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Yvelines
Coat of arms of the Yvelines department
Location
Location of Yvelines in France
Administration
Department number: 78
Region: Île-de-France
Prefecture: Versailles
Subprefectures: Mantes-la-Jolie
Rambouillet
Saint-Germain-
en-Laye
Arrondissements: 4
Cantons: 39
Communes: 262
President of the General Council: Pierre Bédier
Statistics
Population Ranked 8th
 -Jan. The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Île-de-France ( pronounced /il d̪ə fʁɑ̃s/ literally "Island of France" is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France. A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Versailles (vɛʀsaj in French) formerly de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Mantes-la-Jolie (often informally called Mantes) is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. Rambouillet is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. For treaties with this name see Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (disambiguation Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a commune in the western The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 4 arrondissements of the Yvelines department are Arrondissement of Mantes-la-Jolie, ( subprefecture: Mantes-la-Jolie The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 39 cantons of the Yvelines department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is a list of the 262 communes of the Yvelines département in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. 1, 2006 estimate
 -March 8, 1999 census		 1,398,496
1,354,304
Population density: 612/km²
Land area¹: 2,284 km²
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here areas between 1000 km2 and 10000 km2 An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open
France

Yvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Île-de-France ( pronounced /il d̪ə fʁɑ̃s/ literally "Island of France" is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France.

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History

Yvelines was created from the western part of the defunct department 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. Seine-et-Oise was a département of France encompassing the western northern and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar.

It gained the communes of Châteaufort and Toussus-le-Noble from the adjacent department of Essonne in 1969. The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. Châteaufort is the name of 2 communes in France Châteaufort, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department Châteaufort, in Toussus-le-Noble is a commune of the Yvelines département, in France. Essonne is a French department in the region of Île-de-France. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Geography

Yvelines is bordered by the departments 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. Val-d'Oise is a French department named after the Oise River, located in the Île-de-France region. Hauts-de-Seine (92 (literally " Seine Heights" is a département in France. Essonne is a French department in the region of Île-de-France. Eure-et-Loir is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers Eure is a department in the north of France named after the Eure River.

The eastern part of the department, as well as its northern part along the Seine, are part of the Paris metropolitan area, but the rest of the department is rural, much of it covered by the Rambouillet Forest. The Seine (sɛn in French) is a slow flowing major River and commercial waterway within the regions of Île-de-France and Haute-Normandie Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Rambouillet is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France.

Besides Versailles (the prefecture) and the subprefectures of Mantes-la-Jolie, Rambouillet, and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, important cities include Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Poissy, Les Mureaux, Houilles, Plaisir, Sartrouville, Chatou, Le Chesnay, and the new agglomeration community of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Versailles (vɛʀsaj in French) formerly de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Mantes-la-Jolie (often informally called Mantes) is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. Rambouillet is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. For treaties with this name see Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (disambiguation Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a commune in the western Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France in the département of Yvelines. Poissy is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 23 Les Mureaux is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. Houilles is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. Plaisir is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. Sartrouville is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. Chatou is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 14 Le Chesnay is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. An agglomeration community ( French: communauté d'agglomération) is a metropolitan government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines is a Communauté d'agglomération in the French département of Yvelines.

Two regional national parks can be found in Yvelines: the parc de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse and part of the parc du Vexin Français. A Regional natural park ( French: Parc naturel régional) is a public establishment in France between local authorities and the French government The Vexin is a former region in France, divided since the 10th century between the Norman Vexin ( Vexin normand) and the French Vexin ( 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. Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche is a Town and commune west of Paris, in the Yvelines département, in the Île-de-France

See also Map of Yvelines.

Demographics

In French, a man from Yvelines is called Yvelinois (plural Yvelinois); a woman is Yvelinoise (plural Yvelinoises). French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people

Immigration

Place of birth of residents of Yvelines in 1999
Born in Metropolitan France Born outside Metropolitan France
85. Metropolitan France (France métropolitaine or la Métropole, or colloquially l'Hexagone) is the part of France located in Europe, including 5% 14. 5%
Born in
Overseas France		 Born in foreign countries with French citizenship at birth¹ EU-15 immigrants² Non-EU-15 immigrants
1. The French Overseas Departments and Territories ( French: départements d'outre-mer and territoires d'outre-mer or DOM-TOM) consist broadly of 1% 3. 0% 4. 2% 6. 2%
¹This group is made up largely of pieds-noirs from Northwest Africa, followed by former colonial citizens who had French citizenship at birth (such as was often the case for the native elite in French colonies), and to a lesser extent foreign-born children of French expatriates. Pied-Noir ("Black-Foot" plural Pieds-Noirs, pronounced /pje Northwest Africa or Northwestern Africa is a variably defined Region of North Africa. Note that a foreign country is understood as a country not part of France as of 1999, so a person born for example in 1950 in Algeria, when Algeria was an integral part of France, is nonetheless listed as a person born in a foreign country in French statistics.
² An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants.

Tourism

Palaces and Châteaux

Museums

Artist's and Writer's Houses

Parks and Gardens

Politics of Yvelines

Senators from Yvelines

See also

External links


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