Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines () is a new town and an

agglomeration community An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté u ...

in the French department of

Yvelines Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.villes nouvelles ( new towns) of

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

and was named after the Saint Quentin Pond, which was chosen to become the town's centre. The town was built from a greenfield site starting in the 1960s. Its area is 119.2 km². In 2018, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines had a population of 228,312.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022. It is part of the much larger

metropolitan area, and is around west of the centre of Paris.

Administrative divisions

The ''communauté d'agglomération'' comprises 12

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...

:CA de Saint Quentin en Yvelines (N° SIREN : 200058782)
BANATIC, accessed 6 April 2022. #

Les Clayes-sous-Bois Les Clayes-sous-Bois () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris from the center. The Clayes-sous-Bois inhabitants are called "Clétiens" (possibl ...

# Coignières # Élancourt #

Guyancourt Guyancourt () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris, in the " new town" of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Geogra ...

Magny-les-Hameaux Magny-les-Hameaux () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Population Education There are four preschools: Ecole Francis Jammes, Ecole André Gide, Ecole Petit Prince, and Ecole Jean Ba ...

Maurepas Maurepas may refer to: * Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, French statesman Count of Maurepas (Yvelines) * Fort Maurepas, also known as Old Biloxi, a settlement in Louisiana (New France) * Maurepas, Louisiana, an unincorporated comm ...

# Montigny-le-Bretonneux #

Plaisir Plaisir () is a commune located in the heart of the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris. It borders among others on Élancourt (south), Tr ...

Trappes Trappes () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines departments of France, department, region of Île-de-France, north-central France. It is a banlieue located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris, i ...

La Verrière La Verrière () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. Population Transport La Verrière station is served by Transilien trains to Paris and Rambouillet. Education Preschools and elementary scho ...

Villepreux Villepreux () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France located about 12 km west of Versailles, in the plaine de Versailles, almost in line with the perspective of the Grand Canal (an axis corresp ...

Voisins-le-Bretonneux Voisins-le-Bretonneux () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris from the centre in the new town of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Population ...

Of these communes, Montigny-le-Bretonneux is the most centrally located and has the largest population. The 2 most importants communes are Trappes and Montigny.

Demographics

Its president is Jean-Michel Fourgous. Until 2019, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines served as the start and finish point of the famous Paris–Brest–Paris bicycling endurance event.

Economy

Europcar Europcar Mobility Group is a French car rental company founded in 1949 in Paris. The head office of the holding company, Europcar Group S.A., is in the business park of Val Saint-Quentin at Voisins-le-Bretonneux (Saint Quentin en Yvelines), Fr ...

has its head office in the

business park A business park or office park is a designated area of land in which many office buildings are grouped together. These types of developments are often located in suburban areas where land and building costs are more affordable, and are typicall ...

of Val Saint-Quentin at

. It previously had its head office in the ''Immeuble Les Quadrants'' in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. At one time Bouygues had its head office in the

Kevin Roche Eamonn Kevin Roche (June 14, 1922 – March 1, 2019) was an Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect. He was responsible for the design/master planning for over 200 built projects in both the U.S. and abroad. These projects in ...

-designed Challenger complex in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. It is now occupied by Bouygues Construction, one of the group's subsidiaries. Le Golf National is a private golf course in Saint-Quentin. It is hosting the 2018 Ryder Cup.

Sport

The city has a

velodrome A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights. The straights transition to the circular turn through a moderate easement ...

, the Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. It was built between 2011 and 2014 and hosted the

2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2015. They took place in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (part of the Paris Metropolitan Area) at the Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines from 18–22 ...

and the 2016 UEC European Track Championships. Next to the velodrome is also a BMX track. Between 1991 and 2015, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines was the start and finish location for the Paris-Brest-Paris randonnée.

Education

Universities: *

Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (, ''UVSQ'') is a French public university created in 1991, located in the department of Yvelines and, since 2002, in Hauts-de-Seine. It is a constituent university of the federal Paris-Saclay Un ...

Senior high schools/sixth form colleges: * Lycée les Sept Mares (Maurepas) *

Lycée Sonia Delaunay In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...

(Villepreux) * Lycée Dumont d'Urville (Maurepas) *

Lycée Descartes de Montigny le Bretonneux Lycée Descartes de Montigny le Bretonneux is a senior high school located in the Sourderie area, in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, Yvelines, France, in the Paris metropolitan area The Paris metropolitan area (french: aire d'attraction de Paris) ...

* Lycée des métiers Louis Blériot (

) * * Lycée des métiers Henri Matisse (Trappes) *

Lycée de la Plaine de Neauphle In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...

(Trappes) * Lycée de Villaroy (

) * Lycée Jean-Vilar (Plaisir) International schools: *

Institut culturel franco-japonais An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes can ...

( Montigny-le-Bretonneux)

References

External links

The ''communauté d'agglomération''s website (in English)

The ''communauté d'agglomération''s website (in French)
{{Authority control Populated places established in the 1960s Agglomeration communities in France Intercommunalities of Yvelines New towns in Île-de-France New towns started in the 1960s