Dampierre-en-Yvelines
Also known as Dampierre
Dampierre-en-Yvelines () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It was created in 1974 by the merger of two former communes: Dampierre and Maincourt-sur-Yvette.
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- Locality
- Dampierre-en-Yvelines
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,145
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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- The Castle of Dampierre
- 15th and 16th century
- 18th century
- 19th century
- People
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Dampierre-en-Yvelines () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It was created in 1974 by the merger of two former communes: Dampierre and Maincourt-sur-Yvette.
== The Castle of Dampierre== One of the main features of the commune is the prominently featured castle, or chateau, of Dampierre. Hired by the Luynes family, the architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart built Dampierre while he was working on the Palace of Versailles for the King Louis XIV.
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