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The Yvelines are a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 department in the region
Régions of France

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 of Île-de-France
Île-de-France (région)

?le-de-France is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area. Created as the "District of the Paris Region" in 1961, it was renamed as the "?le-de-France" r?gion in 1976 when its administrative status was aligned with the other French administrative regions created in 1...
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The Yvelines are a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 department in the region
Régions of France

France is divided into 26 regions or r?gions , of which 21 are in continental metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, and four lie overseas....
 of Île-de-France
Île-de-France (région)

?le-de-France is one of the twenty-six administrative regions of France of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area. Created as the "District of the Paris Region" in 1961, it was renamed as the "?le-de-France" r?gion in 1976 when its administrative status was aligned with the other French administrative regions created in 1...
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History

The Yvelines were created from the western part of the defunct department of Seine-et-Oise
Seine-et-Oise

Seine-et-Oise was a d?partement in France of France encompassing the western, northern, and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris....
 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.

They gained the communes
Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative divisions in the France. The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin Medieval commune, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common....
 of Châteaufort
Châteaufort

Ch?teaufort is the name of 2 communes in France:* Ch?teaufort, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department* Ch?teaufort, Yvelines, in the Yvelines department...
 and Toussus-le-Noble
Toussus-le-Noble

Toussus-le-Noble is a Communes of France of the Yvelines Departments of France, in France....
 from the adjacent department of Essonne
Essonne

Essonne is a France departments of France in the regions of France of ?le-de-France . It is named after the Essonne River.It was formed on 1 January 1968 with the split of the Seine-et-Oise department....
 in 1969.

Geography

Yvelines are bordered by the departments of Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise

Val-d'Oise is a France departments of France named after the Oise River, located in the ?le-de-France regions of France.Charles de Gaulle International Airport, France's main international airport is partially located in Roissy-en-France, a commune of Val d'Oise....
 on the north, Hauts-de-Seine
Hauts-de-Seine

Hauts-de-Seine is a Departments of France in France. It is part of the ?le-de-France region, and forms part of the western suburbs of Paris....
 on the east, Essonne
Essonne

Essonne is a France departments of France in the regions of France of ?le-de-France . It is named after the Essonne River.It was formed on 1 January 1968 with the split of the Seine-et-Oise department....
 on the southeast, Eure-et-Loir
Eure-et-Loir

Eure-et-Loir is a France departments of France, named after the Eure River and Loir River rivers....
 on the southwest, and Eure
Eure

Eure is a departments of France in the north of France named after the Eure River....
 on the west.

The eastern part of the department, as well as its northern part along the Seine
Seine

The Seine is a slow flowing major river and commercial waterway within Regions of France of ?le-de-France and Haute-Normandie in France and famous as a romantic backdrop in photographs of Paris, France....
, are part of the Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 metropolitan area, but the rest of the department is rural, much of it covered by the Rambouillet
Rambouillet

Rambouillet is a commune in France in the aire urbaine of Paris, France. It is located southwest from the Kilometre Zero . Rambouillet is a sous-pr?fecture of the Yvelines d?partement in France, being the seat of the arrondissement of Rambouillet....
 Forest.

Besides Versailles
Versailles

Versailles , formerly de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial centre....
 (the prefecture) and the subprefectures of Mantes-la-Jolie
Mantes-la-Jolie

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, Rambouillet
Rambouillet

Rambouillet is a commune in France in the aire urbaine of Paris, France. It is located southwest from the Kilometre Zero . Rambouillet is a sous-pr?fecture of the Yvelines d?partement in France, being the seat of the arrondissement of Rambouillet....
, and Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye

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, important cities include Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine

Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is a commune in France in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France in the d?partement of Yvelines. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero....
, Poissy
Poissy

ap_size=270px|adjustable_map =Poissy_map.png|mapcaption=Location within Paris inner and outer suburbs|lat_long=|r?gion=?le-de-France |d?partement=Yvelines | arrondissement=Saint-Germain-en-Laye|...
, Les Mureaux
Les Mureaux

Les Mureaux is a commune in France in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero....
, Houilles
Houilles

Houilles is a commune in France in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 14.2 km from the Kilometre Zero....
, Plaisir, Sartrouville
Sartrouville

ap_size=270px|adjustable_map =Sartrouville_map.png|mapcaption=Location within Paris inner and outer suburbs|lat_long=|r?gion=?le-de-France |d?partement=Yvelines|...
, Chatou
Chatou

Chatou is a commune in France in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero....
, Le Chesnay
Le Chesnay

Le Chesnay is a commune in France in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero....
, and the new agglomeration community of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines is a communaut? d'agglom?ration in the France D?partements of France of Yvelines. It is one of the original five ville nouvelle of Paris and was named after the Saint Quentin Pond, which was chosen to become the town's centre....
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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.

Yvelines are 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

Saint-Nom-la-Bret?che is a town and communes of France west of Paris, in the Yvelines departments of France, in the ?le-de-France regions of France, in France....
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See also Map of Yvelines.

Demographics


In French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
, a man from the Yvelines is called Yvelinois (plural Yvelinois); a woman is Yvelinoise (plural Yvelinoises).

Immigration


Tourism


Palaces and Châteaux

  • Palace of Versailles
    Palace of Versailles

    The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal ch?teau in Versailles, the ?le-de-France region of France. In French language, it is known as the Ch?teau de 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 Thoiry

    The Ch?teau of Thoiry was opened to the public in 1965, in the village of Thoiry, with gardens and a zoological park. Its popularity has continued to grow -- by 1974, over 280,000 visitors per year were coming to see an assortment of 1,000 wild animals, most of which roamed freely along a drive-through lane....
  • Château of Vaux-sur-Seine
  • Château of Mauvières
  • Château du Pont
  • Château Villette
    Château Villette

    Ch?teau Villette, located 40 minutes away from Paris in Cond?court, France, is a manor house containing 18 bedrooms.There are numerous outbuildings including a chapel and adjacent reception room, horse stable and greenhouse....

Museums

  • Museum of National Antiques (Saint-Germain-en-Laye
    Saint-Germain-en-Laye

    ame=Saint-Germain-en-Laye|image =|caption=Ch?teau de Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the town centre|map_size=270px|adjustable_map =St-Germain-en-Laye_map.png|...
    )
  • Museum of River and Canal Craft (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
    Conflans-Sainte-Honorine

    Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is a commune in France in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France in the d?partement of Yvelines. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero....
    )
  • Horse-drawn Coach Museum (Versailles
    Versailles

    Versailles , formerly de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial centre....
    )
  • Toy Museum (Poissy
    Poissy

    ap_size=270px|adjustable_map =Poissy_map.png|mapcaption=Location within Paris inner and outer suburbs|lat_long=|r?gion=?le-de-France |d?partement=Yvelines | arrondissement=Saint-Germain-en-Laye|...
    )
  • Sheep Museum (Rambouillet
    Rambouillet

    Rambouillet is a commune in France in the aire urbaine of Paris, France. It is located southwest from the Kilometre Zero . Rambouillet is a sous-pr?fecture of the Yvelines d?partement in France, being the seat of the arrondissement of Rambouillet....
    )
  • Cloth Museum of Jouy (Jouy-en-Josas
    Jouy-en-Josas

    Jouy-en-Josas is a commune in France in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero.Jouy-en-Josas is home to the prestigious HEC School of Management....
    )
  • National Barn Museum of Port-Royal (Magny-les-Hameaux
    Magny-les-Hameaux

    Magny-les-Hameaux is a Communes of France of the Yvelines Departments of France, in France.See also* Port-Royal-des-Champs...
    )
  • International Museum of Naive Art
  • Musee Lambinet (Versailles)


Artist's and Writer's Houses

  • André Derain
    André Derain

    Andr? Derain was a French painter and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse....
    's house (Chambourcy
    Chambourcy

    Chambourcy is a communes of France of the Yvelines d?partement, in the ?le-de-France r?gion of France, located to the west of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and about west of Paris....
    )
  • Elsa Triolet
    Elsa Triolet

    Elsa Yur'evna Triolet was a French writer....
    -Aragon's house (Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines
    Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines

    Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines is a Communes of France of the Yvelines Departments of France, in France....
    )
  • Émile Zola
    Émile Zola

    ?mile Fran?ois Zola was an influential France writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of Naturalism , an important contributor to the development of Naturalism , and a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus....
    's house (Médan
    Medan

    Medan is the capital of the province of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Located in the northern part of the province along the coast, Medan is the third largest city in Indonesia....
    )
  • Maurice Ravel
    Maurice Ravel

    Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer and pianist of Impressionist music known especially for the subtlety, richness, and poignancy of his melodies, orchestral and instrumental Texture and effects....
    's house/museum (Montfort-l'Amaury
    Montfort-l'Amaury

    Montfort-l'Amaury is a Communes of France in the Yvelines Departments of France in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located N of Rambouillet....
    )
  • Ivan Turgenev
    Ivan Turgenev

    'Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist and playwright. His novel Fathers and Sons is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction....
     House (Bougival
    Bougival

    Bougival is a commune in France in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero. The Machine de Marly was located in Bougival....
    )
  • Alexandre Dumas, père
    Alexandre Dumas, père

    Alexandre Dumas, p?re , born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world....
    's Château de Monte-Cristo
    Château de Monte-Cristo

    The Ch?teau de The Count of Monte Cristo is the English garden-style country-house of the writer Alexandre Dumas, p?re built in 1846 by the architect Hippolyte Durand in Port-Marly, Yvelines, France....
     (Port-Marly)
  • Jean-Claude Richard
    Jean-Claude Richard

    Jean-Claude Richard de Saint-Non was a French art painting and engraving....
    's family estate (Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
    Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche

    Saint-Nom-la-Bret?che is a town and communes of France west of Paris, in the Yvelines departments of France, in the ?le-de-France regions of France, in France....
    )


Parks and Gardens

  • Chèvreloup Arboretum (Rocquencourt
    Rocquencourt

    Rocquencourt is a Communes of the Yvelines d?partement of the Yvelines d?partement in France, in the ?le-de-France r?gion in France, in France....
    )
  • Marly Estate (Marly-le-Roi
    Marly-le-Roi

    Marly-le-Roi is a commune in France in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero.Marly-le-Roi was the location of the Ch?teau de Marly, the famous leisure residence of the Sun King Louis XIV which was destroyed after the French Revolution....
    )
  • Vaux sur Seine Castle Garden (Vaux sur Seine)
  • The King's Vegetable Garden (Versailles
    Versailles

    Versailles , formerly de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial centre....
    )


Politics of Yvelines


Senators from Yvelines

  • Nicolas About
    Nicolas About

    Nicolas About is a France politician from the center-right Union for French Democracy party. he is a member of the French Senate. About was the mayor of Montigny-le-Bretonneux from 1977 to 2004....
     (Centrist Union)
  • Jacques Bellanger (Socialist Party
    Socialist Party (France)

    The Socialist Party is the largest left-wing politics political party in France. It replaced the French Section of the Workers' International in 1969....
    )
  • Dominique Braye
    Dominique Braye

    Dominique Braye is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Yvelines department. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement....
     (UMP
    Union for a Popular Movement

    The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right List of political parties in France.Founded in 2002, the party has an absolute majority in the French National Assembly and a plurality in the French Senate....
    )
  • Alain Gournac
    Alain Gournac

    Alain Gournac is a France politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Yvelines department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party....
     (UMP
    Union for a Popular Movement

    The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right List of political parties in France.Founded in 2002, the party has an absolute majority in the French National Assembly and a plurality in the French Senate....
    )
  • Gérard Larcher
    Gérard Larcher

    File:G?rard Larcher.jpgG?rard Larcher is a France politician who is currently the List of Presidents of the French Senate. A member of the center-right Union for a Popular Movement, he was a Senate of France for the Yvelines d?partement from 1986 to 2004 and has been again since 2007....
     (UMP
    Union for a Popular Movement

    The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right List of political parties in France.Founded in 2002, the party has an absolute majority in the French National Assembly and a plurality in the French Senate....
    )


See also

  • Cantons of the Yvelines department
  • Communes of the Yvelines department
  • Arrondissements of the Yvelines department


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