Yvelines
Sign in to saveYvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2023, it had a population of 1,485,086. Its prefecture is Versailles, home to the Palace of Versailles, the principal residence of the King of France from 1682 until 1789, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Yvelines' subprefectures are Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Mantes-la-Jolie and Rambouillet.
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Yvelines is a department located in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France, with a population of about 1.5 million people as of 2023. It is historically significant as the home of Versailles, which served as the principal royal residence of France from 1682 to 1789 and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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- Yvelines
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- Department of France
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- From top down, left to right: prefecture building in Versailles, view of La Celle-Saint-Cloud, forest and lake in Guyancourt, marble courtyard and gardens of the Palace of Versailles
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- Location of Yvelines in France
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- France
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- Region
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19 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Situation
- Principal towns
- Demographics
- Population development since 1876
- Place of birth of residents
- Tourism
- Palaces and châteaux
- Museums
- Artists' and writers' houses
- Parks and gardens
- Politics
- Presidential elections 2nd round
- Members of the National Assembly
- Senators
- See also
- References
- External links
Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2023, it had a population of 1,485,086. Its prefecture is Versailles, home to the Palace of Versailles, the principal residence of the King of France from 1682 until 1789, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Yvelines' subprefectures are Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Mantes-la-Jolie and Rambouillet.
==History== Yvelines was created from the western part of the former department of Seine-et-Oise on 1 January 1968 in accordance with a law passed on 10 January 1964 and a ''décret d'application'' (a decree specifying how a law should be enforced) from 26 February 1965. It inherited Seine-et-Oise's official number of 78 since it took up the largest portion of its territory. In addition to this, it inherited Seine-et-Oise's prefecture, Versailles.