurepoix () is an area of the Île-de-France, to the southwest of Paris, situated between the

departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

of Yvelines,

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a Departments of France, département in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, Northern France. It covers Paris's western inner Banlieue, suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the e ...

and Essonne. It was an old province of the French Kingdom and the main city was Dourdan.

Geography

This area is one of the biggest of the Île-de-France. Limits : *North : Paris *West :

Rambouillet Rambouillet (, , ) is a subprefecture of the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region of France. It is located beyond the outskirts of Paris, southwest of its centre. In 2018, the commune had a population of 26,933. Rambouillet lies ...

and forest *East :

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, Brie province,

Fontainebleau Fontainebleau (; ) is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the ''arrondissement ...

and forest *South : Beauce province Main cities * Dourdan *

Limours Limours, often referred to as ''Limours-en-Hurepoix'' () is a commune the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. Geography Limours is located from Paris. Population Inhabitants of Limours are known as ''Limouriens'' in F ...

* Orsay * Massy * Montlhéry * Palaiseau Main rivers *

Yvette Yvette is female given name, the French feminine form of Yves, which means yew or archer in some cases. Name days *Czech Republic: ''7 June'' *Hungary: ''13 January'', ''6 May'' and ''29 June'' *Poland: ''13 January'' *Slovakia: ''27 May'' ...

* Bièvre * Essonne * Orge Main forest * Dourdan * Verrières-le-Buisson Main Castles This area is not far from Versailles, and the castle of Louis XIV. In this period, Princes and Dukes built castles not far, in Hurepoix. *Chamarande *Breteuil *Courson *Dampierre *Dourdan *Sceaux *Saint Jean de Beauregard

Economy

The economy of the west part of the area consists of farming, as in the past. The economy of the eastern part is more industrial. {{Coord, 48.55, 2.02, display=title Former provinces of France