The Communauté d'agglomération Versailles Grand Parc is the ''

communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of Île-de-France, Île-de-France region in Franc ...

. It is located in the

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.Essonne Essonne () is a department in the southern part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659, across 194 communes.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, ...

, in the

Île-de-France The Île-de-France (; ; ) is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. Centered on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the cou ...

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, northern

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. It was created in November 2002. Its area is 123.6 km². Its population was 267,857 in 2021, of which 83,587 in Versailles proper.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 18 communes, of which one (Bièvres) in the Essonne department: # Bailly # Bièvres # Bois-d'Arcy #

Bougival Bougival () is a suburban commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in Northern 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. In ...

# Buc #

La Celle-Saint-Cloud La Celle-Saint-Cloud () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. It is a western outer suburb of Paris, from its centre, on the departmental border with Hauts-de-Seine. In 2021, it had a popula ...

# Châteaufort #

Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt () is a communes of France, commune in the western suburbs of Paris, in the department of Yvelines. It was established on 1 January 2019 from the amalgamation of the communes of Le Chesnay and Rocquencourt, Yvelines, Roc ...

Fontenay-le-Fleury Fontenay-le-Fleury () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. Population See also *Communes of the Yvelines department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune o ...

# Jouy-en-Josas # Les Loges-en-Josas # Noisy-le-Roi # Rennemoulin #

Saint-Cyr-l'École Saint-Cyr-l'École () is a Communes of France, commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris. It used to host the training school for officers of the French army, the École spéciale mil ...

# Toussus-le-Noble #

Vélizy-Villacoublay Vélizy-Villacoublay () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris from the Kilometre Zero, center and ea ...

# Viroflay

References

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