Yvelines
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| Yvelines | |
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| The Yvelines coat of arms | |
| Location | |
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| Administration | |
| Département number: | 78 |
| Région: | Île-de-France |
| Préfecture: | Versailles |
| Sub-Préfectures: | Mantes-la-Jolie Rambouillet Saint-Germain- en-Laye |
| Arrondissements: | 4 |
| Cantons: | 39 |
| Communes: | 262 |
| Conseiller Général: | Pierre Bédier |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 8th |
| -Jan.1, 2004 estimate -March 8, 1999 census | 1,390,170 1,354,304 |
| Population density: | 609/km² |
| Land area¹: | 2,284 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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Yvelines is a French département in the région of Île-de-France.
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[edit] History
Yvelines was created from the western part of the no longer existing département of Seine-et-Oise on January 1, 1968 in accordance with a law passed on January 10, 1964 and a décret d'application (a decree specifying how a law should be enforced) from February 26, 1965.
It gained the communes of Châteaufort and Toussus-le-Noble from the adjacent département of Essonne in 1969.
[edit] Geography
Yvelines is bordered by the départements of Val-d'Oise on the north, Hauts-de-Seine on the east, Essonne on the southeast, Eure-et-Loir on the southwest, and Eure on the west.
The eastern part of the département, as well as its northern part along the Seine, are part of the Paris metropolitan area, but the rest of the départment is rural, much of it covered by the Rambouillet Forest.
Besides Versailles (the prefecture) and the subprefectures, important cities include Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Noisy le Roi, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Poissy, Les Mureaux, Houilles, Plaisir, Sartrouville, and Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
Two parcs naturels régionaux can be found in Yvelines: the parc de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse and part of the parc du Vexin Français.
Yvelines is home to one of France's best known golf courses, La Tuilerie-Bignon, in the village of Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche.
See also Map of Yvelines.
[edit] Demographics
In French, a man from Yvelines is called Yvelinois (plural Yvelinois); a woman is Yvelinoise (plural Yvelinoises).
[edit] Tourism
[edit] Palaces and Châteaux
- Palace of Versailles
- Château of Breteuil
- Château of Dampierre
- Château of Maisons-Lafitte
- Château of Rambouillet
- Château of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- Château of Thoiry
- Château of Vaux-sur-Seine
[edit] Museums
- 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)
- National Barn Museum of Port-Royal (Magny-les-Hameaux)
[edit] Artist's and Writer's Houses
- André Derain's house (Chambourcy)
- Elsa Triolet-Aragon's house (Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines)
- Émile Zola's house (Médan)
- Maurice Ravel's house/museum (Montfort-l'Amaury)
- Ivan Turgenev House (Bougival)
- Alexandre Dumas, père's Château de Monte-Cristo (Port-Marly)
- Jean-Claude Richard's family estate (Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche)
[edit] Parks and Gardens
- Chèvreloup Arboretum (Rocquencourt)
- Marly Estate (Marly-le-Roi)
- Vaux sur Seine Castle Garden (Vaux sur Seine)
- The King's Vegetable Garden (Versailles)
[edit] Politics of Yvelines
[edit] Senators from Yvelines
- About Nicolas (Centrist Union)
- Bellanger Jacques (Socialist Party)
- Braye Dominique (UMP)
- Gournac Alain (UMP)
- Larcher Gérard (UMP)
[edit] See also
- Cantons of the Yvelines département
- Communes of the Yvelines département
- Arrondissements of the Yvelines département
[edit] External links
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