Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the
Île-de-France
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region
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in Northern
France
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Versailles
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, home to the Palace of Versailles, the principal residence of the King of France from 1682 until 1789, a
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Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris.
Inhabitants are called ''Saint-Germanois'' or ''Saint-Ge ...
,
Mantes-la-Jolie
Mantes-la-Jolie (, often informally called Mantes) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region of north-central France. It is located to the west of Paris, from the centre of the capital. Mantes-la-Jolie is a subprefe ...
Yvelines was created from the western part of the former department of
Seine-et-Oise
Seine-et-Oise () was the former department of France encompassing the western, northern and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris.Versailles
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communes
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Toussus-le-Noble
Toussus-le-Noble () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
History
In 1969, the communes of Châteaufort and Toussus-le-Noble were separated from the Essonne department and added to Yvelin ...
from the adjacent department of
Essonne
Essonne () is a department of France in the southern Île-de-France region. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659 across 194 communes.Versailles
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Ancien Régime
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and again between 1871 and 1879 during the early years of the Third Republic. Since then the château has continued to welcome the
French Parliament
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when it is called upon to sit in a congressional sitting (with both houses sitting together) in order to enact
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President
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.
Geography
Situation
Yvelines is bordered by the departments of
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.
Essonne
Essonne () is a department of France in the southern Île-de-France region. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659 across 194 communes.Eure-et-Loir
Eure-et-Loir (, locally: ) is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers. It is located in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. In 2019, Eure-et-Loir had a population of 431,575.Eure on the west.
The eastern part of the department, as well as its northern part along the Seine, is part of the Paris metropolitan area, but the rest of the department is rural, much of it covered by the Forest of Rambouillet (also known as the Forest of Yveline, from which the name of the department is derived).
Two regional parks can be found in Yvelines: Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Natural Park and part of
Vexin
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Français Park. Yvelines is home to one of France's best known golf courses, La Tuilerie-Bignon, in the village of
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche () is a wealthy commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
History
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche was built around 4 core hamlets near the Forest of Marly. The village takes its name ...
.
Principal towns
Besides
Versailles
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Mantes-la-Jolie
Mantes-la-Jolie (, often informally called Mantes) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region of north-central France. It is located to the west of Paris, from the centre of the capital. Mantes-la-Jolie is a subprefe ...
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris.
Inhabitants are called ''Saint-Germanois'' or ''Saint-Ge ...
, important cities include
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris.
The commune was originally named for its ge ...
,
Poissy
Poissy () 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 centre of Paris. Inhabitants are called ''Pisciacais'' in French.
Poissy is one ...
,
Les Mureaux
Les Mureaux () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the north-western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris.
Population
Transport
Les Mureaux is served by Les ...
,
Houilles
Houilles () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is a northwestern suburb of Paris, located from the center of Paris.
History
Until 2000, the command post of French Navy's Ballisti ...
,
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 ...
,
Sartrouville
Sartrouville () is a commune in the Yvelines department, Île-de-France, north central France. it is located in the north-western suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris.
Name
In the Middle Ages the name Sartrouville was recorded in Medieva ...
,
Chatou
Chatou () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Chatou is a part of the affluent suburbs of western Paris and is on the northwest side of the Seine river about from the city's center.
Hi ...
,
Le Chesnay
Le Chesnay () is a former commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, fr ...
, and the new
agglomeration community
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of
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines () is a new town and an agglomeration community in the French department of Yvelines. It is one of the original five villes nouvelles (new towns) of Paris and was named after the Saint Quentin Pond, which was chosen to ...
. As of 2019, there are 21 communes with more than 20,000 inhabitants. The 10 most populous communes are:
Demographics
In French, a man from the Yvelines is called ''Yvelinois'' (plural ''Yvelinois''); a woman is ''Yvelinoise'' (plural ''Yvelinoises).
Château de Dampierre
The Château de Dampierre is a castle in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, in the ''Vallée de Chevreuse'', France.
Built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in 1675–1683 for the duc de Chevreuse, Colbert's son-in-law, it is a French Baroque château of medium ...
*
Château de Maisons
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Château de Rambouillet
The Château de Rambouillet (), known in English as the Castle of Rambouillet, is a château in the town of Rambouillet, Yvelines department, in the Île-de-France region in northern France, southwest of Paris. It was the summer residence of t ...
Château of Thoiry
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Nowaday ...
* Museum of National Antiques (Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
* Museum of River and Canal Craft (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine)
* Horse-drawn Coach Museum (Versailles)
* Toy Museum (Poissy)
* Sheep Museum (Rambouillet)
* Cloth Museum of Jouy (
Jouy-en-Josas
Jouy-en-Josas () 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.
Jouy-en-Josas is home to the main campus of HEC ...
)
* National Barn Museum of Port-Royal (
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 ...
)
* International Museum of Naive Art
* Musee Lambinet (Versailles)
Artists' and writers' houses
*
Maurice Denis
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André Derain
André Derain (, ; 10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse.
Biography
Early years
Derain was born in 1880 in Chatou, Yvelines, Île-de-France (region), Île-de-Franc ...
Château de Monte-Cristo
The Château de Monte-Cristo is a writer's house museum located at Le Port-Marly in the Yvelines department of northern France. It was originally built as a residence for Alexandre Dumas, ''père''.
History
The château was designed by the arc ...
Montfort-l'Amaury
Montfort-l'Amaury () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region, north central France. It is located north of Rambouillet. The name comes from Amaury I de Montfort, the first ''seigneur'' (lord) of Montfort.
Geogra ...
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche () is a wealthy commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
History
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche was built around 4 core hamlets near the Forest of Marly. The village takes its name ...
Ivan Turgenev
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House (
Bougival
Bougival () is a suburban commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located west from the centre of Paris, on the left bank of the River Seine, on the departmental border with Hauts-de-Seine. ...
)
*
Émile Zola
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's house (
Médan
Médan () is a village in the Yvelines department, Île-de-France region, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France, about 25 km from the capital. Inhabitants of Médan are called ''Médanais''.
Geography
Médan is located in the Seine V ...
Marly-le-Roi
Marly-le-Roi () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the administrative region of Île-de-France, France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris.
Marly-le-Roi was the location of the Château de Marly, t ...
)
* Vaux-sur-Seine Castle Garden (
Vaux-sur-Seine
Vaux-sur-Seine (, literally ''Vaux on Seine'') is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Yvelines department
An intentional community is a voluntary reside ...
)
* The King's Vegetable Garden (Versailles)
* Outdoor and entertainment base of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (
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 ...
Gardens of Versailles
The Gardens of Versailles (french: Jardins du château de Versailles ) occupy part of what was once the ''Domaine royal de Versailles'', the royal demesne of the château of Versailles. Situated to the west of the palace, the gardens cover so ...
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Grand Trianon
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Hameau de la Reine
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Venus of Brassempouy
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Lavoir
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Michel Rocard
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Socialist Party
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National Assembly
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DVD
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Gérard Larcher
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( LR), since 2007 (President of the Senate since 2014)
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Communes of the Yvelines department
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Arrondissements of the Yvelines department
The 4 arrondissements of the Yvelines department are:
# Arrondissement of Mantes-la-Jolie, (subprefecture: Mantes-la-Jolie) with 109 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 271,436 in 2016.
# Arrondissement of Rambouillet, (subpref ...